Welcome to the South Dakota State University

web resource for pond management.

Pond management has long been a topic of interest for the South Dakota Cooperative Extension Service, the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, and the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks. South Dakota has a tremendous pond resource, with many of the ponds having fish communities. Management activities typically focus on warmwater fishes such as largemouth bass and bluegill, but some West River ponds are managed with trout.

Please follow one of these three links for further information.

Ø     South Dakota’s pond management booklet

        Managing South Dakota Ponds for Fish and Wildlife

Ø     A series of pond management articles from Pond Boss magazine

        covering a variety of topics relevant to South Dakota waters –

        from habitat to wide diversity in fish species

        Pond Management Articles

Ø     Links to information on pond management

Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences Home Page