GFP holding public meeting on aquatic invasive species in Pickerel Lake and others

July 28, 2020

PIERRE, S.D.–A public meeting of the Department of Game, Fish and Parks Commission will be held by teleconference on Wednesday, July 29, 2019, beginning at 11:00 a.m. CDT.

The commission will be finalizing an emergency amendment to designate Pickerel, Waubay, North Rush, South Rush and Minnewasta Lakes as containment waters, requiring boaters to follow decontamination rules. Zebra mussels, an aquatic invasive species, were discovered in Pickerel lake earlier this month.

There will be no public hearing or open forum for this meeting.

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