Mammoth Site of Hot Springs Inc.

The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs will purchase and install a humidity control system for the site enclosure. The museum is built over a Pleistocene sinkhole and preserves the remains of numerous animals that wandered the South Dakota landscape about 27,000 years ago. Since 1974, 55 Columbian mammoths and three wooly mammoths have been uncovered, the highest concentration of in-situ mammoths in the world. The building enclosing the bone bed protects the bones, tusks, and other specimens from the elements so they can remain where they were discovered and continue to inspire wonder in visitors and researchers alike.