Q5: (BHPFA social guy hollers "IT'S OUR TIME TO SHINE!!!" and starts typing way more than 300 characters)
The megafauna mammals of Agate, the tortoises of Scotts Bluff, Bison Antiquus at Hudson Meng, tiny deer of Toadstool...
Yeah, we got us some fossils in the BHPFA partner lands! #parkchat
The megafauna mammals of Agate, the tortoises of Scotts Bluff, Bison Antiquus at Hudson Meng, tiny deer of Toadstool...
Yeah, we got us some fossils in the BHPFA partner lands! #parkchat
May 29, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Q5: (BHPFA social guy hollers "IT'S OUR TIME TO SHINE!!!" and starts typing way more than 300 characters)
The megafauna mammals of Agate, the tortoises of Scotts Bluff, Bison Antiquus at Hudson Meng, tiny deer of Toadstool...
Yeah, we got us some fossils in the BHPFA partner lands! #parkchat
The megafauna mammals of Agate, the tortoises of Scotts Bluff, Bison Antiquus at Hudson Meng, tiny deer of Toadstool...
Yeah, we got us some fossils in the BHPFA partner lands! #parkchat
A10: It's all about Scotts Bluff and the BHPFA-funded sugar cookies and gingerbreads from the legendary Gering Bakery during Christmas on the Prairie. #parkchat
October 30, 2025 at 1:54 AM
A10: It's all about Scotts Bluff and the BHPFA-funded sugar cookies and gingerbreads from the legendary Gering Bakery during Christmas on the Prairie. #parkchat
A2: Official BHPFA Bark Cooperative Association Employee "Bayou" doing his best impersonation of the sign prohibiting him from processing inventory counts at our Agate Fossil Beds store. #parkchat
March 13, 2025 at 1:13 AM
A2: Official BHPFA Bark Cooperative Association Employee "Bayou" doing his best impersonation of the sign prohibiting him from processing inventory counts at our Agate Fossil Beds store. #parkchat
A4: Mr. @naturetechfam.bsky.social. He does survival training classes for BHPFA and could give that Les Stroud "Survivorman" guy from that show several years back a run for his money. #parkchat
October 30, 2025 at 1:24 AM
A4: Mr. @naturetechfam.bsky.social. He does survival training classes for BHPFA and could give that Les Stroud "Survivorman" guy from that show several years back a run for his money. #parkchat
Lol, we have "Don't pet the fluffy cows" warning sign shirts at BHPFA... I just haven't had the time to put them online yet. :) #parkchat
September 4, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Lol, we have "Don't pet the fluffy cows" warning sign shirts at BHPFA... I just haven't had the time to put them online yet. :) #parkchat
Happy Valentine's Day. We love this community!
Last night's Girl Winter Film Fest raised $1,200 for women's outdoor programs in the Black Hills and Nebraska.
Next up: Get the Girls Out at Jewel Cave, March 7.
#BHPFA #JewelCave #WomenOutdoors #PublicLands
Last night's Girl Winter Film Fest raised $1,200 for women's outdoor programs in the Black Hills and Nebraska.
Next up: Get the Girls Out at Jewel Cave, March 7.
#BHPFA #JewelCave #WomenOutdoors #PublicLands
February 15, 2026 at 5:31 AM
Happy Valentine's Day. We love this community!
Last night's Girl Winter Film Fest raised $1,200 for women's outdoor programs in the Black Hills and Nebraska.
Next up: Get the Girls Out at Jewel Cave, March 7.
#BHPFA #JewelCave #WomenOutdoors #PublicLands
Last night's Girl Winter Film Fest raised $1,200 for women's outdoor programs in the Black Hills and Nebraska.
Next up: Get the Girls Out at Jewel Cave, March 7.
#BHPFA #JewelCave #WomenOutdoors #PublicLands
White-nose syndrome nearly wiped out northern long-eared bats.
Now, Black Hills NF and South Dakota State Univ are tracking survivors... to vaccinate them in their roosts this summer.
Transmitters funded by BHPFA are helping scientists find their roosts!
#wildlifeconservation #endangeredspecies
Now, Black Hills NF and South Dakota State Univ are tracking survivors... to vaccinate them in their roosts this summer.
Transmitters funded by BHPFA are helping scientists find their roosts!
#wildlifeconservation #endangeredspecies
July 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
White-nose syndrome nearly wiped out northern long-eared bats.
Now, Black Hills NF and South Dakota State Univ are tracking survivors... to vaccinate them in their roosts this summer.
Transmitters funded by BHPFA are helping scientists find their roosts!
#wildlifeconservation #endangeredspecies
Now, Black Hills NF and South Dakota State Univ are tracking survivors... to vaccinate them in their roosts this summer.
Transmitters funded by BHPFA are helping scientists find their roosts!
#wildlifeconservation #endangeredspecies
A6: Scotts Bluff's collection of William Henry Jackson photographs and watercolors is really impressive. BHPFA is proud to help fund their preservation. And Agate Fossil has their Artist in Residence and Lakota Artist programs! #parkchat
November 21, 2024 at 2:36 AM
A6: Scotts Bluff's collection of William Henry Jackson photographs and watercolors is really impressive. BHPFA is proud to help fund their preservation. And Agate Fossil has their Artist in Residence and Lakota Artist programs! #parkchat
I love your enthusiasm BHPFA!!!
May 29, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I love your enthusiasm BHPFA!!!
A8: You haven't lived until you've been to a fossil hunt or a night sky program with Ed "The Bearded Ranger" Welsh at Badlands.
Former Scotts Bluff Ranger and now BHPFA Nebraska Area Manager David Guerin's snake talks were super popular too. #parkchat
Former Scotts Bluff Ranger and now BHPFA Nebraska Area Manager David Guerin's snake talks were super popular too. #parkchat
January 9, 2025 at 2:46 AM
A8: You haven't lived until you've been to a fossil hunt or a night sky program with Ed "The Bearded Ranger" Welsh at Badlands.
Former Scotts Bluff Ranger and now BHPFA Nebraska Area Manager David Guerin's snake talks were super popular too. #parkchat
Former Scotts Bluff Ranger and now BHPFA Nebraska Area Manager David Guerin's snake talks were super popular too. #parkchat
A3: In the last 10 years while #parkchat has been around, we've been given the Nebraska Panhandle NPS sites (Agate and Scotts Bluff joined BHPFA when the Oregon Trail Museum Association disbanded about 4 years ago).
December 19, 2024 at 2:25 AM
A3: In the last 10 years while #parkchat has been around, we've been given the Nebraska Panhandle NPS sites (Agate and Scotts Bluff joined BHPFA when the Oregon Trail Museum Association disbanded about 4 years ago).
A9: Gulf Islands National Seashore was quite a bit of fun for the family as we did a "relovacation" between seasonal ranger gigs. Plus, it was the first permanent gig for one of our favorite NPS cultural resource technicians who helped us at BHPFA on book prep and artifact photography. #parkchat
May 29, 2025 at 1:51 AM
A9: Gulf Islands National Seashore was quite a bit of fun for the family as we did a "relovacation" between seasonal ranger gigs. Plus, it was the first permanent gig for one of our favorite NPS cultural resource technicians who helped us at BHPFA on book prep and artifact photography. #parkchat
A7: We are advocating directly with officials both as BHPFA and through the Public Lands Alliance. We've stepped up our donation processes to raise money directly for interpretive programming and supplies for our parks. Helping with ads and digital content for our NPS and USFS teams. #parkchat
July 10, 2025 at 1:40 AM
A7: We are advocating directly with officials both as BHPFA and through the Public Lands Alliance. We've stepped up our donation processes to raise money directly for interpretive programming and supplies for our parks. Helping with ads and digital content for our NPS and USFS teams. #parkchat
It's been a bit of a 24 hours, but BHPFA is here. #parkchat
a fluffy kitten is sitting next to a cup of coffee and has its hair blowing in the wind .
ALT: a fluffy kitten is sitting next to a cup of coffee and has its hair blowing in the wind .
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October 2, 2025 at 1:06 AM
It's been a bit of a 24 hours, but BHPFA is here. #parkchat
A7: Joining your local cooperative assoc is one of the best ways to make an impact!
(plug) BHPFA has been supporting parks & forests in the Black Hills & NE Panhandle for nearly 80 years & it feels like we’re just getting started. Now’s the time. #ParkChat
blackhillsparks.org/ways-to-supp...
(plug) BHPFA has been supporting parks & forests in the Black Hills & NE Panhandle for nearly 80 years & it feels like we’re just getting started. Now’s the time. #ParkChat
blackhillsparks.org/ways-to-supp...
February 27, 2025 at 2:38 AM
A7: Joining your local cooperative assoc is one of the best ways to make an impact!
(plug) BHPFA has been supporting parks & forests in the Black Hills & NE Panhandle for nearly 80 years & it feels like we’re just getting started. Now’s the time. #ParkChat
blackhillsparks.org/ways-to-supp...
(plug) BHPFA has been supporting parks & forests in the Black Hills & NE Panhandle for nearly 80 years & it feels like we’re just getting started. Now’s the time. #ParkChat
blackhillsparks.org/ways-to-supp...
A5: BHPFA social media pup Bayou is a Bark Ranger. And we're pretty excited about some Bark stuff we're going to start carrying in our locations this season for the first time. #parkchat
March 26, 2026 at 1:29 AM
A5: BHPFA social media pup Bayou is a Bark Ranger. And we're pretty excited about some Bark stuff we're going to start carrying in our locations this season for the first time. #parkchat
A1: The guy behind the keyboard here has been doing #parkchat since 2019 or so as various accounts (Agate, Big Thicket, Regen Road Trip, etc). @thisiskarley.bsky.social introduced us to it while at Agate Fossil Beds. We've met both our esteemed hosts, and now work with 'Mr NTF' here at BHPFA.
April 3, 2025 at 1:09 AM
A1: The guy behind the keyboard here has been doing #parkchat since 2019 or so as various accounts (Agate, Big Thicket, Regen Road Trip, etc). @thisiskarley.bsky.social introduced us to it while at Agate Fossil Beds. We've met both our esteemed hosts, and now work with 'Mr NTF' here at BHPFA.
A9: Not NYD, but NYE! BHPFA hosts an annual New Years Eve Hike in the morning to get people's blood flowing and pre-burn that night's calories. We had to make a last minute audible on location this year because of wind storm damage, but people tell us they look forward to it every year. #parkchat
January 22, 2026 at 2:48 AM
A9: Not NYD, but NYE! BHPFA hosts an annual New Years Eve Hike in the morning to get people's blood flowing and pre-burn that night's calories. We had to make a last minute audible on location this year because of wind storm damage, but people tell us they look forward to it every year. #parkchat
A11 Also not this year, but your dutiful BHPFA social media guy and his wife spent our honeymoon touring Denali and Kenai -- including a sled dog trip with the buddies of the owner of a random bar in Seward. :) #parkchat
March 13, 2025 at 1:57 AM
A11 Also not this year, but your dutiful BHPFA social media guy and his wife spent our honeymoon touring Denali and Kenai -- including a sled dog trip with the buddies of the owner of a random bar in Seward. :) #parkchat
BHPFA sponsored the Astrophotography classes at Agate each year I gave it as a ranger, and then once I was working for the association. And now, others have taken over now that I'm not close enough to do it... but BHPFA and our members / donors / customers continue to fund the efforts. #parkchat
August 14, 2025 at 1:44 AM
BHPFA sponsored the Astrophotography classes at Agate each year I gave it as a ranger, and then once I was working for the association. And now, others have taken over now that I'm not close enough to do it... but BHPFA and our members / donors / customers continue to fund the efforts. #parkchat
A4 cont:
Visitor: "What's the name of the black birds with the red spots on their wings?"
BHPFA staff: ".... please don't hit me... but they... I'm not messing with you I swear... are called Red Wing Blackbirds."
Visitor: "....." #parkchat
Visitor: "What's the name of the black birds with the red spots on their wings?"
BHPFA staff: ".... please don't hit me... but they... I'm not messing with you I swear... are called Red Wing Blackbirds."
Visitor: "....." #parkchat
December 19, 2024 at 2:29 AM
A4 cont:
Visitor: "What's the name of the black birds with the red spots on their wings?"
BHPFA staff: ".... please don't hit me... but they... I'm not messing with you I swear... are called Red Wing Blackbirds."
Visitor: "....." #parkchat
Visitor: "What's the name of the black birds with the red spots on their wings?"
BHPFA staff: ".... please don't hit me... but they... I'm not messing with you I swear... are called Red Wing Blackbirds."
Visitor: "....." #parkchat
A9: We at BHPFA funded this stunning 3-story installation at Wind Cave showing how the tipi shape combines the earth with the heavens. Proud of the collaboration with Lakota artists, NPS, and the non-profit. It was a finalist for the national interpretation award that year. #parkchat
June 26, 2025 at 1:50 AM
A9: We at BHPFA funded this stunning 3-story installation at Wind Cave showing how the tipi shape combines the earth with the heavens. Proud of the collaboration with Lakota artists, NPS, and the non-profit. It was a finalist for the national interpretation award that year. #parkchat