Contact: Tom Farrell, 605-745-1130 WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. –In the year since local public land management agencies agreed to work closer together as part of a "Service "This agreement has allowed us to share staff expertise and surplus equipment with the Forest Service," said Wind Cave National Park The "Service First" agreement between the Forest Service and the National Park Service, based on a law passed in 2012, allows the Forest Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to exchange resources and share equipment across Projects that have benefited from this agreement include: wildlife and plant surveys conducted by National Park Service employees on Forest Service land, a Department of Agriculture Job Corps crew who dug a trench for a new fiber line at Jewel Cave National Monument, and the sharing of excess equipment such as picnic tables from Wind Cave National Park to the Forest Service. "Sharing services and equipment benefits everyone," said Hell Canyon District Ranger Sherri Schwenke. "We can be more efficient in our Participating in this agreement is the Hell Canyon Ranger District of the Black Hills National Forest, the Fall River Ranger District of
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Last updated: April 10, 2015