Sand Lake Wetland Management District is located in the U.S. state of

South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota people, Lakota and Dakota peo ...

and is administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. This is the largest Wetland Management District in the U.S., with 45,000 acres (182 km²) of area directly under federal protection and another 550,000 acres (2,225 km²) managed in partnership with private landowners as conservation easements. A total of 162 Waterfowl Production areas are located on the federally owned lands and the conservation easements are generally adjacent to these areas and act as buffer zones to increase habitat protection.

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* {{authority control National Wildlife Refuges in South Dakota Protected areas established in 1961 Wetlands of South Dakota Bodies of water of Brown County, South Dakota Protected areas of Brown County, South Dakota 1961 establishments in South Dakota