Wildlife Diversity Program
What is the Wildlife Diversity Program?
The South Dakota
Wildlife Diversity Program’s primary goal is to inventory, protect, and
manage the species and habitats that comprise the biological diversity
of South Dakota in a manner that meets the needs and desires of the
people of the state. The Wildlife Diversity Program maintains the South
Dakota Natural Heritage Program, works to improve the public’s
understanding of wildlife diversity issues, and takes conservation
measures to sustain all native plants and animals and associated
habitats. By taking a proactive approach to sustaining native species,
listing of species as threatened or endangered can often be prevented.
Contact the Wildlife Diversity Staff
South Dakota Natural Heritage Program
The South Dakota Natural Heritage Program is a member of NatureServe.
NatureServe represents an international network of biological
inventories known as natural heritage programs or conservation data
centers that operate in all fifty U.S. states, Canada, Latin America
and the Caribbean. Natural heritage programs collect and manage
detailed local information on plants, animals, and ecosystems and
develop information products, data management tools, and conservation
services to help meet local, national, and global conservation needs.
The South Dakota
Natural Heritage Program was established in 1981 and is supported by
South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks.
For more information
about NatureServe go to
http://www.natureserve.org/ Rare Species
(click on the links below)
Rare
Animals
Rare
Plants
Threatened,
Endangered or Candidate Species of South Dakota
How
to Report Rare, Threatened or Endangered Species
Make a Data Request
Links to other Natural Heritage
Program Sites
Wildlife
Diversity Program Activities (click on the links below)
Bald Eagle Awareness Days
Bird Banding at Farm Island and Fisherman Point
American Dipper
in the Black Hills
American Burying Beetle in
South Dakota
River
Otters in South Dakota
Books, Reports and Articles
(click on the links below)
Wildlife Values and Beliefs of South Dakota Residents – 2004
(PDF
file)
Dakota Skipper
Survey and Monitoring Summary (PDF file)
A
Technical Report on the Status of Black Hills Bats (PDF file)
Freshwater mussels of the Missouri National Recreational River Report
(PDF file)
Freshwater Mussels of the Missouri National
Recreational River Poster (PDF File)
Conservation Digest
Articles
Bat Sampling and Collection Protocol
Bats and Rabies - A Public Health Guide
Macroinvertebrate Bioassessment of Black
Hills Streams, South Dakota
Dakota Flora by Dave Ode (links to SD State Historical
Society Press)
Owls of South Dakota
Field
Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of South Dakota
South Dakota Great Lakes Birding Trail
Fragile Legacy, Rare Animals of South Dakota
These two books are for sale at GFP online
shopping:
Wild Mammals
of South Dakota
Butterflies of South Dakota
Management Plans (click on
the links below)
South Dakota Wildlife
Action Plan
South Dakota All Bird Conservation Plan
(PDF file)
South
Dakota Aquatic Nuisance Species Management Plan
South Dakota Bat Management Plan
Topeka Shiner State
Management Plan
Management Plans for Threatened and Endangered Species on the Missouri
River
Final National Resource Damage
Assessment (NRDA) Plan
Siting Guidelines for Wind Power Projects
(PDF file)
Wildlife Habitats of LaFramboise Island:
Vegetational change and management of a Missouri River Island (PDF
file)
Permits (click on the
links below)
Wildlife Rehabilitation
Permits
State Threatened and
Endangered Species Permit Procedure
Scientific Collector's Permits
Funding Opportunities
(click on the links below)
The
Wildlife Diversity Small Grants Program
South Dakota Wildlife
Action Plan Competitive Grants
New Funding for South Dakota’s Fish and Wildlife
(PDF file)
Teaming With Wildlife
Publications
(in PDF format)
to read these documents
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