Black Hills National Forest

US Forest Service
Black Hills National Forest
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Custer, SD 57730
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News Release

USDA Forest Service

Black Hills National Forest

Contact: Frank Carroll (605) 673-9200, or email us at r2 blackhills webinfo@fs.fed.us

BLACK HILLS NATIONAL FOREST ADVISORY BOARD TO BEGIN DISCUSSION OF TRAVEL MANAGEMENT

CUSTER, SD: July 12, 2004

The Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board (NFAB) will meet Wednesday, July 14, 2004, at 1:00 p.m. at the Ramkota Hotel in Rapid City (SD) in the Sylvan 2 Room.

The Board will hear an update on the Phase II planning process and a presentation about the beginning of discussions going on in the Black Hills and in the Nation about issues related to travel management. Off-road vehicle use has risen five-fold in a decade and is creating both opportunity and conflict in the National Forests.

The public is invited to comment at the meeting's conclusion in the afternoon. Additionally, members of the public may submit written or other materials they think would be appropriate and important for the Board to have in their continuing deliberations.

The Board addresses its comments and advice to the Forest Supervisor who then makes the Board's views known to the Secretary of Agriculture through Regional Forester Rick Cables in Denver and Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth in Washington.

For more forest news, visit the Black Hills National Forest website at www.fs.fed.us/r2/blackhills.