South Dakota Lake
South Dakota QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau
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Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge and Wetland Management District: U.S. Fish andWildlife Service
Lake Andes is a natural, shallow prairie lake whose water supply depends entirely on natural runoff. Lake levels periodically rise and fall, with the entire lake going dry about once every twenty years. ... This was a lake the Sioux Indians knew well, for they frequently made camp here during their pursuit of migrating herds of buffalo and flocks of waterfowl. Around the turn of the century, as white settlements were becoming firmly established, the lake became well-known as a fine place to fish. Several resorts were build near the shoreline to accommodate visitors who arrived near the lake by train. ... [Read More]
National Wildlife Refuges and Wetland Management Districts in South Dakota
Sand Lake NWR has the distinctionof being designated a "Wetland of International Importance". The honorcomes from the tremendous value the Refuge provides to colonial nesting birds and waterbirds including egrets, herons, white-faced ibis, grebes, gulls and terns. The onlyconfirmed nesting of the common moorhen in the state of South Dakota is at Sand Lake, andthe Refuge has been home to the world's largest nesting colony of Franklin's gulls. ... Sand Lake NWR and WMD ... [Read More]
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