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Assessment Phase
The Black Hills National Forest has initiated the Land Management Plan revision process, pursuant to the 2012 Planning Rule (36 CFR 219) and as directed by the National Forest Management Act of 1976. The first phase of revision involves the drafting of several resource assessments. The assessment phase of forest planning calls for a rapid evaluation of existing information about relevant ecological, economic, and social conditions, trends, and sustainability. Analyzing this information will provide insight into the relationship between the current land management plan and the context of the broader landscape. These assessments represent several different resource areas, and will lay the ground work and transition information and knowledge into plan development (phase 2) and then the monitoring (phase 3) of the process.
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Revised Assessments
Click link to see Revised Assessments.
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Response to Comments
Click link to see Response to Comments on the Draft Assessments.
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Draft Assessments
Click link to see Draft Assessments.
Notice of Intent to Begin Assessment Phase
- News Release: Black Hills National Forest to Initiate Forest Plan Revision Process (Oct. 14, 2021)
- Federal Register Notice (Oct. 15, 2021)
- News Release: Black Hills National Forest Seeks Comments on Forest Plan Revision Draft Assessments (June 17, 2022)
Featured Events
- Smokey Bear 80th Birthday Coloring Contest
Date(s): May 1, 2024 - Jul 31, 2024 - National Forest Week - Dugout Gulch Botanical Trail Hike
Date(s): Jul 13, 2024 - Nature Connection Workshop: Animal Tracking & Naturalist Skills
Date(s): Jul 13, 2024 - July Moon Walk - Explore the Dark Skies at Jewel Cave
Date(s): Jul 20, 2024 - Learning about Animal Furs and Tracks
Date(s): Jul 27, 2024 - August Moon Walk - Wild for Prescribed Fire and Smokey Bear!
Date(s): Aug 17, 2024 - Reptile Investigations
Date(s): Aug 24, 2024 - Songbird of the Black Hills Campground Sing-Along
Date(s): Aug 31, 2024 - September Moon Walk - Are Our Hills "Slip-Sliding Away?"
Date(s): Sep 14, 2024
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