GF&P Commission Action
South Dakota Waterfowl Association and the SD GP&PWaterfowl Access Plan
Waterfowl Access Plan President’s message – George Vandel, Pierre June 9, 2020 In cooperation with the SD Wildlife Federation, Bill Koupal and I helped draft a waterfowl access proposal. We also consulted with a select few SDWA members for their input. The timing...
SDWA Open Letter to the GF&P Commission
Members of the Commission: The number of resident waterfowl hunters has plummeted from 43,500 in 2001 to 30,000 in 2015, a one third decline in the last 15 years. The most recent GF&P survey showed that one of the major reasons for the decline was the loss in...
Organizations Seek to Cancel Nonresident Waterfowl Licenses
For Immediate Release October 3, 2016 The state’s two largest waterfowl organizations have petitioned the Game Fish and Parks Commission to invalidate and rescind all nonresident three-day licenses issued outside of the Missouri River unit. The petition to invalidate...
GF&P commission told it can’t act on waterfowl license cancellation
October 7, 2016 Dick Neill, an attorney for the Department of Game Fish and Parks, told the commission that it didn’t have the authority to cancel and rescind the new three-day nonresident waterfowl issued this year. He said that although he understood the disgust...
The South Dakota GF&P Commission loses nonresident waterfowl battle
Guest Editorial October 25, 2016 The South Dakota Game Fish and Parks Commission is in an impossible position regarding nonresident waterfowl licenses. While our organizations have a deep respect for the commissioners, we believe their authority on this issue has been...
GF&P Proposal Could Add 1,500 Nonresident Waterfowl Hunting Licenses in Eastern South Dakota Counties
The South Dakota Game Fish and Parks Commission turned its back on resident waterfowl hunters and threw their support behind commercial interests at their April 6-7, 2017 meeting. The commission proposed to take 1,500 three-day nonresident licenses originally intended...
SDWA Responds to Commission’s 2017 Nonresident Waterfowl Decision
Contrary to the commission’s June, 2017 decision, we do not accept the 2016 abrogation of the agreement on the Lower Oahe Waterfowl unit, nor do we accept, as the new normal, the transfer of 2,000 three-day license out of the Missouri River unit In 2015 we...