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South Dakota ranks fourth in 2024 grassland conservation enrollments
South Dakota landowners enrolled almost 159,000 acres this year — nearly 250 square miles — into a federal conservation program that pays them to use management practices promoting healthy grasslands. That ranks the state fourth in Grassland Conservation …