Filed as: Game, Fish and Parks Commission on amendment of Administrative Rules
South Dakota is making several changes to its state park and wildlife rules. Purple Heart recipients now qualify for a free lifetime park entrance license and half-price camping fees, electrical service fees, and cabin permits—a benefit previously available only to certain disabled veterans. The Department of Game, Fish and Parks is reorganizing how it lists specific campgrounds in fee schedules and clarifying geographic boundaries for various hunting and fishing seasons, including simplifying beaver and muskrat trapping rules statewide and reorganizing restrictions for river otter harvesting in specific counties. Park entrance license rules are now called "fee exceptions" instead of "exemptions," though the actual exemptions and free licenses remain the same. All of these changes take effect at the dates specified in each rule.
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.