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SD commission approves closure of ditches
• YANKTON, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Transportation Commission has approved the closing of segments of ditches near Yankton and Chancellor to off-road vehicles.
• Officials say off-road vehicles have damaged vegetation and caused ditch erosion in the areas.
• Off limits are Highway 50 from Ferdig Avenue to Belair Road near Yankton, Highway 52 from Highway 153 to West City Limits Road near Yankton and the eastbound and westbound ditches of Highway 44 from Highway 17 to 461st Avenue in Chancellor.
• Signs will be placed.
• The closures were initiated by a local request and were approved by the commission.
• Ditch closures do not apply to snowmobiles, off-road vehicles used in normal agricultural operations and utilitiy company service vehicles.
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$3.7M Outdoor Adventure Center
DIRK LAMMERS, Associated Press
• BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) -- The initial concept for what is now known as the Outdoor Adventure Center of South Dakota was to provide an indoor home for 4-H's growing shooting sports programs.
• But once the city of Brookings provided 3.8 acres of land within Dakota Nature Park, the concept quickly blossomed into a $3.7 million year-round activity center offering not only archery and pistol shooting but fishing, kayaking, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing.
• "It totally transformed the vision, because we now had access to 135 acres in which we could use some of our 4-H curriculum," said Nancy Swanson, executive director of the South Dakota 4-H Foundation.
• The 30,000-square-foot building on Brookings' south side, which is set to open in December, will feature an Olympic-size 25-meter indoor archery range and a 75-foot indoor pistol shooting range.
• Between the two ranges will be 4-H Outdoor Adventure Alley, a collection of classrooms for environmental and recreational curriculum.
• Students will have access to the nature park's rolling hills and chain of small lakes, so youth learning cross country skiiing, kayaking or canoeing will be able to head outside after classroom settings for hands-on learning.
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