Prairie Dog Management Plan and Environmental Assessment (Plan/EA) (6.41 MB PDF)

Badlands National Park sought comments for this plan in spring 2007 and finalized the plan in August 2007. The National Park Service objective for the plan is to ensure the black-tailed prairie dog population remains a viable and key factor in the park ecosystem, while providing strategies for controlling prairie dog expansion to private lands along the park boundary.

South Unit General Management Plan

The National Park Service (NPS) and the Oglala Sioux Tribe are working on a General Management Plan (GMP) for the South Unit of Badlands National Park. Public comments on Newsletter #1 were submitted and reviewed by the GMP management team in spring 2008. The GMP management team will use these public comments as a guideline when drafting preliminary alternatives in July for management of the South Unit. The preliminary alternatives will be described in Newsletter #2. After Newsletter #2 is distributed, the team will again seek comments, which will be used to finalize the alternatives to select a preferred alternative.

In 2000, the NPS requested and received public comments on a GMP inclusive of both the North and South Units of the park. However, in 2004, the NPS decided to complete separate plans for each unit; the two GMPs together will describe a plan for management of Badlands National Park for the next 15-20 years.

Newsletter #1 Winter 2008 (693 KB PDF)