Be A Junior Ranger
Junior Rangers at Wind Cave National Park NPS Photo The Junior Ranger Program is an exciting opportunity for children and their families to learn about the park. Becoming a Junior Ranger helps youngsters understand the park's ecosystems, the cave, and the animals. It also helps them learn how they can help protect all parts of our environment. Junior Ranger booklets are available at the bookstore or as a printable version below. There are activities for children up to age 12. Wind Cave National Park's complete Junior Ranger book (3 mb) can be dowloaded here. Individual pages can be found below. The National Park Story page 3 Discover Wind Cave page 4 - to complete this page research a topic from the park's website and give a brief summary of what you learned. Private Eye page 8 - Click here for information on elk and the cave entrance. You must do pages 8 and 9. Private Eye page 9 - Click here for information on bison, cave formations, cave explorers. Fire Ecology page 10 You must do pages 10 and 11. Park Protectors page 12 You must do pages 12 and 13. What Belongs?... What Doesn't? page 14 Picture Wind Cave page 17 to learn more about Wind Cave National Park click here |
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Did You Know?
A Rocky Mountain bull elk weighs between 700 - 800 pounds. Rocky Mountain elk were introduced to the park in 1914 and 1916. More...