Volunteer with BHPFA and our public land partners! Learn more about the Volunteer in Parks program with NPS: https://www.nps.gov/getinvolved/volunteer.htm Stay tuned for more info!
Black Hills Parks & Forests Association had a special opportunity to collaborate with The Nature Conservancy and Charley Harper Studio out of Cincinnati, Ohio to bring a unique twist to our Adopt-A-Bison fund. Inspired by the wildness of Wind Cave National Park’s...
Check out the blog about Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands new Jr. Ranger character for the Pine Ridge District: https://www.fs.fed.us/spf/tribalrelations/news/blog.shtml#story045
Black Hills Parks & Forests Association is proud to partner with Wind Cave National Park in supporting the conservation and genetic diversity of their bison herd with funds from our Adopt-A-Bison Program. This year the funding purchased radio collars, which will...
Release Date: October 4, 2019 Contact: Tom Farrell, tom_farrell@nps.gov, 605-745-1130 Twenty-Nine Black-footed Ferrets released at Wind Cave National Park WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, SD – With coyotes yapping in the distance, and elk bugling over a nearby rise,...
Aperture Films and Harpers Ferry Center completed the park film in July and provided the final production to the Monument for immediate showing. Due to some lighting issues within the new theater, the Monument “held off” on the release. However, when the...
Spearfish, SD, July 17, 2019 – Steve Kozel, Northern Hills District Ranger, signed a decision approving a proposal to add the non-motorized Tinton trail, located near Spearfish, SD to the official National Forest System (NFS). The Tinton trail was proposed for...
Release Date: July 2, 2019 For Immediate Release Contact: Tom Farrell, tom_farrell@nps.gov, 605-745-1130 WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. – Cave tours at Wind Cave National Park have been suspended pending elevator repairs. A safety problem was identified last Friday...
BHPFA is proud to partner with Wind Cave National Park in commissioning a Lakota affiliated artist to design an art installation. The selected piece will be prominently displayed in the Wind Cave Visitor Center. Call for Artists Full Description and Requirements...
Custer, SD; March 25, 2019 – Spring moisture and warmer temperatures have combined to make many Forest roads and trails wet, soft and impassable. Users should use caution when traveling on wet and soft roads as they can become stranded and cause resource damage....
Hot Springs, SD March 26, 2019 – The Rocky Mountain Research Station in Rapid City plans to continue the successful research program that began last fall to study the effects of fire on the regeneration of native and exotic plants on the Buffalo Gap National...
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,...
