Norbeck Timber Sale

[Brian Brademeyer]

Last Norbeck Option is the Supreme Court

Op-Ed in Sioux Falls Argus Leader, December 14, 2011

 

Forest Service Vandalizing Norbeck Preserve

Rapid City Journal Coverage of Road Damage, Sepember 3, 2011

Palmer Gulch Logging Damage, October 22, 2011

 

Eighth Circuit Ruling in Norbeck TImber Sale Lawsuit  November 16, 2011

Attempts to stop environmentally destructive logging denied by Eighth Circuit Court.

Norbeck 11-1661 8th Circuit Appeal

Appellants/Plaintiffs Final Brief, July 22, 2011, 276 kb

Appellees/Intervenors Response Brief, July 7, 2011, 212 kb

Appellees/Defendants Response Brief, July 7, 2011, 330 kb

Appellants/Plaintiffs Opening Brief, May 16, 2011, 542 kb

Friends of the Norbeck Draft Opening Brief, May 12, 2011, 403 kb

Norbeck 10-cv-5082-JLV Litigation

Judge Viken's Order Dismissing Complaint, January 28, 2011, 107 kb

Judge Viken's Order Denying Preliminary Injunction, December 10, 2010, 72 kb

Preliminary Injunction -- Plaintiffs' Reply Brief in Support, December 3, 2010, 415 kb

Preliminary Injunction -- Intervenors Response Brief in Opposition, November 12, 2010, 107 kb

State's Answer to Amended Complaint, November 12, 2010, 100 kb

Defendants' Answer to Amended Complaint, November 8, 2010, 102 kb

Preliminary Injunction -- Defendants' Brief in Opposition, October 29, 2010, 176 kb

Judge Kane's Opinion Transferring Venue to Federal District Court in Western South Dakota, October 18, 2010, 29 kb

Plaintiffs' Opposition to Motion to Transfer Venue, October 14, 2010, 193 kb

Preliminary Injunction -- Plaintiffs' Brief in Support, October 7, 2010, 339 kb

Third Amended Complaint / Petition for Review of Administrative Agency Action and Declaratory and Inju..., October 6, 2010, 338 kb

Defendants' Motion to Transfer Venue to South Dakota, October 1, 2010, 178 kb

Second Amended Complaint / Petition for Review of Administrative Agency Action and Declaratory and Inju..., October 1, 2010, 323 kb

First Amended Complaint / Petition for Review of Administrative Agency Action and Declaratory and Inju..., September 21, 2010, 273 kb

Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief, September 3, 2010, 271 kb

Declaration of Brian Brademeyer, September 3, 2010, 69 kb

Clean Water Act 60-Day Notice, June 16, 2010, 90 kb

Proposed Timber Sales

Reoffered Palmer Gulch TImber Sale, 7 mmbf, July 18, 2011

Revised Palmer Gulch Timber Sale, 7 mmbf, July 11, 2011

Sunday Gulch TImber Sale, 1 mmbf, November 23, 2010 (no bids were received)

Palmer Gulch Timber Sale, 5.5 mmbf, October 1, 2010 (no bids were received)

Hay Draw Timber Sale, Preliminary, to be offered in January 2011

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FotN et al. NORBECK APPEAL of May 31, 2010, 4.2 MB

FotN et al. NORBECK APPEAL without images, 5-31-10, 948 kb

Forest Service Appeal Review Recommendation Memo, 7-8-10, 245 kb

Forest Service Appeal Decision Letter, 7-14-10, 14kb

NEC (SJJ) NORBECK APPEAL of June 1, 2010, 226 kb

Forest Service NEC Appeal Review Recommendation Memo, 7-8-10, 86 kb

Forest Service NEC Appeal Decision Letter, 7-14-10, 13 kb

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Norbeck Slideshow Photo Albums

Black Elk Wilderness Area
Non-Wilderness Norbeck Wildlife Preserve
Non-Wilderness Norbeck, Willow Creek November 2009

Non-Wilderness Norbeck, Lost Cabin Trail, July 2010

Norbeck Timber Sale Scoping Comment Letters

NEC Norbeck Wildlife Project Comments Letter, August 2007
DoBH Norbeck Wildlife Project Comments, August 2007
BCA Scoping Comments to Norbeck Wildlife Project, August 2007

Norbeck Timber Sale Draft EIS Comment Letters

NEC-FotN Comments on the Norbeck Wildlife Project DEIS, January 2010
FotN etal Comments on the Norbeck Wildlife Project DEIS, January 2010
NEC Sara Jane Johnson Norbeck DEIS Comments, January 2010
Defenders' Comments on the Norbeck Wildlife Project DEIS, January 2010
Defenders' Okawita Paha Letter to President Obama, November 2009
The Ark Initiative Comments on Norbeck DEIS, January 2010
BCA-PHAS Comments on Norbeck Wildlife Project DEIS, January 2010
Dick Artley Comments on Norbeck Wildlife Project DEIS, January 2010
Sam Clauson Comments on Norbeck Wildlife Project DEIS, January 2010
Tom and Carlyn Jervis Comments on Norbeck DEIS, December 2009

Jean Katus E-Comment on Norbeck Wildlife Project DEIS, January 2010
Tom Katus E-Comment on Norbeck Wildlife Project DEIS, January 2010
DeLaine Katus Hayes E-Comment on Norbeck DEIS, January 2010
Jackson Hayes E-Comment on Norbeck Wildlife Project DEIS, January 2010

Norbeck Timber Sale Appeal-Related Documents

BHG-SC et al. Norbeck Supplemental EIS Appeal, December 1992
BHG-SC et al. Needles Timber Sale Appeal, July 1994
BHG-SC et al. Grizzly Timber Sale Appeal, October 1995
BHG-SC et al. North Custer Grazing Allotment Appeal, May 1997

FotN Cross-Reference of Norbeck DEIS/FEIS Literature Citations with...

FotN Norbeck FEIS Literation Citations Page Index, May 7, 2010

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Related Documents

Controlling Legal Authority

Norbeck Organic Act, June 1920
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals Needles/Grizzly Ruling, August 2001
Public Law 107-206, Sec. 706, August 2002

Tenth Circuit Ruling on the Constitutionality of Section 706 Rider,...
Memorandum of Understanding with SDGFP, October 2004
MOU Modification #1, July 2007
Memorandum of Understanding with SDGFP Extension, October 2009

Previous Litigation-Related Documents

Clauson-Butz Settlement Stipulation, October 1974
Appellants Needles/Grizzly Opening Brief, January 2000
Appellants Needles/Grizzly Reply Brief, April 2000
FotN NORBECK Timeline of Events, Updated May 20, 2010

NEC Veteran-Boulder Settlement Timeline

Other Relevant Documents

BHG-SC Black Elk Additions Wilderness Proposal, 1991
American Wildlands Needles EA Comment Letter, April 1994
BA/FOB et al 1997 Forest Plan Appeal XIII -- Wilderness Review
BA/FOB et al 1997 Forest Plan Appeal VII -- Snags
PL 107-206 Black Elk Additions, August 2002
Deer and Elk Management Memorandum, SAIC 2003
BCA et al 2006 Phase II Amendment Appeal

Fire and Pine Beetle Documents

BCA-PHAS Quincy Bug Sanitation Project Scoping Comments, December 2009
USFS Black Elk Wilderness Prescribed Fire Assessment, July 2008
USFS Mountain Pine Beetle Activity in the Norbeck Area, May 2008

Draft Update on MPB Activity in the Norbeck Area, November 2009
Fire Probability and Fuel Treatment Effectiveness, Rhodes and Baker...
Mountain Pine Beetle and Wildfire Risk FactSheet, 2009
Consequences of Norbeck Treatments and No-Action, February 2009
The Norbeck Society Letter to Rapid City Journal, January 22, 2010

Brian Brademeyer Letter to Rapid City Journal, November 10, 2010

BHNF Norbeck Timber Sale Project Website

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Freedom of Information Act Response, April 8, 2010

Friends of the Norbeck has received from the Forest Service, under FOIA request, a CD containing all of the literature cited in the Norbeck DEIS.

If you would like a copy of this CD (642 MB), contact us and provide us with your mailing address, and we will send you a copy.

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Freedom of Information Act Response to Request of April 16, 2010

Forest Service Letter informing of Delay in Response, April 29, 2010

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