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07/02/11 Despite the flooding, state leaders say nearly all of the state's 4,000 campgrounds like those in Custer State Park are close to capacity this weekend.
06/15/11 State and national park officials fought a ground fire in Custer State Park on Wednesday that was started by a lightning strike.
05/26/11 The Black Hills Playhouse is shooting for a June 16 return to its setting in Custer State Park.
04/07/11 A half-dozen hunting seasons on elk will be finalized this week by the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission. Wildlife managers are recommending fewer licenses in the Black Hills, Custer State Park and prairie seasons so the herd can rebuild.
04/03/11 Work is about to begin on the Black Hills Playhouse's site in Custer State Park in time for early June performances.
03/30/11 Never been to Valhalla? You'll get your chance this May in Custer State Park.
12/07/10 A tree soaring through the air is not something you normally see on a winter mountain excursion to Sylvan Lake, but it's a necessity to keep Custer State Park green.
11/16/10 South Dakota is the number one bison-producing state in the country and this Saturday is the 45th Annual Buffalo Auction at Custer State Park. One hundred seventy-nine animals will be up for sale, mainly bison, but a few donkeys will be available as well.
10/22/10 The South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks Commission will considera proposal next month to change user fees at state parks, includingfees at Custer State Park.
09/28/10 CUSTER STATE PARK, S.D. (KTIV) - More than 10,000 people come to the Buffalo Roundup in Custer State Park every year and for each and everyone of them the experience is a little different.
08/23/10 (AP:CUSTER STATE PARK, S.D.) The show must go on, and it did this summer for the storied Black Hills Playhouse _ just not at its longtime home in Custer State Park.
08/06/10 PIERRE - The state Wildlife Division held true to its reputation for seeking additional opportunities for hunters with its recommendation Thursday for adding a mountain lion season in Custer State Park.
07/10/10 Most visitors to Custer State Park near Rapid City, S.D., will not know who Sgt. Denis D. Kisseloff was, but that doesn't matter to the Missouri soldiers who dedicated a park bridge in his honor.
06/18/10 RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) _ More than 150 firefighters are expected to take part in a three-day training exercise that starts Friday in South Dakota's Custer State Park.
04/07/10 A new type of cross-country navigation race will be held in Custer State Park next month. Competitors will use only a compass and map to find dozens of remote checkpoints in the South Dakota park and accumulate points for each one they find. Teams of two to five members have a time limit to search.
03/24/10 Gov. Mike Rounds has vetoed a bill requiring the South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks Department to extend the Black Hills Playhouse lease in Custer State Park.
03/24/10 South Dakota lawmakers hoped Governor Mike Rounds would blink over the Black Hills Playhouse issue. But Rounds vetoed a bill that would keep the theater in Custer State Park.
03/09/10 The South Dakota House has voted to continue a lease with the Black Hills Playhouse and give it two years to raise money to fix up the place. The Playhouse operates on state land in Custer State Park.
01/28/10 There likely will be a Black Hills Playhouse season in 2010, but it probably won't be in Custer State Park.
01/07/10 Despite the national recession, visitors flocked to state parks and recreation areas, including Custer State Park, in record numbers during 2009.
11/22/09 CUSTER STATE PARK -- Prices were up nearly across the board at the annual Custer State Park buffalo auction on Saturday, a possible indication that ranchers are starting to rebuild herds reduced by years of drought and soft markets, park officials said. | 
