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 (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), located on north Anatolian Fault Zone, about 150 miles east of Istanbul, Turkey. Environmental geology camp will be offered in the Black Hills and India.  Geology field camp in the Himalayas, northern India is in the planning stage for summer of 2009

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; 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.