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snow and provide fishing and early-
season duck hunting opportunities.
Three reservoirs – Rock Bass, Agate
and Boardgate – are targeted for
panfish and largemouth bass.
A Rocking Place
Big game, birds and fish are not
the only quarry here. Other prizes lie
"beneath the surface."
Volcanic ash that fell over the land
millions of years ago is responsible for
landforms that boost the grasslands'
appeal. It is also responsible for gumbo
– the clay-heavy soil that turns the
surface into a grease-like tire-spinner
with a little precipitation.
Among the clay soils are rocks that
washed down from the rising Black
Hills ages ago and are now attractive
to collectors. Rock hounds come
from afar looking for prized finds that
continue to surface, including Fairburn,
A red fox peers from behind a pile of downed trees in Warbonnet Creek valley north of
Harrison.
A garter snake moves near a watering hole on the Oglala National Grassland west of Toadstool Park.
