South Dakota Game Fish and Parks (GF&P)

The South Dakota Game Fish and Parks department is launching four weeks of workshops called Habitat University. Andy Gabbert is a resource biologist with…

First Day Hikes originated more than 25 years ago at the Blue Hills Reservation – a state park in Milton, Massachusetts. Last year, more than 41,000…

While broadcasting live from the state capitol building in Pierre, Cara Hetland visited with Kelly Hepler, Secretary of the South Dakota Game, Fish &…

A new initiative aims to help South Dakota landowners maintain wildlife habitat on their property. Habitat Pays is a joint venture between the state…

The state of Kentucky is about 1200 miles from the Black Hills but that might not be too far for a mountain lion to roam. A Black Hills mountain lion…

The invasive species of zebra mussels have been found in Lewis and Clark Lake. The Game Fish and Parks found mussels attached to boats on the Yankton…

A video surfaced last week showing what appeared to be a Gray Wolf walking through a wooded area in the Black Hills. Officials with the South Dakota Game,…

A 24 pound, 8 ounce chinook salmon caught on Lake Oahe last week is a state record. It broke the previous record of 23 pounds, 14 ounces. The state Game,…

The bald eagle is the national bird of the United States, but by the middle of the 20th century populations of the bird of prey were decimated. In 1963,…

Storms in mid-June ripped across South Dakota. A tornado, 95-mile-per-hour winds, baseball-sized hail, and heavy rains knocked down power lines, slammed…