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Muriel and Neil Bien stand before a wall of deer from their property located between Britton and Veblen. They’re among the top 25 largest whitetail killed in South Dakota, “a tribute to the conservation and management done on the Bien property over many years,” said family friend John Cooper.

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Neil Bien of rural Veblen considers the hundreds of wetlands on his property as his “treasures.”

Bien Family Caretakers Of Land

People Of The Community The Bien family has been careful caretakers of their land at the tip of the Coteau Prairie in northeastern South Dakota for generations, but it was a family friend who put the value of it all in perspective. This is the story of a unique South Dakota landscape ...

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Marshall County Journal

PO Box 69, Britton, SD 57430
Phone: (605) 448-2281