The Black Hills National Forest is the most intensively managed in the U.S., with the highest timber sale allowance in the Rocky Mountain region and extensive livestock grazing.
Hot Topics
- Timber production
- Mountain Pine Beetle
- 4 million tourists annually
- Standing dead and down wood
- Biomass processing
- Prescribed fire and fuels management
- Large private sector presence
- WUI
- Long-eared bats, black-backed woodpeckers
Resources:
Black Hills Mountain Pine Beetle Strategy
Black Hills National Forest Fire Management
Subregion Representative:
Ben Wudtke, Director, Black Hills Forest Resource Association