What is a virtual hike challenge? A virtual hike challenge is an event that you can hike, run, bike, swim, move in a way that you enjoy that is non-motorized, at a location of your choice. You can do all 128 miles in one weekend (!) or spread them out across the...
Join Black Hills Parks & Forests Association and Custer County Library in celebrating Women’s History Month with a virtual presentation of “Black Hill Sheroes” by storyteller and interpreter Joyce Jefferson. March is Women’s History month that commemorates the...
On the March 7th episode of the National Parks Traveler podcast, BHPFA Executive Director, Patty Ressler gave an interview highlighting our Adopt-A-Bison program that supports the conservation of Wind Cave National Park’s bison herd! Listen Here
Black Hills Parks & Forests Association (BHPFA) and Scotts Bluff National Monument are excited to co-host Humanities Nebraska musician Donna Gunn for a virtual presentation of her program: “Music on the Trail: Where American Folk Songs Meet Classical Art Music” on...
The South Dakota Master Naturalist program is starting its first certification class in March 2021. All adults 18+ who have a passion for nature, enjoy people and want to contribute to the well being of both through education and service are invited to apply to be...
Bison are an iconic symbol of the American West, but at the turn of the 19th Century, they were on the brink of extinction. Bison were killed deliberately in large numbers during westward expansion and the building of the transcontinental railroad. Private ranchers,...
Black Hills Parks & Forests Association (BHPFA) is excited to announce their new cooperating partnership with Scotts Bluff National Monument and Agate Fossil Beds National Monument. BHPFA has a presence in the Nebraska panhandle as a non-profit partner for...
