Ft. Pierre, SD., September 15, 2021 National Public Lands Day is September 25, 2021. Since 1994, National Public Lands Day has brought together communities and public land management agencies to bring attention to the importance of our public lands. Held on the fourth...
WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, SD – Rangers at Wind Cave National Park will be leading programs mid-September through early October to listen for the bugle of the Rocky Mountain elk. The elk’s high-pitched whistle heralds the arrival of fall and the elk’s mating season....
The National Grasslands Visitor Center (NGVC) served 10,288 people in July 2021, setting a high mark for monthly visitation in at least the last two decades. That figure – an average of 331 per day – includes 7,022 visitors through the doors of the visitor...
By: Marcus Heerdt After more than two years in development, Wind Cave National Park unveiled its new “unigrid” brochure in late July of this year. According to park officials, it has been at least 30 or more years since the previous Wind Cave brochure has had an...
Black Hills-based writer Marcus Heerdt was recently a guest on The Pulse podcast hosted by Sarah Grassel. Learn more about him and his new book Hiking the Black Hills Country, Third Edition! To Listen Click Here Buy a Copy of the Book Here...
On the March 7th episode of the National Parks Traveler podcast, BHPFA Executive Director, Patty Ressler gave an interview highlighting our Adopt-A-Bison program that supports the conservation of Wind Cave National Park’s bison herd! Listen Here
The South Dakota Master Naturalist program is starting its first certification class in March 2021. All adults 18+ who have a passion for nature, enjoy people and want to contribute to the well being of both through education and service are invited to apply to be...
Updated 09/23/2021 Wind Cave National Park BHPFA park store and visitor center are OPEN daily from 8:00 am-4:30 pm Face masks are required in the visitor center and on cave tours Cave tours have resumed. Limited spots available, tour tickets are available on a...
Looking for a 2019 summer adventure? Considering a career as a park ranger or interpretive guide? Want to explore to determine whether this is the career for you? Have you taken a Certified Interpretive Guide course with the National Association for Interpretation,...
Wind Cave National Park News Release Release Date: February 12, 2019 For Immediate Release Contact: Tom Farrell, tom_farrell@nps.gov, 605-745-1130 Wind Cave Surpasses 150 Miles in Length WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. – Cave explorers from Colorado recently surveyed...
After a wildlife biologist ignited hay spread across a tilted, grated metal slab outside a lab in south Rapid City on Thursday, the fire traveled uphill along the table, eventually lighting the grassy top of a large soil sample. Inside the cylinder-shaped core sample...
by Jennifer Moore Myers, SRS Science Communications • September 27, 2018 Climate change is here. In southern forests, it takes the form of novel disturbances – different frequency and severity of drought, fire, wind storms, insect outbreaks, even ice storms – or a...
