Second Century Habitat Fund Receives 150k Grant for Working Lands program

South Dakota’s Second Century Habitat Fund (SCHF) has been awarded a grant for $150k from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), in partnership with Conoco Phillips, to restore and protect key bird habitats across South Dakota as well as increase access for hunters.  “From Alaska to Texas and beyond, these grants will help identify, […]

Winter Backcountry Dangers

Enjoying the backcountry in winter offers both unique recreational experience and cold-weather, life-threatening environments. Hypothermia, Frostbite and Cold Water Immersion/Thin Ice are perhaps the most common conditions regardless of locations across the wintry landscape. There are, however, several other potentially fatal ice/snow scenarios that, while more geographic specific based on the topography of the land, […]