National Park Service urges area residents to ‘leave no trace behind’

YANKTON, S.D. – The National Park Service and South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks are having a litter issue at one of the most pristine and beautiful access points on the Missouri river in Southeastern South Dakota.

Known to some as the Burbank Beach, the Bolton Game Production Area and river access in the Missouri National Recreational River is a popular destination because of its remoteness, extensive river beaches and sandbars, and the abundance of wildlife including bald eagles, deer, turkey, Piping Plovers, and butterflies and dragonflies.

Litter like bottles and aluminum cans, potato chip bags, candy wrappers and beach chairs are left behind for the next visitor to see. Litter affects the environment for wildlife that depend on the river for life and for the people who depend on it for recreation purposes.