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Wild Idea Buffalo Co.

Cheyenne River Ranch buffalo roam freely on thousands of acres of native grasses. The ranch is owned by Dan and Jill O’Brien with a focus on grassland restoration and humanely harvested meat sold via Wild Idea Buffalo Co. Dan has been a wildlife biologist and rancher for over 30 years and is author of Buffalo for the Broken Heart: Restoring Life to a Black Hills Ranch.

Bonny Fleming captured these photos by 4-wheeler this spring. View more of her photos or purchase prints here.

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WE HAVE AN INDUSTRY!

In this state of 50 million acres you might think there’s not much of a creative publishing industry beyond the nuts-and-bolts newspaper industry, but you’d be wrong. South Dakota Magazine hosted a Plains Publishers’ Conference on Thursday (Sept. 13) and a crowd of writers, photographers, designers and publishers showed up. Photos by Bernie Hunhoff.