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Okawita Paha

Vestal Timber Sale

Comment by February 13, 2012

Greyhound Exchange

Comment by October 16, 2011

 

Mickelson Horse Trail

Comment by August 31, 2011

 

MPB Response Project

Comment by September 7, 2011

Sand Creek Burning

Appeal Denied on May 20, 2011

Palmer Gulch Allotment

Appeal denied on January 20, 2011

Norbeck Timber Sale Lawsuit

Dismissed by Eighth Circuit, November 16, 2011

 

 

Recent Issues

Byway Lakes Dredging Project

Comments closed on August 8, 2011.  

 

Sand Creek Logging

Appeal Deadline was July 6, 2010

BHNF Travel Plan

Appeal Deadline was June 28, 2010

Black Elk Burn Plan

Decision Indefinitely Postponed

Rushmore Beetle Plan

Final Plan SIgned on April 24, 2010

Mickelson Connector

Comments Closed on Dec. 9, 2009

 

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Pine Beetle Infestation and FIre Risk

Friends of the Norbeck recently commissioned professional statistician Grant Foster to look at possible relations between large fires, on the one hand, and weather, logging, and beetle tree-mortality levels on the other.  We provided him with a century of data from the Black Hills National Forest, 1910-2009.On February 10, 2012, Grant completed his analysis, and produced a detailed "white paper" entitled…See More
Blog post by Brian Brademeyer Friday
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Last Norbeck Option is Supreme Court

Last Norbeck Option is Supreme CourtAnyone driving west from Mount Rushmore on Highway 244 is confronted by the severe damage being inflicted upon the Norbeck Wildlife Preserve, not by pine beetles but by the US Forest Service.  Friends of the Norbeck and Native Ecosystems Council have one last option to stop this senseless logging damage: appealing the Norbeck case to the US Supreme Court.…See More
Blog post by Brian Brademeyer Dec 3, 2011
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Palmer Gulch Logging Damage

Photos below show logging damage visible from Highway 244 just west of Palmer Creek bridge, in logging Unit 21 of the Palmer Gulch Timber Sale. Photos were taken during October, 2011.Looking towards Elkhorn Mountain:Before:After:…See More
Blog post by Brian Brademeyer Oct 23, 2011
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Forest Service Vandalizing the Norbeck Preserve

Forest Service Vandalizes Norbeck Preserve The Forest Service has begun destruction-by-bulldozer within the Norbeck Preserve in the Palmer Gulch Timber Sale, beginning in the area proposed for Wilderness designation by environmental groups in 1991.  The first of 39 miles of unnecessary and destructive “temporary” haul roads are being created by driving bulldozers over the area east of Willow Creek Horse Camp in Palmer Gulch. Road work and logging operations in the Palmer Gulch Timber Sale are…See More
Blog post by Brian Brademeyer Aug 24, 2011
 
 
 

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