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Celebrate National Park Week with Wind Cave National Park and Black Hills Parks & Forests Association at a free bluebird box building workshop!

There will be two different time slots. 9 am and 11 am
This program is free of charge. Pre-registration is required.

Reminders:
Only one box per household
Pre-registration is required due to limited spots
If possible, please bring your own hammer

To register call BHPFA: 605-745-1163

Thank you to our volunteers Julie Brazell, John Evanhoff and Kat Evanhoff for making this workshop possible! We could not do it without their expert knowledge and enthusiasm!

The monument is offering a bat house (kit) construction project on Saturday, April 18. This event is kicking off National Park Week 2020 and celebrating National Junior Ranger Day.

The kits are free of charge; however, due to limited supplies, this event requires advance reservations. Furthermore, only one kit is available per family. NOTE: The reservation process will begin on Wednesday, March 18.

Additional bat information will be shared during the day, helping participants learn and appreciate this often misunderstood mammal. Upon building the kits, guidance will also be given to help families hang the bat boxes in appropriate places to attract bats.

More information will be shared after March 1. Until then, mark your calendars for a unique wildlife-related program

Darrell Red Cloud, a graduate of theOglala Lakota College, will present a one-hour talk on how the thathanka(bison) lived, their importance for the Lakota way of life, and how the Lakotapeople learned to live the same way. This free talk will be given at the WindCave National Park Visitor Center on Saturday, March 14, at 2 p.m.

“Bison are an integral part of Wind Cave’s story, and we are pleased tohost this program to learn more about the importance of bison to the Lakota people,”said Acting Superintendent David J. Thomson.

Mr. Red Cloud is a fluent speaker of the Lakota languageand a graduate of the Oglala Lakota College with a bachelor’s degree in LakotaCulture. An experienced story teller, he has been educating and entertaining audiencesfor years.

Fundingfor this program is provided by the Black Hills Parks and Forests Assocation, anon-profit partner of Wind Cave National Park that provides funding to supportthe park’s educational programs.