News Release

Temporary Closure of Sage Creek Campground

Date: June 21, 2024
Contact: Ben Reifel Visitor Center, [phone]

Interior, SD – Badlands National Park Superintendent Eric Veach announced today that the Sage Creek Campground will be closed to all visitor use from 8:00 AM until 7:00 PM on Tuesday June 25 2024 due to the need to treat prairie dog mounds for fleas in order to manage the spread of plague.

Title 36 CFR 1.5(a)(1) authorizes the superintendent to temporarily close all or a portion of a park area in order to protect park resources and public health and safety. Park staff will be applying deltamethrin dust to prairie dog mounds during this time. This temporary closure has been instituted in order to protect the park wildlife and the health and safety of park visitors.

Visitors to Badlands National Park are advised to contact the park at [phone]. 

More information about visiting Badlands National Park can be found at: Badlands National Park (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)

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