South Dakota is making several updates to state park and hunting regulations. Purple Heart recipients now qualify for free lifetime park entrance licenses and half-price camping fees, matching benefits previously available only to disabled veterans. The department reorganized how it lists specific campground locations in its rules for clarity but made no fee changes. Beaver trapping season is now open year-round statewide instead of having seasonal restrictions in some areas, and muskrat and river otter hunting rules have been simplified with updated geographic descriptions and minor wording clarifications for consistency.
AI-generated from the adopted rule text — verify against the official documents.
Rules concerning Beaver, muskrat, river otters, Purple Heart recipients, and Lake Francis will be addressed.
No specific cites listed — see the package documents.