PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - The South Dakota Supreme Court has rejected an attempt by a wild horse sanctuary to get rid of a conservation easement that limits use of thousands of acres.
The operators of the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary near Hot Springs filed a lawsuit in 2016 alleging it was fraudulently induced into granting the easement to The Nature Conservancy, a nonprofit with an office in Rapid City, in exchange for $230,000.
The Rapid City Journal says the easement includes about 8,300 acres of sanctuary land and prohibits certain uses to ensure it will remain in a mostly natural and undeveloped state.
The Supreme Court’s opinion issued Wednesday affirms a circuit court decision to dismiss the lawsuit.
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Information from: Rapid City Journal, http://www.rapidcityjournal.com
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