Enjoy the dark, star-blanketed skies from the open-air lower deck, with its comfortable seating area and propane fire pit. It ...

When an epidemic of plague struck prairie dogs within South Dakota’s greater Conata-Badlands ecosystem last spring, U.S. Fish ...

Retirees warn that staff reductions and seasonal hiring chaos could affect visitors and imperil natural resources ...

While South Dakota and Utah's badlands might be better known, New Mexico's colorful rock formations and remote badland ...

After years of planning, bikepackers and gravel grinders will have a chance to ride from Mexico to Canada on the Great Plains ...

Much of this volcanic ash comes from the Great Basin, a geographic area within which the states of Utah and Nevada lie today.

Total visitor spending in South Dakota in 2024 reached a record high of $5.09 billion, a 2.8% increase compared to 2023. The ...

Retired National Park Service superintendents visited South Dakota Searchlight to express their concerns about Trump's mass ...

Judy Thompson grew up in an apartment perched above a lumberyard and a busy four-lane highway outside of Chicago. She rarely ...