Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
| Table 2. Comparison of land use practices in the Waubay study area, Day County, South Dakota, 1992-1993 and 1950-1953. | |||
| Type of Use | Percent (%) Use of Total | ||
| 1950-53 | 1992-93 | % change | |
| Row crops | 0.0a | 10.9 | + 10.9 |
| corn | 0.0 | 4.7 | + 4.7 |
| soybeans | 0.0 | 6.2 | + 6.2 |
| Small grainb | 63.0 | 13.3 | - 78.9 |
| Alfalfa | 0.0 | 3.4 | + 3.4 |
| Summer fallow | 0.0 | 2.1 | + 2.1 |
| Total Cropped | 63.0 | 29.7 | - 52.9 |
| CRPc | 0.0 | 27.5 | + 27.5 |
| Pasture | 22.0d | 12.4 | — |
| Hayed grasslande | — | 9.6 | — |
| Hayland | — | 2.3 | — |
| Trees/shrubs | 0.7 | 2.3 | + 1.6 |
| Miscellaneousf | — | 0.2 | — |
| Wetlands | 15.0 | 16.1 | + 1.1 |
| Total Uncropped | 37.7 | 70.4 | + 86.7 |
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a C. Evans and K. Black (pers comm) explained that row
crops and alfalfa were nonexistent during the early 1950s. b Cultivated small grains include spring and winter wheat, barley, oats, rye, and some buckwheat during 1992-93. c Land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program and planted to grassland. d This figure represents a combination of pasture and hay during the early 1950s. e Hayed grasslands include road ditches, idle hay fields, idle pastures and other areas containing volunteer grasses and forbs, mainly smooth brome (Bromus inermis) and Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis). f Miscellaneous during 1992-93 included rock piles, junk piles and all building sites. | |||
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
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