• Wind Cave National Park - Two Worlds

    Wind Cave

    National Park South Dakota

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  • Elk Mountain Campground Closed

    The Elk Mountain Campground is closed and will remain closed through the summer of 2013 due to across the board budget cuts.

Wildflowers - Rush Skeletonplant

Rush Skeletonplant, Skeletonweed, Prairie Pink - Lygodesmia juncea
Rush Skeletonplant, Skeletonweed, Prairie Pink - Lygodesmia juncea
NPS Photo by Jim Pisarowicz
 
Grazers will eat Rush Skeletonplant when it is young but as it matures toxic levels of nitrate can accumulate in the plant.
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Did You Know?

A picture of Alvin McDonald in his caving hat.

Alvin McDonald was the first systematic explorer of Wind Cave.  He explored the cave from 1890 until his death in 1893. More...