Survival Skills for Teens | Custer County Library
Join BHPFA and Custer County Library for a special survival skills program geared for ages 10 – 18.
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Custer County Library 447 Crook St, Custer, SD, United States
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Happy Birthday, Smokey Bear! | Black Hills NF
Pactola Visitor Center Pactola Reservoir, US Highway 385, Rapid City, SD, United StatesSmokey Bear turns 82 on August 9, and the Pactola Visitor Center is throwing him a party all weekend. Join the celebration of the Forest Service’s most famous bear and the wildfire-prevention message he has carried for generations. The party runs both Saturday, August 8 and Sunday, August 9, which is Smokey’s actual birthday.This is […]
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Evening Program | Wind Cave NP
Wind Cave National Park 26611 U.S. Hwy 385, Hot Springs, SD, United StatesEvening Program at the Elk Mountain Campground amphitheater, presented by Wind Cave National Park rangers. Topics from the park’s cultural and natural history vary nightly; the schedule of topics is posted at the campground restroom bulletin boards, and you can check availability and the schedule at the visitor center.Programs last 30 to 45 minutes, are […]
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Happy Birthday, Smokey Bear! | Black Hills NF
Pactola Visitor Center Pactola Reservoir, US Highway 385, Rapid City, SD, United StatesIt’s Smokey Bear’s actual birthday. Smokey turns 82 on August 9, and the Pactola Visitor Center party continues for a second day. Join the celebration of the Forest Service’s most famous bear and the wildfire-prevention message he has carried for generations.This is a come and go event. On Sunday, stop by from 10 a.m., with […]
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Smokey Bear Birthday Party | Black Hills NF
Black Hills National Forest Supervisors Office 1019 North 5th Street, Custer, SD, United StatesSmokey Bear turns 82, and the Black Hills National Forest is throwing him a party in Custer. Bikers rolling in for the start of the Sturgis Rally and local families alike are invited to stop by the Supervisor’s Office for some quick, friendly time with the Forest Service team.Expect Smokey Bear himself, hands-on activities, and […]
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Badlands National Park Evening Programs | NGVC
Badlands National Park Cedar Pass Campground Amphitheater 20681 South Dakota Highway 240, Interior, SD, United StatesNational Grasslands Visitor Center staff will be presenting interpretive programs every other Monday at Badlands National Park’s Cedar Pass Amphitheater throughout the summer.
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Guided by Tradition: Using Pawnee Oral Histories to Rethink Radiocarbon Dating on the Great Plains | Scotts Bluff NM
Scotts Bluff National Monument 190276 Old Oregon Trail, Gering, NE, United StatesGuided by Tradition: Using Pawnee Oral Histories to Rethink Radiocarbon Dating on the Great Plains is a free evening lecture at the Scotts Bluff National Monument Visitor Center. Carlton Shield Chief Gover, a citizen of the Pawnee Nation and Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Kansas, examines how Indigenous oral traditions can inform […]
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Learning the Language of Nature | Wind Cave National Park
Wind Cave National Park 26611 U.S. Hwy 385, Hot Springs, SD, United States“When anything moves through the wild, the forest announces it. And once you learn the language, you will realize how much was always there, just out of sight.”Tom Tonkin, BHPFA Education Specialist The forest around you is never silent. It is speaking. Every chirp, alarm call, and sudden hush carries information that birds, deer, and […]
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Field Notes | Custer HQ
BHPFA Custer Headquarters 833 Mt Rushmore Road, Custer, SD, United StatesSpend a Friday evening at the BHPFA Nature Shop in Custer learning to read the landscape like a naturalist. Join Education Specialist Tom Tonkin for Field Notes: An Introduction to the Art of Nature Observation, an engaging 1.5-hour look at how naturalist skills can deepen your understanding of the natural world around us, told through […]
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Atlatl Program at Pinnacles | NGVC
Pinnacles Dispersed Camping Area Near FSR 7170 & FSR 7158, off Highway 240 (about 7 miles south of Wall), Wall, SD, United StatesThrow a spear the way hunters did for thousands of years. Join a Nebraska National Forest ranger at the Pinnacles for a hands-on look at the atlatl, an ancient spear-throwing tool that came long before the bow and arrow, then step up and launch one yourself.The program covers how the atlatl worked, why it mattered […]
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Songbird of the Black Hills: Horsethief Lake
Horsethief Lake Campground Keystone, SD, United StatesGather around the campfire at Horsethief Lake, a small lake under the pines just down the road from Mount Rushmore, for an evening with the Songbird of the Black Hills. Sally Svenson plays her original songs and the Black Hills stories behind them. Music starts at 7:30 p.m.Getting there: Horsethief Lake Campground is on Highway […]
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Learning the Language of Nature | Wind Cave National Park
Wind Cave National Park 26611 U.S. Hwy 385, Hot Springs, SD, United States“When anything moves through the wild, the forest announces it. And once you learn the language, you will realize how much was always there, just out of sight.”Tom Tonkin, BHPFA Education Specialist The forest around you is never silent. It is speaking. Every chirp, alarm call, and sudden hush carries information that birds, deer, and […]
