CUSTER CITY, S.D. (AP) — Looking down a hillside dotted with large stumps and nearly devoid of trees, a pair of retired U.S. Forest Service employees lamented logging policies they helped craft to ...

Cabin Nature Chats is a series of classes teaching visitors must-know information when recreating in the Black Hills ...

While the Trump administration has been criticized for tilting toward timber interests, an ongoing debate in Black Hills National Forest offers a contrast: The Forest Service has proposed saving a ...

Great Sioux Nation and Biden administration representatives opened a path to joint stewardship of the Black Hills National Forest on Aug. 22. The leaders of their respective nations signed a ...

A fight over reduced logging in the Black Hills National Forests has pitted Forest Service researchers against Republican lawmakers. It reflects a local debate about the region’s economic future: ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The spruce tree tied to the top of a vehicle traveling down Interstate 90 in South Dakota could be a tree from the Black Hills National Forest. “I have seen trees tied to ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - In 2019, the U.S. Forest Service launched a restoration project to restore the natural landscape of the McVey burn scar outside of Hill City. Could the project lead to ...

CUSTER – Fall colors will be showing up soon across the Black Hills. Forest Service officials encourage the public to get out and enjoy the outdoors and see nature’s beauty. “The best viewing for fall ...

CUSTER, S.D. — Looking down a hillside dotted with large stumps and nearly devoid of trees, a pair of retired U.S. Forest Service employees lamented logging policies they helped craft to deal with two ...

CUSTER CITY, S.D. (AP) — Looking down a hillside dotted with large stumps and nearly devoid of trees, a pair of retired U.S. Forest Service employees lamented logging policies they helped craft to ...

Blaine Cook, a retired U.S. Forest Service forest management scientist, is seen standing amid stumps of trees that were logged in the Black Hills National Forest, on July 14, 2021, near Custer City, S ...