The Pactola Reservoir has reached record high levels and several areas of the reservoir are now submerged, including sections of the Veteran's Point trail, many places in the parking lot, the Pactola ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Zebra mussels at Lewis and Clark Lake near Yankton, South Dakota. (Photo courtesy of Sam Stukel/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) ...

SIOUX FALLS S.D. (KELO) — More than 20,000 acres of land and water in the Pactola Reservoir will be safe from any possible drilling or mining for the next 20 years, according to a news release from ...

A 2015 view of the Pactola Reservoir in the Black Hills. (Courtesy of Black Hills National Forest) The federal government approved a 20-year ban Thursday on new mining-related activity in a portion of ...

This story is reported by South Dakota News Watch, a non-profit news organization. Find more in-depth reporting at www.sdnewswatch.org. PACTOLA RESERVOIR, S.D. – Water levels in this major source of ...

The Biden administration is barring mining and geothermal leasing in a critical South Dakota watershed for two decades, likely blocking a contentious bid to explore for gold there. Secretary of the ...

Four years after they started boating at Pactola Reservoir, Derek and Brea Chaplin of Ellsworth Air Force Base were pleasantly surprised Saturday to discover a beach at the Black Hills lake. "We ...

A 2015 view of the Pactola Reservoir in the Black Hills. (Courtesy of Black Hills National Forest) The federal government approved a 20-year ban Thursday on new mining-related activity in a portion of ...

Emails obtained by clean-water advocates show the state of South Dakota declined $290,000 of federal funding for zebra mussel decontamination stations at Pactola Reservoir, which the advocates say is ...