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Outdoors
Nature's Buglers
While in the Black Hills this month, listen as bull elk make one of nature's most distinctive sounds.
Mystic Mountain Run
July 20, 2012
Western South Dakota's longest-running race still challenges runners over 40 years after its inception.
The Cottonwood Slough
Roberts County's 5,400-acre stretch of lakes, marshes and potholes is a natural treasure.
South Dakota's Killer Wolf
One of South Dakota's most cunning and bloodthirsty outlaws terrorized Harding County on four legs.
Boundary Walker
In his eighties, Emmett Bennett climbed the highest peaks in 12 states, biked across two states, and set new records in five Senior Olympic events. To unwind, he walked the borders of South Dakota.
Wild and Civilized
Do wild horses have a civilization? The question arose when Bernie Hunhoff visited a herd of mustangs on the Cheyenne River Reservation.
The Missouri: A Strong Brown God?
Old-timers are comparing this year's disaster to 1952, when the river experienced a "spring rise" in April that caused a frenzy of rescue efforts somewhat like we've experienced this year.
Working Dogs
Children are fewer and hired hands are hard to find, but a South Dakota rancher can always depend on a stockdog.
Biking the High Country
Mountains and bicycling don’t always go hand-in-hand. Many mountain ranges are too steep, too cold, too hot, too wild or too isolated for two-wheeling.
