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To encourage the Department of Game, Fish and Parks in 2020, as part of the biennial review of endangered and threatened species, to delist the river otter and manage this species as a harvested furbearer if scientifically-sound biological and ecological data support such a decision.

This resolution asks the Department of Game, Fish and Parks to consider removing river otters from South Dakota's endangered and threatened species list during their 2020 review, and if scientific evidence supports it, to instead manage river otters as a harvested furbearer (an animal that can be trapped or hunted for its fur). The resolution is not a binding law but rather an encouragement to the department to evaluate whether river otter populations have recovered enough to allow controlled harvest.

revise nonresident waterfowl licensure.

South Dakota is changing its nonresident waterfowl hunting license from a 10-day license to two separate 5-day licenses, allowing nonresidents more flexibility in when they hunt waterfowl during the season. The bill keeps the same penalties for hunting without proper licenses and maintains the $4 per license contribution to the state's land acquisition fund.