• Wind Cave National Park - Two Worlds

    Wind Cave

    National Park South Dakota

Abstract - A Case Study of Relations Between the National Park Service and Organized Exploration Cavers

Nepsted, Jim and Yett, Bill. 1995. A Case Study of Relations Between the National Park Service and Organized Exploration Cavers. Proceedings of the 1993 National Cave Management Symposium. pp. 87.

Abstract

The structural and organizational relations between park units containing significant caves and organized cave groups associated with exploration differs from park to park. These relations also differ significantly within any given park over time. This presentation will provide insights from the perspective of Wind Cave National Park and the Colorado Grotto on the history and development of the current exploration work in Wind Cave.

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fire on the prairie

Fire is an important factor in protecting the prairie.  Historically, fires burned across the prairie every 4 to 7 years.  Fires burn the small trees that would otherwise march across the prairie and turn the grasslands to forest.