Kalie Swails
State park welcomes first bison calf season
The first of the 400 bison calves expected this spring was spotted earlier this month at Custer State Park. Park staff discovered the newest member of the park’s herd, a heifer, on April 7 in the south end of the park near the south fork of Lame Johnny Creek. Historically, the bison played an [...]
Panel discusses pipeline concerns
Tribal members gathered to share their responses to the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline Project at the 20th annual American Indian Histories and Cultures Conference March 28. The Keystone XL Pipeline, a project of oil transportation company TransCanada, will carry tar sands oil from Alberta Canada to Texas, crossing an estimated 313 miles of South [...]
Robot Bees: possible buzz of the future?
Imagine for a moment a swarm of bees — a great cloud of insects buzzing about a hive, lilting through the sky or meandering across a field, fastidiously floating between plants and petals. Notice then that their grey, carbon-fiber bodies are held aloft by titanium wings. Their buzz is not the hum of natural wing [...]
Grand Canyon goes green, bans plastic bottles
Sunrises over the south rim of the Grand Canyon will soon illuminate not only ancient layers of red rock, but a greener park as well. Within one month, the Grand Canyon National Park will terminate the sale of bottled water under a plan to improve park sustainability, approved by the National Park Service Intermountain [...]
Nature thoughts
If you’re lost in the woods, abandoned in the Arctic or marooned on a desert island, you better hope you’ve got a jar of coconut oil with you. You read that right. Naturalists and survival experts are crowing about the seemingly innumerable uses for it, some of which just might save your butt if [...]
Owls flock to new skies
Snowy owls have been swooping into South Dakota in unusually high numbers this winter, delighting bird watchers and stirring up a hoot over their mysterious arrival. Snowy owls typically nest in the Arctic tundra of Canada and migrate south for the winter. This season, however, these Arctic natives are participating in a dramatic migration called [...]
Tips to Stay in Shape This Winter
In case you haven’t noticed, it’s atypically warm outside. In fact, according to Weather.com, the average high in Brookings so far this year has been around 36 degrees. Mention the unseasonably nice weather and people will nod fervently, extolling the lack of ice and bitter cold while knocking on the nearest wooden surface, as though [...]
Dreaming of a greener Christmas: Tips for an eco-friendly holiday
The volume of waste in the average American household increases 25 percent between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency, which reported Americans produce an extra 1 million tons of trash around the holidays. In the chaos of the holidays, being mindful of the environment is often put on the [...]
She shoots like a girl
An SDSU senior finally shot the trophy bull elk she’s been waiting for. Senia Hiltunen collects holiday Barbies, she has a hot pink cell phone and she hunts bull elk. She considers herself pretty girly. Hiltunen, 23, was the recipient of one of the most highly sought after hunting opportunities in South Dakota: an any-elk [...]
GM bites off too much in anti-bike ad
The ad that the article is based off of can be seen here: http://urbanvelo.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/gm_ad.jpg Riding a bicycle is about the squarest thing you could do. At least, that’s what anti-bike advertisements want you to think. They’re always the same: some dork wearing a suit and an ill-fitting helmet is riding down a congested highway—usually in [...]
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