Scaled-down Custer Park campground plan stays alive in Legislature
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Game, Fish and Parks officials are circulating a plan to reduce and relocate a campsite expansion proposal at Custer State Park.The original proposal was a 176-campsite expansion in Barnes Canyon near the Wildlife Loop. The new proposal is for 80 campsites just south of Stockade Lake.
"When Gov. Kristi Noem first announced a $10 million plan to add 176 new campsites in Custer State Park, it seemed to make sense."
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After South Dakota lawmakers said they'd be rejecting the 176-campsite proposal, Gov. Kristi Noem's office is scaling back plans.