Game, Fish And Parks Commission Hears Update On Pheasant Action Plan

Game, Fish And Parks Commission Hears Update On Pheasant Action Plan

PIERRE, (KCCR) — The Game, Fish and Parks Commission, at it’s March meeting got details on the agency’s Pheasant Action Plan. Senior Upland Game Biologist Alex Solem says one of the first goals in the five year action plan is habitat on both public and private land…

Solem says the Department would like to try and add five-thousand acres a year of private land to access areas for the public. The second part of the plan is to improve habitat in game production areas…

Another objective is to watch the economic impact pheasant hunting has on the state…

Other parts of the plan include the evaluation of nesting areas and food plots.