• Wind Cave National Park - Two Worlds

    Wind Cave

    National Park South Dakota

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

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Bison Cow and Calf

Bison Cow and Calf

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In 1913, 14 bison (6 bulls and 8 cows) were donated to the Wind Cave National Game Preserve by the New York Zoological Society as part of an effort by the American Bison Association to return bison to the Great Plains. Six additional bison (2 bulls and 4 cows) were brought in from Yellowstone National Park in 1916. The present Wind Cave bison herd originated from these 20 animals.

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