South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources News

South Dakota Regulators Want Bigger Bonds from Oil, Gas Drillers

State regulators will ask the Legislature to require bigger financial guarantees for oil and gas wells in response to a failed 40-well natural gas project in northwest South Dakota. Under current state law, drillers of wells shallower than 5,500 feet …

Flood Mapping Tools to Help Residents in South Dakota’s Big Sioux River Basin

The state of South Dakota is working on new online flood mapping tools for the Big Sioux River Basin. The Google maps-style program should allow cities, counties, developers and emergency managers to test the flooding potential of increased flows in …