Black Hills

In today's world, doing nothing can feel like a radical action. Jill Storm and Murray Haar join Lori Walsh to discuss Jewish traditions of Sabbath and how more restrictions can mean more freedoms.

On this day, October 17, 1933, the Civilian Conservation Corps camp named "Lightning Creek" opens in the Black Hills near Jewel Cave. Like many of the CCC Camps, work included building dams and thinning forested areas.

A team of spelunkers has taken a deep dive into a previously unmapped, underwater lake near Rapid City.

A draft decision from the U.S. Forest Service would allow a Minnesota company to conduct exploratory drilling for gold within a half-mile of the Pactola Reservoir in the Black Hills.

The 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty pledged that the Great Sioux Reservation, including the Black Hills, would be "set apart for the absolute and undisturbed use and occupation of the Indians."In the 1980 case United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians, the U.S. Supreme Court found that 1868 treaty had been repeatedly violated by the U.S. government and white settlers.

Rapid City is staying neutral even though its economy would benefit from the plan.

Forester Dave Mertz says the Black Hills National Forest simply cannot sustain current logging levels. We talk with Mertz about the detailed science of the General Technical Report along with what Mertz says the forest is already revealing about over-harvesting.

Another company wants to drill holes in search of Black Hills gold.

A strong winter storm earlier this week brought freezing temperatures, high winds and up to 22 inches of snow in parts of the Black Hills.

The health of the Black Hills National Forest for the next several decades could be determined by the decisions of the next few years. The U.S. Forest…