Cottonwood Springs Lake Cottonwood Springs Dam, SD was constructed to reduce flood damages in the Fall River Basin. Located just 5 miles west of Hot Springs on U.S. Highway 18 and nestled in the rugged hills and evergreen trees of the southern Black Hills, Cottonwood Springs Lake is the place to go for nature lovers. This recreation area offers primitive camping only (no hookups), hiking, fishing (only electric motors), and picnicking. Area is not open to vehicle traffic during the winter months. Hunting is allowed outside the recreation areas only.
Deerfield Reservoir Deerfield Dam and Reservoir, Rapid Valley Project, are twenty-five miles west of Rapid City, South Dakota on Castle Creek. Reservoir contains 400 surface acres and has 16 miles of shoreline. Public use area, camping, picnic areas, concession, swimming, boating, hiking, and fishing. Available species include rainbow trout, brown trout, and rock bass. Open year-round.Current Reservoir Levels
Fort Meade Recreation Area The Fort Meade Recreation Area is composed of approximately 6,700 acres of forest and grasslands. The area is managed to protect, preserve, and enhance its cultural, historic, recreational, and wildlife values. Attractions include the Fort Meade Cavalry Post, the Old Fort Meade CavalryMuseum, the Fort Meade Post Cemetery, and the Centennial Trail. Therecreation area also adjoins the Black Hills National Cemetery and BearButte State Park.
Fort Randall Dam Lake Francis Case Situated on the Missouri River with numerous tributary streams and their embayments which afford protected boating and fishing sites. Established below Fort Randall Dam is one of the first refuges in the United States maintained specifically for bald eagles. Recreation opportunites at the lake include camping, picnicking, boating, water-skiing, swimming, fishing, nature watching, and sledding. Hunting is allowed outside recreation areas.
Gavins Point Dam / Lewis and Clark Lake This Missouri River lake provides a tree-covered shoreline characterized by picturesque chalky bluffs in the lower segment and a beautiful view of the Missouri Valley in the upper reach. The Lewis and Clark Visitor Center offers displays on the geology, exploration, early navigation, settlement and natural history of the area as well as a spectacular view of the lake. Recreational opportunities include camping, fishing, hunting, hiking, boating, sailing, swimming, bird-watching, and photography. In the winter, visitors enjoy ice fishing, cross-country skiing, snow mobiling and sledding.
Huron WMD The Huron Wetland Management District (WMD) lies within the prairie pothole region of the United States in east central South Dakota. Headquartered in Huron, South Dakota, the WMD manages Waterfowl Production Areas (WPA's), and administers wetland, grassland and conservation perpetual easements. The WPA's within the WMD offer diverse habitat that can be protected and managed to attract and produce migratory waterfowl, migratory non-game birds, and resident wildlife. The wetlands found in this area vary in size, permanence and wildlife they benefit. The uplands are primarily grasslands. The mixture of upland cover and wetland diversity creates any area that provides for the needs of many wildlife species. The WPA's provide wetlands and habitat necessary for waterfowl feeding and spring nesting. During migration , hundreds of thousands of waterfowl use the marshes for feeding and resting during their long flights. The WPA's are managed with a variety of management tools including periodic rest, prescribed burning, grazing, haying, inter seeding, grass reestablishment, wetland enhancement, restoration and construction.
