GF&P writes pheasant management plan

PIERRE (AP) — The state Game, Fish and Parks Department has drawn up a five-year management plan for pheasants that puts special emphasis on protecting and developing habitat.
 Other goals involve research, providing places to hunt, and educating the public about pheasants.
 The fall hunting season has drawn well over 150,000 hunters in recent years.
 Among the continuing issues cited by the GF&P are federal farm programs and changing landowner demographics that affect habitat, and growth in the pay-to-hunt industry.