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Custer State Park to get new visitor center

May 5, 2013 in The Daily Republic

GF&P Commission advances plan for $3 million facility.
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More than 250 buffalo to be auctioned in Custer State Park

November 17, 2012 in The Daily Republic

The sale raises money for the park system while reducing the herd to a sustainable size.
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Pregnant heifers, breeding bulls for sale in Custer State Park buffalo auction

November 16, 2012 in The Daily Republic

The park’s annual buffalo auction is Saturday and features a sales list that includes 43 2-year-old pregnant heifers, and another three that aren’t pregnant. Sixty-two bull calves also are for sale.
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Park rumbles during annual buffalo roundup

September 25, 2012 in The Daily Republic

Nearly 1,000 bison race across prairie near Custer.
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Progress made in fighting state park fire

August 5, 2012 in The Daily Republic

CUSTER, (AP) Authorities say they’re making good progress in fighting a small fire in the Custer State Park in western South Dakota’s Black Hills. Continue Reading

’1 of the most underrated places in the country’: SD’s Custer State Park offers scenery, fishing, hiking and more

July 14, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

MITCHELL, S.D. There are still natural places in this world that are protected from the ravages of time and modernity. Continue Reading

Custer State Park has mountains, plains, hiking, fishing and more

July 14, 2012 in The Daily Republic

There are still natural places in this world that are protected from the ravages of time and modernity. Continue Reading

Historic Valhalla cabin in Custer State Park opened for second season

May 13, 2012 in The Daily Republic

PIERRE Gov. Dennis Daugaard announced this week that Valhalla, a historic cabin in Custer State Park, will again be opened to the public for the summer season.
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Wind Cave, Custer parks teaming on elk management

May 4, 2012 in The Daily Republic

CUSTER (AP) Wind Cave National Park and Custer State Park will cooperate in the management of elk that use the parks.
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Chopper crew stops mountain lion attack on elk in Custer State Park

March 6, 2012 in The Daily Republic

CUSTER (AP) Officials say a helicopter crew at Custer State Park managed to prevent a repeat of an incident a year ago in which a hungry mountain lion helped itself to an elk that had been drugged for study researchers.
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