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South Dakota s top regulator far below EPA requirements for inspecting stormwater runoff sites
Nearly 30 years ago, South Dakota took over reins from the EPA on monitoring its hundreds of storm-water permit-holders, as required by the 1972 Clean Water Act. On Tuesday, an administrator in Pierre says recently they ve inspected only a handful. Written By: Christopher Vondracek | ×
Cattle wade in the Cheyenne River as it flows into the Badlands in southwestern South Dakota. (Christopher Vondracek / Forum News Service)
PIERRE, S.D. South Dakota s top water-surface regulator told a legislative committee that just a handful of the state s 850 permitted storm runoff sites, which are required by federal environmental law to be inspected, have been visited by state officials.
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Nominations and applications are now being accepted for the 2021 South Dakota Leopold Conservation Award
®. The $10,000 award honors ranchers, farmers and forestland owners who go above and beyond in their management of soil health, water quality and wildlife habitat on working land.
Sand County Foundation and national sponsor American Farmland Trust present the Leopold Conservation Award to private landowners in 21 states for extraordinary achievement in voluntary conservation. In South Dakota, the award is presented with the South Dakota Cattlemen’s Association and the South Dakota Grassland Coalition. The 2020 recipient of the award was Blair Brothers Angus Ranch of Sturgis.
Given in honor of renowned conservationist Aldo Leopold, the award recognizes landowners who inspire others with their dedication to land, water and wildlife habitat management on private, working land. In his influential 1949 book, “A Sand County Almanac,” Leopold called for an ethical relat