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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 […]
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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 […]
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National 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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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 […]
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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 […]
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The prairie above is only half the story. Beneath it, bats and tiny microorganisms survive in the dark passages of one of the world’s longest caves. Join Ranger Payden to uncover the hidden lives that endure belowground at Wind Cave.About the Wind Cave evening programs: These free programs are presented by National Park Service rangers […]
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Bison once nearly vanished from these grasslands, and bringing them back took decades of determined work. Join Ranger Alex for the story of the fall and rise of the Wind Cave bison herd, and how big efforts make big changes.About the Wind Cave evening programs: These free programs are presented by National Park Service rangers […]
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Join Ranger Coral to hear Lakota star knowledge stories shared by the National Park Service and learn why Wind Cave is regarded as a sacred place. As the prairie sky darkens over the amphitheater, the connections between the land above and the cave below come into view.About the Wind Cave evening programs: These free programs […]
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Celebrate the Fourth of July with the Black Hills’ own fireworks: birds. Nature’s Fireworks explores the roles birds play in a healthy forest, from pollinating plants to helping control disease, and why they are as essential as they are beautiful.Stop by during either session, from 10 a.m. to noon or from 1 to 4 p.m., […]
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The history of Wind Cave was shaped by women geologists, explorers, and rangers whose names are too often left out of the telling. Join Ranger Frannie to meet the women of Wind Cave National Park.About the Wind Cave evening programs: These free programs are presented by National Park Service rangers at the Elk Mountain Campground […]
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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 […]
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During the 1930s, the young men of the Civilian Conservation Corps reshaped Wind Cave with roads, trails, and buildings still in use today. Join Ranger Madi to learn how their work continues to affect every visit to the park.About the Wind Cave evening programs: These free programs are presented by National Park Service rangers at […]
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Join BHPFA and the Custer County Library for Teen Tuesday!
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Join Park Ranger Ben Schutt for an evening look back at how one landmark, and the national monument named for it, changed over more than a century. In this Visitor Center Theater program, Schutt traces Scotts Bluff National Monument from its early creation and entry into the National Park System through the construction of the […]
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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 […]
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The prairie above is only half the story. Beneath it, bats and tiny microorganisms survive in the dark passages of one of the world’s longest caves. Join Ranger Payden to uncover the hidden lives that endure belowground at Wind Cave.About the Wind Cave evening programs: These free programs are presented by National Park Service rangers […]
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Black Hills Parks and Forests Association invites you to join Education Specialist Tom Tonkin at the Custer County Library for Field Notes: Stories and Skills from the Natural World, an engaging 1.5-hour introduction to the art of nature observation. Through photos, videos, and stories, you’ll discover how naturalist skills can deepen your understanding of the […]
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Bison once nearly vanished from these grasslands, and bringing them back took decades of determined work. Join Ranger Alex for the story of the fall and rise of the Wind Cave bison herd, and how big efforts make big changes.About the Wind Cave evening programs: These free programs are presented by National Park Service rangers […]
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4 events,The National Grasslands Visitor Center, along with partnering nonprofit organizations and state and federal agencies, is hosting a celebration of one of North America’s most endangered mammals, the black-footed ferret, marking 30 years of conservation.On Friday, July 10 there will be an Evening Program at Badlands National Park’s Cedar Pass Amphitheater about the black-footed ferret’s […]
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Spend the day learning how the Forest Service tracks, counts, and protects the wildlife of the grasslands. Meet a wildlife biologist, try the tools of the trade, and earn your Jr. Wildlife Biologist patch.About Jr. Ranger Days: Each Jr. Ranger Day highlights a specialist field within the U.S. Forest Service, with special guests, hands-on activities […]
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Throw 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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Join Ranger Coral to hear Lakota star knowledge stories shared by the National Park Service and learn why Wind Cave is regarded as a sacred place. As the prairie sky darkens over the amphitheater, the connections between the land above and the cave below come into view.About the Wind Cave evening programs: These free programs […]
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During the 1930s, the young men of the Civilian Conservation Corps reshaped Wind Cave with roads, trails, and buildings still in use today. Join Ranger Madi to learn how their work continues to affect every visit to the park.About the Wind Cave evening programs: These free programs are presented by National Park Service rangers at […]
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National 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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Get to know the plants that hold the grasslands together. Spend the day with a Forest Service botanist, key out a few species, and earn your Jr. Botanist patch.About Jr. Ranger Days: Each Jr. Ranger Day highlights a specialist field within the U.S. Forest Service, with special guests, hands-on activities for kids of all ages, […]
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Martin Gilmore is scheduled to present his program The History of the American West Through Song on Friday, July 17 at 7:00 p.m. at the Scotts Bluff National Monument Visitor Center Amphitheater, located at 190276 Old Oregon Trail in Gering, NE.Join Martin Gilmore for a musical journey through traditional and original folk songs connected to […]
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Join Martin Gilmore for a musical journey where he will present traditional and original folk
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Meet the animals that call the Black Hills home. The Wild Side of the Black Hills introduces the many animals of the region and the roles each one plays in keeping the ecosystem healthy.Drop in between 1 and 4 p.m., learn with a Forest Service presenter, and make a plaster footprint of a native Black […]
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Head to the quiet Wyoming corner of the Black Hills for a campfire sing-along in the Bear Lodge Mountains. Sally Svenson, the Songbird of the Black Hills, plays her original songs and shares the stories behind them at Reuter Campground. Music starts at 7:30 p.m.Getting there: Reuter Campground is near Sundance, Wyoming, off Warren Peak […] |
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Read the clues people left on the land over thousands of years. Spend the day with a Forest Service archaeologist, see how the past gets pieced together, and earn your Jr. Archaeologist patch.About Jr. Ranger Days: Each Jr. Ranger Day highlights a specialist field within the U.S. Forest Service, with special guests, hands-on activities for […]
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Join Jewel Cave National Monument for a day of cave related crafts and activities!
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Meet the night shift. Join Wildlife Biologist Amy Hammesfahr at the Little Elk Creek Trail for a guided hike into the world of bats. You’ll learn what makes these mammals such important members of the Black Hills ecosystem, how they navigate and feed after dark, and the adaptations that let them thrive at night. Good […]
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Wind Cave National Park protects two very different worlds: the open prairie above and the intricate cave below. On clear nights a third world blankets both, the brilliant night sky over the southern Black Hills.Join a park ranger who ties the majesty of the night sky to the story of the park, pointing out and […]
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National 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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Learn to read the landscape of western Nebraska. Park Ranger Christian Hedrick presents “Ethnobotany of the High Plains,” an evening program on the native plants of the High Plains and how people have identified, used, and ethically harvested some of the region’s greatest natural treasures.The program begins inside the Scotts Bluff National Monument Visitor Center […]
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Dig into the deep past of the grasslands, back to when this was the floor of an ancient sea and home to creatures long gone. Spend the day with a Forest Service paleontologist and earn your Jr. Paleontologist patch.About Jr. Ranger Days: Each Jr. Ranger Day highlights a specialist field within the U.S. Forest Service, […]
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Evening 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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From the forest floor up, plants keep the Black Hills alive. This program looks at how plants make their own food through photosynthesis and cellular respiration, why they matter to human survival and the local economy, and how they form the foundation of the whole ecosystem.Stop by during either session, from 10 a.m. to noon […]
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Evening 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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