Firefighters burn slash piles to get rid
of needles, limbs, and tree tops that fuel hot fires in
the summer time. Burning reduces the
potential for fire spread and creates seedbeds for regeneration.
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Kids in the Woods projects will help children
be better prepared in the future to care for the land as
they cope with climate change, demographic change, and demands
for clean air, clean water and healthy wildlife habitats.
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The name "Black Hills" comes from
the Lakota words Paha Sapa, which mean
"hills that are black." Seen from a distance,
these pine-covered hills, rising several thousand feet above
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Listen to ForestNet Audiocast Topic:
“Paha Sapa” – American Indian Use of the
Black Hills with Donovin Sprague, Director of Learning at
Crazy Horse Memorial and Executive Director of First Nations
Heritage Association. |
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The Forest Services proposes to designate which routes
(roads and trails) on federal lands administered by the Forest
Service within the Black Hills National are open to motorized
travel. In so doing, the agency will comply with requirements
of the Forest Service 2005 Travel Management Rule.
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