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• Smokey Bear 80th Birthday Coloring Contest Copy link to this event
  

  Date(s): May 1, 2024 - Jul 31, 2024

  The Black Hills National Forest is hosting a coloring contest for our local children to celebrate Smokey Bear’s upcoming 80th birthday. Learn more: https://www.fs.usda.gov/detailfull/blackhills/learning/kids/?cid=fseprd1169917

  Registration required: No

• National Forest Week - Dugout Gulch Botanical Trail Hike Copy link to this event
  

  Date(s): Jul 13, 2024

  Celebrate National Forest Week (July 8 - July 14, 2024) within the 1.2-million-acre Black Hills National Forest on a family-friendly guided hike exploring the Dugout Gulch Botanical Trail on July 13, 2024. See Flyer for more information: https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd1176507.pdf

  Registration required: No

• Nature Connection Workshop: Animal Tracking & Naturalist Skills Copy link to this event
  

  Date(s): Jul 13, 2024

  Celebrate National Forest Week in the beautiful Bearlodge Mountains of Black Hills National Forest! In this workshop, participants will learn how to develop a naturalist mindset. We will practice our observation skills and curiosity to learn more about the world around us. Learn More: https://www.facebook.com/events/477969924588346/

  Registration required: Yes

• Songbird of the Black Hills Campground Sing-Alongs Copy link to this event
  

  Date(s): Jul 20, 2024

  You are invited to join the Songbird of the Black Hills (Sally Svenson) for an evening of campfire music (sing-a-longs included) at Roubaix Campground at 7:30 p.m. and hear the Black Hills stories behind her original songs. https://www.fs.usda.gov/detailfull/blackhills/recreation/?cid=fseprd1026503

  Registration required: No

• July Moon Walk - Explore the Dark Skies at Jewel Cave Copy link to this event
  

  Date(s): Jul 20, 2024

  7 p.m. - The Forest Service is teaming up with the National Park Service to host a Moon Walk on a family-friendly trail and explore another vastness feature at one of the longest caves in the world. https://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/blackhills/moonwalk

  Registration required: No

• Learning about Animal Furs and Tracks Copy link to this event
  

  Date(s): Jul 27, 2024

  The Black Hills National Forest and South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks Department are teaming up and offering educational programs at the Pactola Visitor Center. Learn More: https://www.fs.usda.gov/detailfull/blackhills/recreation/?cid=fseprd1034081

  Registration required: No

• Songbird of the Black Hills Campground Sing-Alongs Copy link to this event
  

  Date(s): Aug 17, 2024

  You are invited to join the Songbird of the Black Hills (Sally Svenson) for an evening of campfire music (sing-a-longs included) at Horsethief Lake Campground at 7:30 p.m. and hear the Black Hills stories behind her original songs. https://www.fs.usda.gov/detailfull/blackhills/recreation/?cid=fseprd1026503

  Registration required: No

• August Moon Walk - Wild for Prescribed Fire and Smokey Bear! Copy link to this event
  

  Date(s): Aug 17, 2024

  7 p.m. - In celebration of Smokey Bear’s 80th Birthday, join Forest staff for a walk at the Victoria Prescribed Fire and discover the benefits of fire on the landscape. https://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/blackhills/moonwalk

  Registration required: No

• Reptile Investigations Copy link to this event
  

  Date(s): Aug 24, 2024

  The Black Hills National Forest and South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks Department are teaming up and offering educational programs at the Pactola Visitor Center. Learn More: https://www.fs.usda.gov/detailfull/blackhills/recreation/?cid=fseprd1034081

  Registration required: No

• Songbird of the Black Hills Campground Sing-Along Copy link to this event
  

  Date(s): Aug 31, 2024

  You are invited to join the Songbird of the Black Hills, Sally Svenson, for a late-season evening of campfire music at Sheridan Lake Campground featuring the Black Hills stories behind her original songs (sing-along tunes included). Learn More: https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd1169495.pdf

  Registration required: No

• September Moon Walk - Are Our Hills "Slip-Sliding Away?" Copy link to this event
  

  Date(s): Sep 14, 2024

  7 p.m. - This guided hike will talk about Cook Lake recreation area’s special geology, why it is continuously in motion, and how and why the monitoring system was put in place. https://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/blackhills/moonwalk

  Registration required: No