Severe drought in Custer County has forced Custer State Park to plan an auction of 612 bison to downsize its winter herd to 900 animals due to scarce forage.

South Dakota's Custer State Park will auction off at least 600 bison next month, a 38% increase from last year because of ...

Thousands will gather at Custer State Park on Sept. 25 for the 61st Annual Governor’s Buffalo Roundup, herding 1,400 bison for sorting and health checks.

Custer State Park hosts its Halloween Night Hike from 16 to 17 October 2026 in the Black Hills near Custer, South Dakota. The park's 2026 guide lists the two-day event among its autumn programmes.

Xanterra Parks and Resorts will be the next concessionaire at Custer State Park. The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission accepted the staff’s recommendation during the ...

An ever growing one of a kind event is putting South Dakota’s Custer State Park ever more on the map. Those who experience the thrill of the park’s annual late-September Buffalo Roundup quickly ...

Custer State Park spreads across the southern Black Hills of South Dakota, where open prairie, ponderosa pine forest and ...

Five minutes after I drove into South Dakota’s Custer State Park, I found myself pulling over to the side of the road, rolling down the car window, and shooting photos of a deer that was standing very ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Riders herd bison during the 2022 Buffalo Roundup at Custer State Park. (Photo by Travel South Dakota) Riders herd bison during ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Custer resident Paul Horsted and Scott Simpson, an official with the state’s Game Fish and Parks Department, can both talk about the wildlife and the experience of visiting ...