The Rules Review Committee of the South Dakota legislature worked through a long agenda at their meeting yesterday (Monday) in Pierre.

Representative Jean Hunhoff of Yankton says the Department of Agriculture brought a rule request to add Japanese beetles to the list of noxious pests…

 

Hunhoff says there was another rule request from Game, Fish and Parks to allow the use of dogs to hunt mountain lions year round outside of the Black Hills…

 

Hunhoff says there was another request from the agency to adjust the number of hunting licenses to build up the elk herd in the Black Hills…

 

The committee also agreed to rules from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to adjust the terms and definitions of water project loans.