Oak Lake Field – Fees
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Rates
Rates for SDSU Group
Grounds Use:
- $2/person/day + overnight stay: $5/person/night
- Lodging arrangements
- Bunkhouse1: $7.50 for a minimum group up to 30 people + $1/person over minimum
- Dining Hall1: $12.50 for a minimum group up to 30 people + $1/person over minimum
- House1: $12.50 for a minimum group up to 30 people + $1/person over minimum
- Primitive camping: free
Special Needs:
- Classroom (and laboratory space)1, 3: $6 for a minimum group up to 30 people + $1/person over minimum
- North Classroom1: $7.50 for a minimum group up to 30 people + $1/person over minimum
- Canoe2: $2.50/canoe/day
- Motorized boat with trailer (academic use only by permission): $40/day + fuel
- EZ Go Utility Cart with Tilt Bed (academic use only by permission): $10/day + fuel
- Mesocosm array (academic use only by permission): $40/week
- Riding corral (4-H and SDSU Horse Unit only by permission)
Exception for research students who don’t access any building facilities, no charge.
Rates for Public Local Community (e.g., Local School System), Day Trips
- Grounds use: $1.25/person
- Dining Hall: $25
- House: $25
- Classroom: $25
- Canoe2: $5/canoe
Rates for Private Local Community and Academic Non-SDSU Group
- Grounds use: $5/person
- Dining Hall: $10/person
- Classroom: $10/person
- Combination of Dining Hall and classroom: $15/person
- Lodging
- Bunkhouse: $7.50/person
- Dining Hall: $10/person
- House: $15/person
- Primitive camping: $5/person
- Canoes2: $5/canoe/day
Sales Tax
Facility and equipment fee and 9% sales tax, if applicable, will be billed after use.
Please refer to the following tax-exempt entities:
- Indian tribes
- U.S. government agencies
- State of South Dakota
- Public or municipal corporations of South Dakota
- Municipal or volunteer fire or ambulance departments
- Public schools, university, technical institutes of South Dakota
- Nonprofit hospitals
- Relief agencies
- South Dakota religious and private schools
Facility and equipment fee and 9% sales tax, if applicable, will be billed after use.
Please refer to the following tax-exempt entities:
- Indian tribes
- U.S. government agencies
- State of South Dakota
- Public or municipal corporations of South Dakota
- Municipal or volunteer fire or ambulance departments
- Public schools, university, technical institutes of South Dakota
- Nonprofit hospitals
- Relief agencies
- South Dakota religious and private schools
Additional Notes:
- SDSU Groups are charged a minimum building fee for up to 30 individuals. Larger groups (more than 30) are charged an additional $1 amount per person per day according to the figure to the left of the minimum charge. For example, a group of 32 people renting the Bunkhouse would pay $9.50 ($7.50 + $2) per day.
- Canoes may be rented at the listed rates per day up to eight canoes. Each canoe holds three people. Life vests and paddles are included within the rental fee. Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ assumes no responsibility for accidents related to the use of canoes.
- Laboratory space is accessible for approved research projects only.
Requests may be submitted to the field station director for a service project. Successful completion of approved two-hour service project will reduce the total billing by half (those already receiving special fee discounts do not also qualify for a service project discount).
Additional charges may be assessed if the following tasks are not completed prior to group departure (see IV. C. Guarantee/Deposit of the "Facility and Equipment Policy"):
- Groups must check in and check out with field station staff.
- Tables and chairs should be returned to their original positions.
- All electronics and lights should be turned off and put away.
- All teaching, lab materials and field equipment should be cleaned and put away.
- All trash should be removed from the site (there will be a $5 per bag charge for any trash left behind).
- Floors must be swept.
- Dishes must be washed and put away.
- Windows and doors must be shut and locked.
- The main gate should be shut and locked.
All individuals must submit a $100 damage/cleaning deposit with the reservation form.
Sponsored groups may submit a letter signed by an authorized representative of the sponsoring group who accepts responsibility for damages and cleaning costs in lieu of a cash deposit. Deposits and letters accepting responsibility will be held until the caretaker has inspected reserved facilities following departure of each group.
In the event that damages occur or cleaning/trash removal is required, charges will be assessed against the damage deposit or the sponsoring group to cover such expenses.
