Game, Fish And Parks Officials See Big Increase In State Park Usage In November

Game, Fish And Parks Officials See Big Increase In State Park Usage In November

PIERRE, (KCCR) — South Dakota state parks and recreation areas saw good use in the month of November. Division of Parks and Recreation Deputy Director Al Nedved says good weather helped drive good usage…

Shadehill in Perkins County was the busiest park in November and Nedved says enhanced, targeted marketing of overnight lodging opportunities seemed to be paying off in November…

With the increases in overnight camping and park usage came an obvious increase in revenue…

Preliminary visitation numbers indicate a 15-percent increase in visitation to state park and recreation areas in November. Nedved says areas around Lake Oahe saw increased usage in part because of state record fish being caught outside of the normal fishing season.