Peterson State Wildlife Area

Fort Robinson State Park and Peterson Wildlife Management Area are typical of the Pine Ridge, with mixed-grass prairie, rocky outcroppings, and pine-covered buttes. They have been much changed by fire, and the ponderosa pine forest has been replaced by vigorous growths of native grasses and shrubs. Wildlife to Watch: Fort Robinson has become a better site for viewing bighorn sheep. Lewis’s woodpeckers are now being seen in the burned areas, making use of the dead timber. This is also a good place to see prairie dogs, wild turkeys, golden eagles, prairie falcons, barn owls, and western songbirds like mountain bluebirds, western tanagers, common poorwills, and white-throated swifts. Peterson WMA is more primitive than Fort Robinson-neither camping nor trails are developed