PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) -- The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission plans to ban trapping of beavers throughout the Black Hills area where their populations have declined, while also allowing more river otters to be trapped in eastern South Dakota where their numbers have grown.

The commission also intends to allow fishing year-round in an area of Lake Francis Case that previously was closed from December through April.

The commission adopted the changes on Thursday during a meeting in Aberdeen. It's now up to the Legislature's Rules Review Committee whether the new regulations can take effect. The six lawmakers are scheduled to meet on Tuesday, June 10 in Pierre.

Under the new beaver regulation, trapping would no longer be allowed at all in the Black Hills Forest Fire Protection Di

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