In response to a bill passed last week by the SD Legislature, the Game, Fish and Parks have re-opened boat access to Twin Lakes in southern Sanborn and Jerauld counties.
The bill reopens more than 25 non-meandering lakes to public use, unless otherwise posted as closed by the lakes’ landowners.
Non-meandering waters and lakes are defined by the Legislature as lakes created by heavy snow and rain in the 1990s. Twin Lakes came to be a lake used for recreation well before that time.
In response to a March Supreme Court decision, the Game, Fish and Parks restricted boat access to the lake at the public boat ramp. The campground has remained open throughout this debacle.