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After a series of devastating wildfires in 1893, U.S. President Grover Cleveland created the Black Hills Forest Reserve on February 22, 1897. [5] U.S. President William McKinley issued a presidential proclamation on September 19, 1898, appending the Black Hills Forest Reserve geographic boundaries while acknowledging the forest preservation decrees established by the Timber Culture Act and ...
Custer State Park is a South Dakota State Park and wildlife reserve in the Black Hills of the United States. Located in Custer County, the park is South Dakota's first and largest state park, named after Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
The Black Hills is an isolated mountain range rising from the Great Plains of North America in western South Dakota and extending into Wyoming, United States. [3] Black Elk Peak, which rises to 7,242 feet (2,207 m), is the range's highest summit. [4]
The Black Elk Wilderness is a nature preserve located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. The wilderness was designated by an act of Congress in 1980. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service , Black Elk Wilderness is part of Black Hills National Forest .
Custer State Park in the Black Hills is a large state park with over 71,000 acres, and includes Sylvan Lake, Needles Highway, and a wildlife loop featuring a large bison herd and the "begging burros", [65] among other species. [66]
The coyote is the state animal of South Dakota. This list of mammals of South Dakota includes species native to the U.S. state of South Dakota. [1] [2] [3] Three species that are extirpated from the state are the mountain goat, gray wolf, and grizzly bear.
Redbelly snake ("Black Hills" subspecies) Storeria occipitomaculata pahasapae: the Black Hills redbelly snake subspecies is found within the Black Hills of South Dakota 8 - 11 inches in length, slender body with grey, brown, or reddish-brown colouration, with a white chin, red belly, light spots on neck, and faint light stripe(s) along the back
The Bear Lodge Mountains are one of three mountain ranges which compose the Black Hills region and national forest, including the Black Hills itself and South Dakota's Elk Mountains. Sundance, Wyoming , is the closest major city and lies south of the Bear Lodge Mountains.