Black Hills State University has a significant increase in the number of new freshmen which is just one of several key positive indicators in enrollment numbers this fall. Enrollment overall is flat with a slight downturn in the number of graduate students and students attending BHSU-Rapid City.
Everything we do and the choices we make is affected by our perceptions. The upcoming Black Hills State University Geek Speak lecture will address the importance of our perceptions and how they shape our lives.
Black Hills State University will host adventure photographer Tyler Stableford for an unforgettable multimedia presentation Thursday, Sept. 22 at 7 p.m. in Meier Hall. The presentation is free and open to the public.
From fiction, to novels, children’s books and screenplays, award-winning author Michael Chabon is ready to talk about people who led him to his writing - the teachers and mentors who helped shape him.
Even the leaves are showing their Yellow Jacket spirit.
Dr. Tara Ramsey, Black Hills State University research associate, says color change in Spearfish Canyon usually begins mid-September through the first week in October.
The School of Business at Black Hills State University was recently named one of the “Most Affordable Undergraduate Business Schools, 2016” in a list published by College Choice.
The next U.S. Forest Service fee-free day is Sept. 24, 2016, in conjunction with the 23rd annual National Public Lands Day, the Nation's largest, single-day volunteer effort for public lands projects that ensure sustainable ecosystems and promote vibrant communities.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the 2016 USDA Forest Service's National Urban and Community Forestry Challenge grant recipients. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is providing $900,000 in funding to four goal recipients who will demonstrate how healthy urban forests can increase public health benefits, improve development and redevelopment efforts, and contribute to urban food production
The U.S. Forest Service today finalized a policy that will provide for nationally consistent training, evaluation and certification requirements for the use of chain saws and crosscut saws on National Forest System lands. The new policy governs the use of saws by Forest Service and other governmental employees, volunteers, training consultants and cooperators on lands managed by the Forest Service.
Today, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced a new partnership with the American Forest Foundation (AFF), and a combined $5 million initial investment, to address catastrophic wildfire risk across 3.5 million acres of private land in order to protect water supplies for Western communities.
The U.S. Forest Service today announced that it has identified an additional 26 million trees dead in California since October 2015. These trees are located in six counties across 760,000 acres in the southern Sierra Nevada region of the state, and are in addition to the 40 million trees that died statewide from 2010 to October 2015, bringing the total to at least 66 million dead trees. Four consecutive years of severe drought in California, a dramatic rise in bark beetle infestation and warmer temperatures are leading to historic levels of tree die-off.
Shawna Legarza, who has earned more than 25 years of wildland fire management experience, has been tapped to serve as the National Director of Fire and Aviation Management for the U.S. Forest Service, Chief Tom Tidwell announced today.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell today announced steps to make it easier for outfitters, guides, schools, non-profits and other partners to take groups out to enjoy outdoor activities on national forests and grasslands. By streamlining the approach to special-use permitting for national forests and grasslands, our natural resources will be even more accessible to Americans.
For their outstanding work in raising awareness and addressing the impacts of climate change on the nation’s natural resources, the Forest Service was honored today as the first-ever recipients of the Climate Adaption Leadership Award for Natural Resources.
U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell invites children and families to experience the many benefits of nature by participating in the ninth annual National Get Outdoors Day, Saturday, June 11. The event, also known as 'GO Day,' inspires national and local organizations to come together to promote the social, economic and environmental benefits of outdoor recreation.
