Black Hills Parks & Forests Association
The Black Hills Parks and Forests Association is supported by a small, dedicated team who care about education, conservation, and visitor engagement across public lands in the Black Hills region. Together they work to support the BHPFA mission: wonder and exploration through stewardship of public lands.
Patty joined BHPFA in 2010 as its first Operations Manager and became Executive Director in 2013. She brings over 20 years of nonprofit and retail experience. She and her husband love to explore the Black Hills with their dog.
Matt spent 19 years as a camp director running year-round nonprofit summer camps and retreat centers. He brings a long history of hiring, training, and managing staff, strong customer service, and a knack for standardizing and streamlining how things get done. Matt, his wife, and their four children enjoy everything the Black Hills offer outdoors. You will often find them rock climbing around Sylvan, hiking in Custer State Park, splashing in a nearby lake, or sitting around a campfire.
Jason is a former National Park Service ranger who worked at our partner Agate Fossil Beds National Monument and at Big Thicket National Preserve before joining BHPFA. After serving as BHPFA’s Nebraska Area Manager, he and his family moved to West Virginia for his wife Tera Lynn, a fellow park ranger, and her new role at the NPS national level. He keeps supporting the Black Hills and Panhandle Nebraska NPS and USDA Forest Service sites remotely. As Digital Content and Data Manager, he handles our data analytics, ecommerce, marketing, grant applications, and publications.
David oversees our operations in the Nebraska Panhandle, working with our NPS and Forest Service partners to strengthen educational and interpretive programs. He is also a former National Park ranger. His pop-up programs about snakes at Scotts Bluff National Monument are a local favorite.
The volunteers who guide the association. Roster for 2026.
Questions or comments about Black Hills Parks and Forests or our partners? Reach out.
Black Hills Parks & Forests Association
26611 US Hwy 385
Hot Springs, SD 57747
8am to 5pm MT, Monday through Friday
Main line: 605-745-7020
Have a product that could fit one of our park and forest stores? Read our product submission guidelines before sending a sample.
Read the product submission guidelinesBlack Hills Parks and Forests Association is the nonprofit cooperating association for our National Park Service and US Forest Service partner sites across the Black Hills and the Nebraska Panhandle. Memberships, park store purchases, and donations fund education, conservation, and visitor services at these places.
You can also shop the park store, where every purchase goes back into our parks and forests.
