We are deeply saddened to report the death of Andrew Korth, 26, the young botanist who led our Moon Walk in the Black Hills National Forest near Deerfield Lake last Saturday evening (6/26/10).Andrew was one of three persons who drowned Sunday (6/27/10) after their canoe capsized near a diversion dam for the Belle Fourche Irrigation District. We learned only this morning about the tragic accident, which also took the lives of Jeramy Rogers, 38, and Sierra Rogers, 11. Another youngster, 8-year-old Isabella Rogers, survived the accident and was able to summon help. The incident was reported in the Monday edition of the Rapid City Journal.
Andrew Korth was a native of Humphrey, Nebraska, and graduated from St. Francis High School in Humphrey before enrolling at South Dakota State University, where he earned a degree in Wildlife History in 2006. He received a Master’s degree in Botany in 2008. Before joining the U.S. Forest Service in early 2009, Andrew worked for a short time on coal mine reclamation in Wyoming. He was single.
“When this job came open, I jumped on it,” he told me with a big grin, just before leading our Moon Walk group on a trek across Reynolds Prairie to inspect the wide array of wildflowers that he had helped identify and describe for the outing.
Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to the families and close friends of Andrew Korth, and Jeramy and Sierra Rogers.
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May God bless these families, that they may know their loved ones are with Him.
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