The Pactola Reservoir has reached record high levels and several areas of the reservoir are now submerged, including sections of the Veteran's Point trail, many places in the parking lot, the Pactola ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 2015 view of the Pactola Reservoir in the Black Hills. (Courtesy of Black Hills National Forest) A 2015 view of the Pactola ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Zebra mussels at Lewis and Clark Lake near Yankton, South Dakota. (Photo courtesy of Sam Stukel/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) ...

SIOUX FALLS S.D. (KELO) — More than 20,000 acres of land and water in the Pactola Reservoir will be safe from any possible drilling or mining for the next 20 years, according to a news release from ...

The Biden administration is barring mining and geothermal leasing in a critical South Dakota watershed for two decades, likely blocking a contentious bid to explore for gold there. Secretary of the ...

Pactola Reservoir is getting a surge of water today after flooding in the upper Rapid Creek watershed caused by a downpour Sunday that dropped almost 6 inches of rain. Dave Fisher, owner of Pactola ...

This story is reported by South Dakota News Watch, a non-profit news organization. Find more in-depth reporting at www.sdnewswatch.org. PACTOLA RESERVOIR, S.D. – Water levels in this major source of ...

“The Pactola Reservoir–Rapid Creek Watershed provides so many benefits to the people and communities we serve, from clean water to world-class recreation, from livestock grazing to the spaces our ...

A 2015 view of the Pactola Reservoir in the Black Hills. (Courtesy of Black Hills National Forest) The federal government approved a 20-year ban Thursday on new mining-related activity in a portion of ...

Emails obtained by clean-water advocates show the state of South Dakota declined $290,000 of federal funding for zebra mussel decontamination stations at Pactola Reservoir, which the advocates say is ...

The federal government approved a 20-year ban Thursday on new mining-related activity in a portion of South Dakota’s Black Hills. The ban covers 32 square miles of federally owned land located about ...