SIOUX FALLS — The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission is updated Thursday on the status of Bush’s Landing. An access point to Lake Oahe north of Pierre in Sully County, Bush’s Landing according to G-F and P Parks and Recreation Director Scott Simpson is one of the most used access areas to the Missouri River. Simpson says work continues on the half-million dollar project to lengthen the boat ramp…
Drought conditions and significantly reduced runoff into the Lake Oahe reservoir is forcing the changes which may need to be extended even more…
Work on extending the low water boat ramp at Bush’s is behind and Simpson says they are pushing contractors to finish up…
Simpson says the latest projection from the U-S Army Corps of Engineers states Oahe may be down six feet of elevation by the end of the summer.
