The Black Hills Natural Sciences Field Station is a cooperative program formed by a consortium of colleges and universities from several states that offers variety of field courses in both geology and geological engineering programs. These courses are offered from Ranch A (above left), an historic log mansion located in the northern Black Hills near Beulah, Wyoming, SDSM&T Campus in Rapid City, SD and from Taskesti station (below right), located on north Anatolian Fault Zone, about 200 kilometers east of Istanbul, Turkey. Environmental geology camp will be offered in the Black Hills and India.  Geology Field Camp in the Himalayas will start from Kathmandu, Nepal and Volcanology Field Camp

in Iceland will start from Reykjavik.

Consortium members are involved in instruction and development of each summer's projects. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology serves as the host institution and provides transcripts of credits to the enrollee's parent institution. The consortium comprises Geology and Geological Engineering faculty and staff from South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, University of Mississippi, University of North Dakota, Black Hills State University and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Other universities are invited to join the consortium, and students from non consortium universities are encouraged to attend the camps.