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Important Bird Areas
South Dakota
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Marshall JohnsonSouth Dakota IBAs by Type
| IBA Priority | Number | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Global | 6 | 453,939 |
| State | 22 | 471,844 |
| Total | 28 | 925,783 |
| Site Name | Status |
Priority |
Counties | IBA Criteria |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Pierre National Grassland | Recognized | Global | Jones, Lyman, Stanley | |
| Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge | Recognized | Global | ||
| Wolsey Crane Stopover Area | Recognized | Global | Aurora, Beadle, Hand, Jerauld, Sanborn, Spink | |
| Bitter Lake | Recognized | Global | Day | |
| Lower Missouri River channel | Recognized | Global | Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Clay, Union, Yankton | |
| West Butte Sage Grassland | Recognized | Global | Butte | |
| Sica Hollow State Park | Recognized | State | ||
| Blythe Slough | Recognized | State | Codington | |
| Clubhouse Slough | Recognized | State | Marshall | |
| Goose Lake | Recognized | State | Codington | |
| Leola Hills | Recognized | State | Edmunds, McPherson | |
| Pierre Missouri River Bottomlands | Recognized | State | Hughes, Stanley | |
| Stone Lake Outwash Area | Recognized | State | Sully | |
| Swan Lake | Recognized | State | Walworth | |
| Troy Township Lakes | Recognized | State | Day | |
| Drainage Ditch Marsh Complex | Recognized | State | Brown, Marshall | |
| Eastern Deciduous Forest Outliers Complex | Recognized | State | Lincoln, Union | |
| Fort Randall Dam Complex | Recognized | State | Charles Mix, Gregory | |
| Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge Complex | Recognized | State | Charles Mix | |
| Lake Thompson Area | Recognized | State | Kingsbury |
