We are so fortunate in the Black Hills and surrounding areas to have an abundance of public lands for recreation and education. As a non-profit public land partner, Black Hills Parks & Forests Association (BHPFA) is looking for photos and video of visitors...
Jewel Cave 200 Mile Celebration & Reunion JUNE 28 – JUNE 30, 2019 Join Jewel Cave National Monument, their non-profit partner Black Hills Parks & Forests Association and the members of Paha Sapa Grotto in celebrating all of the discoveries at Jewel Cave...
News Release Media Contact: Cyd Janssen, Forest Public Affairs Officer 308.432.0300 cdjanssen@fs.fed.us Prescribed Broadcast Burns Scheduled to Begin March 25 at the Nebraska National Forests & Grasslands, Bessey Ranger District Halsey, NE- March 13, 2019- Fire...
Looking for a 2019 summer adventure? Considering a career as a park ranger or interpretive guide? Want to explore to determine whether this is the career for you? Have you taken a Certified Interpretive Guide course with the National Association for Interpretation,...
Wind Cave National Park News Release Release Date: February 12, 2019 For Immediate Release Contact: Tom Farrell, tom_farrell@nps.gov, 605-745-1130 Wind Cave Surpasses 150 Miles in Length WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. – Cave explorers from Colorado recently surveyed...
News Release Media Contact: Cyd Janssen, Forest Public Affairs Officer 308.432.0300 cdjanssen@fs.fed.us Grouse viewing blinds available April 1 for free use Nebraska and South Dakota, March 18, 2019 – Across our entire region, a spectacular avian display will soon be...
WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. – Fifteen students and two faculty from the University of Northern Iowa, along with a NASA scientist, spent their spring break in the depths of Wind Cave as part of a simulated astrobiological field expedition. The undergraduate students...
After a wildlife biologist ignited hay spread across a tilted, grated metal slab outside a lab in south Rapid City on Thursday, the fire traveled uphill along the table, eventually lighting the grassy top of a large soil sample. Inside the cylinder-shaped core sample...
by Jennifer Moore Myers, SRS Science Communications • September 27, 2018 Climate change is here. In southern forests, it takes the form of novel disturbances – different frequency and severity of drought, fire, wind storms, insect outbreaks, even ice storms – or a...
Northern Research Station Research Wildlife Biologist Sybill Amelon, University of Missouri scientists, and scientists in the Czech Republic began with a research question: why is white-nose syndrome (WNS) decimating hibernating bat populations in North America but...
