National Park Service Wind Cave National Park U.S. Department of the Interior Official Newspaper 2013 Returning the Bison to Wind Cave What’s Inside Cave Tour Schedule....................7 National Park Hiking Information.....................3 Junior Ranger..............................6 The mixed-grass prairie of Wind Cave National its habitat. And in Park has a timeless quality. Its wind-blown grasses, this instance, a part Park Map.....................................3 grazing bison, chirping prairie dogs, and plentiful of the mixed-grass Planning Your Visit.....................2 wildlife seem to be in perfect harmony with the sur- prairie was protected. Safety Information.....................2 rounding landscape. Yet when established in 1903, In 1935, the Resource Mgmt History...........4-5 much of what makes Wind Game Preserve was Cave National Park merged into Wind unique and special was Cave National Park. Wind Cave National Park missing. The cave was pro- Soon thereafter Superintendent tected and was receiving Civilian Conservation Vidal Davila all of the attention; its Corps crews working Mailing Address 26611 US Highway 385 beauty and unusual nature at the park began Hot Springs, SD 57747 were amazing visitors and removing internal Rocky Mountain Elk Wind Cave Boxwork E-mail geologist from around the fences opening the entire 11,000 acres for the wildlife
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