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David Parker (right) is director of the South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks Department Outdoor Campus East. Parker took up hunting in 2020 with help from his brother-in-law, Ryan Clay (left). (Submitted Photo)

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Bird-watching and hunting/fishing has grown in popularity during the pandemic as people looked activities. Cars were lined up on SD Highway 10 at Sand Lake this spring to watch the annual for low-cost, easily accessible outdoor activities to compensate for the suspension of many indoor spectacle of the snow goose migration.

Outdoor Activities Boom

Wed, 12/30/2020 - 12:00am

South Dakota’s billion-dollar outdoor recreation economy boomed in 2020, providing a much-needed economic boost in several business sectors while giving hope to wildlife management agencies that they can reverse a long-term decline in the number of licensed hunters and anglers. As movie theaters closed, concerts were canceled, stores shut down and ...

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Marshall County Journal

PO Box 69, Britton, SD 57430
Phone: (605) 448-2281