The Forest Service spent the last years doubling the amount of field data it normally collects on the condition of the Black Hills National Forest. The findings, produced by the service’s Forest ...

Craig Bobzien, the man in charge of the Black Hills National Forest for the past 11 years, has a “barrel list” of trips and projects for his retirement.

Driving into the Black Hills National Forest, as the road gains elevation, raindrops hitting the windshield slow down and start swirling in the air. It’s snowing in late April, a welcome sight ...

PIERRE, S.D. — The Black Hills forest could be cut clean of "suitable sawtimber" in 60 years, if logging keeps at its current pace and the forest's mortality rate remains low, report the ...

The Black Hills National Forest Service has currently set a goal of 175,000 CCF in timber sales by the end of the 2021 fiscal year in September, ...

The Black Hills National Forest consists of 1.2 million acres of forested hills and mountains, across an area approximately 110 miles long and 70 miles wide.

S.D. forest waits its turn on summer wildfires. By Marc Heller | 07/20/2021 01:34 PM EDT . The Black Hills region eyes wildfires farther west, wondering when its own bouts with fire will return.

Get Outside Black Elk Peak, the highest peak between the Rocky Mountains and the Swiss Alps. Photo courtesy of Travel South Dakota. If you leave Denver early in the morning, you will make it to Black ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Seasonal gates and recreation sites that are not open through the winter on the Black Hills National Forest will be closed Monday, Dec. 16.

The 367-acre fire, located within the Black Hills National Forest, is being held in the containment lines. 90 fire personnel from South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Wisconsin, and Colorado were ...

Did you know that South Dakota forest products companies directly employ about 1,500 people in the Black Hills region and pay more th ...

In 2023, the Black Hills National Forest undertook an intensive Light Detection and Ranging, or LIDAR, project, flying over to map the land at public expense.