Find a Forest (NF)
or Grassland (NG)
US Forest Service
Black Hills National Forest
1019 N. 5th Street
Custer, SD 57730
605-673-9200
Telephone for the
Hearing Impaired
605-673-9227
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Kids in the Woods
“Our most important resource
in this country is not forests, vital as they are. It is not water, although
life itself would cease to exist without it.
It is people.
The challenges of climate change and looming water shortages will not
be resolved in a few years. It will take generations. Today’s children—and
theirs—will need to be able to take the baton and continue the race.
For that, they will need a full understanding of why forests are so valuable,
along with a strong land ethic. It is our job to give them both.”
—Forest Service Chief Gail Kimbell
Moon Walk visitors caught frogs and
learned how to recognize local amphibian species by sight and sound.
Moon Walk visitors learned about turkeys
and their habitats.
The Forest Service has a long and proud tradition of reaching
out to Americans on behalf of conservation. From
Smokey Bear, to NatureWatch,
to Project Learning Tree, the Forest
Service has worked across programs and disciplines to integrate conservation
education into much of what we do. But we must do more. If we are to meet
the conservation challenges of the 21st century, then we must spread environmental
literacy across America, focusing first and foremost on kids. Through
a challenge cost-share program called “More Kids in the Woods,”
the Forest Service is contributing to a growing national movement to bring
kids to nature—and nature to kids.
National Forests and Grasslands offer a diversity of outdoor opportunities.
These lands are yours - to visit, to care for, but most of all, to enjoy.
What are you waiting for? Pack up your family and friends and head for
adventure in America's Great Outdoors. On the Black Hills National Forest,
join us for the Moonwalks
held once a month on a Saturday night at 7 pm from May through October.
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