Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment: Bear Butte National Wildlife Refuge

Bear Butte National Wildlife Refuge was established as a limited-interest refuge in the late 1930s with the acquisition of easements from private landowners, the state of South Dakota, and the War Department (now transferred to the Bureau of Land Management at Ft. Meade) to maintain an area for "migratory bird, wildlife conservation, and other purposes." The refuge is 374.20 easement acres and has no fee title.