A public fishing pier, pictured Sept. 10, in Waubay on Blue Dog Lake was constructed with habitat stamp funding by South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks and installed on Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) land to make use of the property. Normally FEMA land cannot be built upon but because the pier is a non-permanent structure and will be rolled out of the water during winter, it is permitted. Reporter & Farmer | Leyton Beardslee
Last fall, following an agreement with Waubay City Council, South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks (GFP) aquatic habitat and access biologist Rhet Russell began working with former Waubay Mayor Kevin Jens to place a public fishing pier in Waubay on Blue Dog Lake to make use of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) land.
The project was subsidized by habitat stamp funding, Russell said, and now wi…
