Black Hills National Forest

The Black Hills National Forest is working with stakeholders to protect and balance recreation, business, the environment and grazing land as it sees an explosion in off-road vehicle riders.

The Black Hills National Forest plans to remove white spruce for wildfire management. By cutting down white spruce, officials hope to allow other tree species to grow.

We look at the Bull Springs Timber Sale in the Black Hills National Forest.

A Black Hills couple are the American Tree Farm System’s National Outstanding Tree Farmers of the Year. Bob Burns and Mary LaHood of Piedmont own and manage 320 acres of forestland.

Ben Wudtke with the Black Hills Forest Resource Association discusses the Data Quality Act challenge and detailed examples of challenges to the General Technical Report published by the US Forest Service.

Seth Tupper joins us for a conversation about the Data Quality Act and administrative action from the Black Hills forest products industry seeking corrections to a scientific report that recommends significantly reducing the timber harvest.

The owner of the largest sawmill in the Black Hills says it may shut down if logging levels are reduced.

Permits are now available to cut down Christmas trees in the Black Hills National Forest.

The leaders of the Black Hills National Forest plan to reduce logging levels. This comes after several years of debate about sustainability in the forest.

How long before we see more sawmill closures in the Black Hills? U.S. Senator John Thune says it might be as soon as early next year. We talk with the senator about the reduction in timber targets in the Black Hills National Forest and his hopes for increasing the supply.