SDCL § 38-8-61: District conservation measures on public and private land.

A conservation district, and the supervisors thereof, shall have the power, in addition to others granted in other sections of this chapter, to carry out soil erosion preventive and control measures and works of improvement for flood prevention or the conservation development, utilization, and disposal of water within the districts on lands owned or controlled by this state or any of its agencies, with the cooperation of the agency administering and having jurisdiction thereof, and on any other lands within the district upon obtaining the consent of the occupier of such lands or the necessary rights or interest in such lands.