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 ...

(Tribune News Service) — An active duty airman assigned to Ellsworth Air Force Base has been identified as the victim of Saturday's drowning at Pactola Reservoir. Ellsworth Public Affairs ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - Law enforcement regularly patrols Pactola Reservoir and other lakes in KOTA Territory. Typically, ...

The confirmed finding last summer of zebra mussels in Pactola Reservoir – 15 miles west of Rapid City in the Black Hills National Forest – has sparked greater scrutiny of South Dakota’s ...

The South Dakota Department of Game, Fish & Parks and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation confirmed Thursday the presence of zebra mussels in Pactola Reservoir in Pennington County, causing concern ...

The Pactola Reservoir in the Black Hills National Forest in South Dakota, pictured July 22, 2015. USDA Forest Service/Black Hills National Forest ...

PIERRE, S.D. | The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department has received a $50,000 grant from a nonprofit group to improve water quality and fish habitat in the Black ...

South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation have confirmed the presence of zebra mussels in Pactola Reservoir in Pennington County.

South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation have confirmed the presence of zebra mussels in Pactola Reservoir in Pennington County.

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 ...

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 ...