Out in the parks
National Grasslands Visitor Center staff will be presenting interpretive programs every other Monday at Badlands National Park’s Cedar Pass Amphitheater throughout the summer.
Join BHPFA education specialist Tom Tonkin for a light hike while learning about “the language of nature” at Jewel Cave National Monument.Learning the language of natureWould you like to be able to tell if a hawk or coyote is nearby just by what the birds are saying to each other? In this adventure, you’ll learn […]
Spend a June evening singing by the water at Pactola, the largest reservoir in the Black Hills. Sally Svenson, the Songbird of the Black Hills, brings her guitar to Pactola Campground (Loop B) for a campfire sing-along of original songs and the Black Hills stories behind them. Music starts at 7:30 p.m.Getting there: Pactola Campground […]
Bark the Beaver is a real kind of Black Hills story. A beaver doing her work along Rapid Creek picks up two bright yellow stripes from a road-painting truck, then a ranger moves her up to Willow Creek on the edge of the Black Elk Wilderness, where she rebuilds a whole wetland and brings back […]
The rock under your feet has a story millions of years in the making. Digging the Past, Shaping the Future looks at how the geology of the Black Hills formed, how it still shapes our lives today, and how we put it to use every day.Drop in between 1 and 4 p.m., talk with a […]
Join Black Hills National Forest staff for an evening hike along the Reuter Springs Trail to see how the Forest grows its next generation of trees. Forestry Technician Jed Burgers will walk you through the tools and techniques used to collect cones from native ponderosa pine and explain how those seeds become the seedlings that […]
Spend a Saturday evening singing by the water at Bismark Lake, a small lake tucked into the pines just east of Custer. Sally Svenson, the Songbird of the Black Hills, brings her music to the Bismark Lake Day-Use Area for a campfire sing-along of original songs and the Black Hills stories behind them. Music starts […]
Meet Bark the Beaver in Rapid City. Bark is a real kind of Black Hills hero: a beaver who, after a road-painting truck leaves her with two yellow stripes, gets relocated up Willow Creek and rebuilds a wetland that brings the whole creek back to life, trout, deer, wildflowers, and all. Her story is now […]
Travel back to a time when lanterns lit the way and word of mouth spread the wonder, and the story of Wind Cave was just beginning. Ranger Elizabeth traces how a little-known opening in the prairie became one of the country’s first national parks.About the Wind Cave evening programs: These free programs are presented by […]
National Grasslands Visitor Center staff will be presenting interpretive programs every other Monday at Badlands National Park’s Cedar Pass Amphitheater throughout the summer.
The dead grasses, fallen trees, and animal remains scattered across the prairie are easy to overlook, but they are quietly keeping the whole ecosystem alive. Join Ranger Liz to discover the overlooked role that death plays in the living prairie.About the Wind Cave evening programs: These free programs are presented by National Park Service rangers […]
Generations of people have called this stretch of prairie and cave country home. Join Ranger Madelyn to walk through a single day in the lives of those who came before, and see how their stories still shape Wind Cave today.About the Wind Cave evening programs: These free programs are presented by National Park Service rangers […]
