Open house scheduled for Wind Cave’s airlock plan

The public is invited to attend an informal open house at the Wind Cave National Park Visitor Center from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21, to discuss the park's plan to build a new airlock at the Walk-In Entrance.

For more information, and for an on-line copy of the plan/ environmental assessment, visit http://parkplanning.nps.gov/wica. Comments can be submitted via that website or they can be mailed to Superintendent; Wind Cave National Park; 26611 U.S. Highway 385; Hot Springs, SD 57747-9430.

Printed copies of the EA are available by visiting or writing the park. Copies are also on review at the Custer, Hot Springs, and Rapid City public libraries. The comment period runs through Thursday, March 8.

Source: Rapid City Journal