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Wind Cave National Park

Visitors to Wind Cave National Park can explore the visitor center while the elevators are down.
Posted inTravel

Tours shut down at Wind Cave National Park after elevator malfunction

Heather Bergeson by Heather Bergeson May 1, 2025May 1, 2025

An elevator transformer malfunction early this week indefinitely shut down Wind Cave National Park cave tours. Park officials don’t know how long the replacement will take or when tours will resume, according to a park release. This is the first major malfunction since the elevators were idled in 2024 for upgrades.  Meanwhile, visitors to the […]

Two endangered black-footed ferrets look out from their burrow.
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Meet the black-footed ferret, the species getting a second chance at survival

Heather Bergeson by Heather Bergeson January 2, 2025January 2, 2025

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