Watershed Protection
IN SOUTH DAKOTA

Reports/Publications

Information

319 Guidance Documents
South Dakota Nonpoint Source Program Quality Assurance Project Plan
Blue Green Algae Informational Brochure
Homewise - P2 for Consumers - A Guide to Household Hazardous Substances and Non-Hazardous Alternatives (pdf)
Lab Waste Minimization and P2 - A Guide for Teachers (pdf)
South Dakota Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Response Protocol and Assessment Strategy (pdf)
Harmful Algal Blooms and Recreation Brochure (pdf)
Harmful Algal Blooms and Livestock Brochure (pdf)

Integrated Reports

2024 Integrated Report (pdf)
2022 Integrated Report (pdf)
2020 Integrated Report (pdf)
2018 Integrated Report (pdf)
2016 Integrated Report (pdf)
2014 Integrated Report (pdf)
2012 Integrated Report (pdf)
2010 Integrated Report (pdf)
2008 Integrated Report (pdf)
2006 Integrated Report (pdf)
2004 Integrated Report (pdf)
2002 303(d) List (pdf)
1998 303(d) List (pdf)

Manure Management

Calibrating Manure Spreader Application Rates (262KB pdf)
Sampling Manure for Nutrient Management (pdf)
Sampling Soils for Nutrient Management (pdf)
Straight Talk on Manure - why, how and where to get help -Confined Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) Brochure (pdf)
Using Manure Analysis Results (pdf)
Nonpoint Source Management Plan - 2019
Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Briefing Paper (13KB pdf)
Rural Living: What You Need to Know as a South Dakota Landowner

Streambank and Slope Stabilization

Bio-Technology for Slope Protection and Erosion Control (2MB)
Designing and Installing Streambank Stabilization Practices (5.8MB)
Watershed Information and Education Program (leaving DENR site for SD Discovery Center and Aquarium site)

Shoreline Stabilization Guidelines (2.6 MB)

Standard Operating Procedures and Quality Assurance Project Plans

Standard Operating Procedures for Field Samplers Volume I (7.5MB pdf)
Standard Operating Procedures for Field Samplers Volume II (5.3MB pdf)
Rotating Basin Field Manual 2020-2021 (1.5MB pdf)
Rotating Basin Quality Assurance Project Plan
External Party Quality Assurance Project Plan (171KB pdf)
Watershed Protection Quality Assurance Project Plan (469KB pdf)
Quality Assurance Project Plan for Harmful Algal Blooms
Quality Assurance Project Plan for Volunteer Water Quality Samplers
Standard Operating Procedures for Volunteer Samplers
Reference Site Development Quality Assurance Project Plan
Stream Discharge Monitoring Quality Assurance Project Plan
Statewide Lake Assessment Quality Assurance Project Plan

Watershed Plans

Lake Poinsett Watershed Strategic Plan (4.3MB pdf)
Northeast Glacial Lakes Strategic Plan (December 2013) (2MB pdf)
Lower James River Watershed Five Year Strategic Plan
Upper Minnesota River Watershed Five Year Strategic Plan
Lewis and Clark Strategic Plan Missouri River East
Lewis and Clark Strategic Plan Missouri River West
Vermillion River Basin Strategic Plan (2.5MB pdf)
Central Big Sioux River Watershed Strategic Plan (8MB pdf)
Big Sioux River Watershed Strategic Plan (3.5MB pdf)
Spring Creek Ten Year Strategic Plan (6MB pdf)

Project Reports

Bad River
Bad River Section 319 National Monitoring Project Final Report (1.15MB pdf)
Bad River Water Quality Project (Phase II) (11.6MB pdf)
Bad River Water Quality Project (Phase III) (2.4MB pdf)
Lower Bad River Basin Study (18.8MB pdf)
Upper Bad River Basin Study (5.7MB pdf)
Upper Bad River Watershed Water Quality Improvement and Demonstration Project (56MB pdf)
Waggoner Lake Assessment Final Report (1.14MB pdf)
Whitewater Creek North Final Report (464KB pdf)

Belle Fourche River
Bear Butte Creek Assessment Final Report (9MB pdf)
Belle Fourche River (this link leaves the DENR website)
Belle Fource River Watershed Final Report - Segment 1 (1.5MB pdf)
Belle Fource River Watershed Final Report - Segment 2 (3.1MB pdf)
Belle Fource River Watershed Final Report - Segment 3 (8.0MB pdf)
Belle Fource River Watershed Final Report - Segment 4 (21.3MB pdf)
Belle Fource River Watershed Final Report - Segment 5 (3MB pdf)
Belle Fource River Watershed Final Report - Segment 6 (2.8MB pdf)
Belle Fource River Watershed Final Report - Segment 7 (20.3MB pdf)
Belle Fource River Watershed Final Report - Segment 8 (5.5MB pdf)

Big Sioux River

Bachelor Creek Hydrologic Unit Project (727KB pdf)
Bachelor Creek Watershed Assessment (2.4MB pdf)
Big Sioux River Watershed Implementation Project - Segment 3 Final Report (39.8MB pdf)
Blue Dog Lake Watershed Assessment Project (2.13MB pdf)
Blue Dog Lake Watershed Improvement Project (146KB pdf)
Central Big Sioux Watershed Project Final Report - Segment 1 (12.4MB pdf)
Central Big Sioux Watershed Implementation Project Final Report - Interim (4.3MB pdf)
Central Big Sioux Watershed Project Final Report - Segment 2 (4MB pdf)
Clear Lake Sediment Removal Project Final Report (4MB pdf)
Clear Lake Watershed Assessment Project Final Report (1.14MB pdf)
Deuel County Lakes Watershed Improvement Project (7.8MB pdf)
East Dakota Riparian Area Restoration and Protection Project (667KB pdf)
Enemy Swim Lake Watershed Assessment Project (2.7MB pdf)
Enemy Swim Lake Watershed Improvement Project (10.6MB pdf)
Lake Alvin Watershed Assessment Final Report (6.76MB pdf)
Lake Campbell/Battle Creek Diagnostic Feasibility Study (20.7MB pdf)
Lake Campbell Watershed Post-Assessment Final Report (3.46MB pdf)
Lake Campbell Watershed Project Final Report (1.35MB pdf)
Lake Campbell Water Quality Report (1.55MB pdf)
Lake Herman Dredging Diagnostic Feasibility Report (12MB pdf)
Lake Herman Implementation Report 1986 (8.7MB pdf)
Lake Herman Phase III Post-Implementation Investigation Final Report (204KB pdf)
Lake Herman Reassessment of Sediment Control Structures (5.2MB pdf)
Lakes Herman/Madison/Brant Watershed Improvement Project (1.5MB pdf)
Bourne Slough Report (2.9MB pdf)
Lake County Public Outreach/Promotional Materials (13MB pdf)
Lake Kampeska Hydrology Report (18.9MB pdf)
Lake Kampeska Monitoring Plan 2011 (566KB pdf)
Lake Kampeska Diagnostic Feasibility Study (9.6MB pdf)
Lake Kampeska Soil and Sediment Yield Study (19MB pdf)
Lake Madison & Brant Lake Watershed Assessment Final Report (27MB pdf)
Lake Poinsett Diagnostic Feasibility Study (12.7MB pdf)
Lake Poinsett/Oakwood Lakes Water Quality Study (44.1MB pdf)
Lake Poinsett Watershed Project - Segment 1 (21.6KB pdf)
Lake Poinsett Watershed Project - Segment 2 (9MB pdf)
Lower Big Sioux Watershed Implementation Project - Segment 1 (2.1MB pdf)
Lower Big Sioux Watershed Implementation Project - Segment 2 (5.2MB pdf)
Northeast Glacial Lakes Watershed Improvement and Protection Project - Segment 1 (3.3MB pdf)
Northeast Glacial Lakes Watershed Improvement and Protection Project - Segment 2 (2.5MB pdf)
Northeast Glacial Lakes Watershed Improvement and Protection Project - Segment 3 (2.7MB pdf)
Oakwood Lakes Assessment Project Final Report (3.2MB pdf)
Oakwood Lakes/Lake Poinsett Rural Clean Water Program 1988 (70.8MB pdf)
Oakwood Lakes/Lake Poinsett Rural Clean Water Program 1989 (66.3MB pdf)
Pelican Lake Assessment Project Final Report (11MB pdf)
Pelican Lake Thickness and Volume of Sediment (6MB pdf)
Pickerel Lake Protection Project Report (68MB pdf)
Pickerel Lake Water Quality Study Report (47MB pdf)
Upper Big Sioux River Watershed Project Continuation (1.6MB pdf)
Upper Big Sioux River Watershed Project Final Report - Segment 5 (2.3MB pdf)
Upper Big Sioux River Watershed Project Final Report - Segment 6 (2.3MB pdf)
Wall Lake Diagnostic Feasibility Report (1.3MB pdf)
Wall Lake Dredging Project Final Report 1993 (7MB pdf)
Wall Lake Water Quality Study (108MB pdf)

Cheyenne River
Canyon Lake/Rapid Creek Diagnostic Feasibility Report (7.3MB pdf)
Legion Lake Assessment Report (4.9MB pdf)
Rapid Creek Report on Water Pollution Investigation (21MB pdf)
Spring Creek (Pennington County) Watershed Management Project Implementation Plan - Segment 1 (2.8MB pdf)
Spring Creek (Pennington County) Watershed Management Project Implementation Plan - Segment 2 (7.6MB pdf)
Spring Creek (Pennington County) Watershed Management Project Implementation Plan - Segment 3 (3.4 MB pdf)
Stockade Lake Water Quality Study (85MB pdf)
Sylvan Lake Restoration Project Final Report (18MB pdf)
Upper Cheyenne River Assessment Project (3.1MB pdf)
Upper Rapid Creek Watershed Assessment (4.2MB pdf)

James River
Amsden Dam & Minnewasta Lake Watershed Assessment Final Report (3.65MB pdf)
Beaver Lake/Beaver Creek Diagnostic Feasibility Report (9.5MB pdf)
Brown County Water Quality Improvement Project (2.5MB pdf)
Clear Lake Restoration Project (5.8MB pdf)
Cottonwood Lake/Lake Louise Watershed Improvement Project (2.3MB pdf)
Cresbard Lake Watershed Assessment Project (1.9MB pdf)
Elm Lake Watershed Assessment Project (2.3MB pdf)
Firesteel Creek/Lake Mitchell Water Quality Study 1985 (74MB pdf)
Firesteel Creek/Lake Mitchell Watershed Project Final Report - Segment 1 (2.4MB pdf)
Firesteel Creek/Lake Mitchell Watershed Project Final Report - Segment 2 (8.6MB pdf)
Jones Lake/Rose Hill Lake Watershed Implementation Project (603KB pdf)
Lake Byron Lake Assessment Project Report (17.1MB pdf)
Lake Byron Water Quality Study Report (50MB pdf)
Lake Byron Watershed Project Final Report 1997 (829KB pdf)
Lake Faulkton Watershed Assessment Project (71.1MB pdf)
Lake Faulkton Watershed Restoration Project (14.7MB pdf)
Lake Hanson & Pierre Creek Restoration Project Final Report (809KB pdf)
Lake Hanson & Pierre Creek Watershed Assessment Project Final Report (1.75MB pdf)
Lake Hanson/Pierre Creek Water Quality Study Report (64MB pdf)
Lake Louise/Wolf Creek Phase I Watershed Assessment Final Report (22.4MB pdf)
Lake Mitchell & Firesteel Creek Diagnostic Feasibility Study (2.4MB pdf)
Lower James River Watershed Implementation Project - Segment 1 (606KB pdf)
Lower James River Watershed Implementation Project - Segment 2 (17.5MB pdf)
Lower James River Watershed Implementation Project - Segment 3 (11.3MB pdf)
Mina Lake Assessment Project 1992 (39.8MB pdf)
Mina Lake & Snake Creek Assessment Project (6.23MB pdf)
Moccassin Creek Watershed Assessment Project (8.97MB pdf)
Nine Mile Lake Assessment Final Report (857KB pdf)
North Buffalo Lake Assessment Final Report (813KB pdf)
Ravine Lake Diagnostic Feasibility Report (11.4MB pdf)
Redfield Lake Assessment Project Report (27.6MB pdf)
Richmond Lake Assessment Final Report (1MB pdf)
Richmond Lake Demonstration Project (19.3MB pdf)
Richmond Lake Diagnostic Feasibility Report (19.8MB pdf)
Roy Lake Assessment Final Report (1.32MB pdf)
South Buffalo Lake Assessment Final Report (838KB pdf)
South Central Implementation Project Segment 1 Final Report
South Red Iron Lake Assessment Final Report (1.31MB pdf)
Twin Lake/Wilmarth Lake Assessment Final Report (394KB pdf)
Upper Snake Creek Watershed Project

Minnesota River
Big Stone Lake/Little Minnesota Final Report 1992 (6.5MB pdf)
Big Stone Lake/Little Minnesota Final Report 1995 (5MB pdf)
Big Stone Lake/Little Minnesota River Final Report 2001 (35MB pdf)
Big Stone Lake/Little Minnesota River Final Report 2007 (5.6MB pdf)
Fish Lake Watershed Assessment Final Report (1.98MB pdf)
Lake Alice Watershed Assessment Final Report (1.17MB pdf)
Lake Cochrane/Lake Oliver Watershed Improvement Project (2MB pdf)
Lake Cochrane/Lake Oliver Watershed Assessment Final Report (2MB pdf)
Lake Cochrane/Lake Oliver Watershed Investigation Report (215KB pdf)
Lake Cochrane Lakeside Dwelling Survey (27MKB pdf)
Lake Hendricks Diagnostic Feasibility Study (4.7MB pdf)
Lake Hendricks Final Report (323KB pdf)
Lake Hendricks Water Quality Study (53MB pdf)
Punished Woman's Lake Diagnostic Feasibility Study (17MB pdf)

Missouri River
Brakke Dam Watershed Assessment Final Report (3.41MB pdf)
Burke Lake Watershed Assessment Final Report (1.5MB pdf)
Burke Lake Diagnostic Feasibility Report (7.25MB pdf)
Dante Lake Watershed Assessment Final Report (1.4MB pdf)
Eureka Lake Watershed Assessment Project (1.6MB pdf)
Fate Dam Watershed Assessment Final Report (2.6MB pdf)
Lake Andes Lake Assessment Final Report 1992 (11.6MB pdf)
Lake Andes Sedimentation Survey Report (3.6MB pdf)
Lake Andes Watershed Assessment Final Report 2009 (3.9MB pdf)
Lake Pocasse/Lake Campbell Watershed Assessment Project (877KB pdf)
Lake Pocasse/Lake Campbell Watershed Implementation Project (477KB pdf)
Lewis and Clark Lake/Corsica Lake Watershed Improvement - Segment 1 (4.3MB pdf)
Lewis and Clark Watershed Implementation Project - Segment 2 (6.9MB pdf)
Lewis and Clark Watershed Implementation Project - Segment 3 (12.88MB pdf)
Lewis and Clark Watershed Implementation Project - Segment 4 (11.4MB pdf)
Lewis and Clark Basin Phase I Watershed Assessment and TMDL (draft) (8.7MB pdf)
McCook Lake Diagnostic Feasibility Report (4.27MB pdf)
Medicine Creek Watershed Project (5.8MB pdf)

Vermillion River
Kingsbury Lakes Watershed Assessment Project (7MB pdf)
Kingsbury Lakes Watershed Implementation Project (2MB pdf)
Swan Lake Diagnostic Feasibility Report (32.2MB pdf)
Swan Lake Dredging and Restoration Project Report (6.32MB pdf)
Turkey Ridge Creek Watershed Assessment Project (3.75MB pdf)
Turkey Ridge Creek Watershed Implementation Project (614KB pdf)
Vermillion River Basin Watershed Implementation Project - Segment 1 (4.2MB pdf)
Vermillion River Basin Watershed Implementation Project - Segment 2 (2.4MB pdf)
Wetlands Education Pilot Program Final Report ( 722.6KB pdf)

White River
Little White River Assessment Project (5.5MB pdf)
White River Assessment Project (8MB pdf)
White River Total Suspended Solids Standards Change (3.3MB pdf)
Conata Basin Watershed Project (3.3MB pdf)

Statewide/Regional Projects

303d Watershed Planning and Assistance Program (1.34MB pdf)
303d Watershed Planning and Assistance Program - Segment 2 (3.28MB pdf)
303d Watershed Planning and Assistance Program - Segment 3 (673KB pdf)
Abandoned Well Sealing Demonstration Project (3.3MB pdf)
Arsenic Remediation of Drinking Water | Phase I (pdf) | Phase II (pdf)
Black Hills Temperature Study (5.3MB pdf)
Bootstraps Natural Resources Inventory and Coordination Project (512KB pdf)
Developing BMPs to Minimize the Water Quality Impacts of Winter Manure Spreading (1.98MB pdf)
Evaluating the Performance of Vegetative Treatment Areas (2.1MB pdf)
Fecal Coliform Strain Identification Project (pdf)
Grassland Management and Planning Project - Final Report (12.7MB pdf)
Grassland Management and Planning Project - Segment 2 - Final Report (5.2MB pdf)
Grassland Management and Planning Project - Segment 3 - Final Report (8.1MB pdf)
Grassland Management and Planning Project - Segment 4 - Final Report (3.8MB pdf)
Grassland Management and Planning Project - Segment 5 - Final Report (2.9MB pdf)
Ground Water Quality Monitoring Network - Final Report (529KB pdf)
Appendix A - Well Diagrams (6.25MB pdf)
Manure Management BMPs Based on Soil Phosphorus (2.1MB pdf)
Manure Management BMPs Based on Soil Phosphorus: Evaluating Additional Soil/Runoff P Relationships (1MB pdf)
Northern Glaciated Plains Reference Site Project (pdf)
Notill Survey Final Report (pdf)
NPS Buffer Planning and Assistance Project (134KB pdf)
Selection and Validation of Regional Reference Sites and Development of Indices of Biotic Integrity for the Northwestern Great Plains Ecoregion (pdf)
Silviculture Best Management Practices Audit Reports | Audit I (1.85MB pdf) | Audit II (pdf) | Audit III (pdf)
www.hpcnet.org/timberaudit
Persistence of E. coli in Stream Sediments and the Impact on Water Quality (1.27MB pdf)
Soil Health Planning and Improvement Project Segment 1 Final Report (6.82MB pdf)
South Dakota NonPoint Source Information and Education Project - 1996 (93KB pdf)
South Dakota NonPoint Source Information and Education Project - 1998 (121KB pdf)
South Dakota NonPoint Source Information and Education Project - 2011 (2.26MB pdf)
South Dakota NonPoint Source Information and Education Project - 2017 (322KB pdf)
South Dakota NonPoint Source Information and Education Project - 2020 (365KB pdf)
Targeting Impaired Lakes in South Dakota (138KB pdf)
Terry Redlin Freshwater Institute Wetland Education Program Project (621KB pdf)
Wonderland Basin Demonstration Project (11MB pdf)

Databases

US EPA WQX Database

DANR Water Quality Monitoring Access Portal (WQMAP)

Data from the National Aquatic Resource Surveys

South Dakota Harmful Algal Blooms Interactive Map