Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program:
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

Staff Member

Laurel Sacco

Email: laurel.sacco@sdstate.edu

Project Completion Date
Population estimate, exploitation, mortality, movement, and habitat use of Lake Sharpe Walleye as inferred from mark-recapture and acoustic-telemetry tracking June 2026
Walleye dynamics in western South Dakota irrigation reservoirs June 2023
Presentations Presentation Date
Sacco, L.H., J.L. Kientz, G.F. Galinat, B. Miller, J.L. Davis and S.R. Chipps. 2025. Factors affecting year-class strength of Walleye (<i>Sander vitreus</i>) populations in western irrigation reservoirs. 2025 Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, St. Louis MO. January 21, 2025. January 2025
Sacco, L., S.R. Chipps, and M.J. Fincel. 2022. Effects of hydroclimate variability on fishing pressure in the Missouri River. Missouri River Natural Resources Conference, Nebraska City, NE. March 2022