Just 2% of the wild prairie that dominated South Dakota is left and under threat from grazing, fire suppression, invasive species, conversion to agriculture, and mining and wind development.

South Dakota is one of 15 states that actively discriminates against LGBTQ+ people.

Since Roe V. Wade was overturned, abortion is completely banned in South Dakota with very limited exceptions.

South Dakota has weak gun laws; a very high rate of suicide, mostly by gun; it expanded its Shoot First laws; and has no requirement for concealed carry of firearms in public.

South Dakota is among the US states that still allows the death penalty, which is banned in every other western industrialized country.