Custer Rotary member, Dick Brown gave an update on the new Bison Center that is being constructed in Custer State Park. The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust had awarded a $4 million grant to construct the Bison Center. The SDPWF (a 501(c)(3) non profit, independent support organization for the SD Dept. of Game, Fish and Parks, is seeking $1 million in private and public donations for the total project budget of $5 million. Dick had a number of diagrams of the Center that showed the internal workings of the Center. It's expected completion by end of May 2022.
The Center will educate visitors through dynamic interpretive displays and tell the origin story of the park's bison, herd management and the annual Buffalo Roundup and auction.