BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Prairie Hills Audubon Society - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://phas-wsd.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Prairie Hills Audubon Society REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20240310T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20241103T080000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20250309T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20251102T080000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20260308T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20261101T080000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20250113T235000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20250113T235900 DTSTAMP:20260418T125016 CREATED:20241216T182654Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250113T150108Z UID:16130-1736812200-1736812740@phas-wsd.org SUMMARY:Public Comments Sought for "Fort Project" on Bearlodge Ranger District DESCRIPTION:     Sundance\, Wyo.\, — The Black Hills National Forest is proposing treatments on National Forest land eight miles northwest of Sundance\, WY\, and eight miles southeast of Huelett\, WY through commercial timber harvest\, small-tree thinning\, mastication\, tree planting\, watershed improvements\, and prescribed fire. \nThe Fort project area includes Blacktail Creek\, Lytle Creek\, Taylor Divide\, Hershey Creek\, and Beaver Creek. The Cook Lake recreation area is within the project boundary but is excluded from activities and analysis. \nThe proposal includes up to 7\,500 acres of commercial timber harvest. Harvest would be based on current stand conditions. Thinning reduces stand density to improve growth\, reduce fire hazard\, and enhance forest health. \nThinning of small pine trees (less than seven inches in diameter) is also proposed. Cut material that is not sold would be chipped\, burned\, or otherwise modified to reduce fire hazard. Thinning would reduce competition among trees and decrease crown fire potential by removing ladder fuels and increasing space between crowns. \nWatershed improvements are proposed to restore degraded watersheds and increase wildlife habitat. These include removal of pine encroachment\, construction of beaver dam analogs\, and stream crossing improvements. \nPrescribed broadcast burning is proposed throughout the project to diversify the understory species composition and reduce fuel loading. A detailed burn plan would be prepared prior to burning. \nLink to project documents – https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/blackhills/?project=67343 \nComments should be submitted within 30 days after publication of the legal notice of opportunity to comment in the Rapid City Journal. The notice was published on December 14\, 2024\, so comments are due Monday the 13th\, 2025. It is scoping so due date may be a little flexible.  The preferred method to submit comments is online and can be found on the project website at  https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=67343. Comments can also be submitted through the U.S. Mail: Fort Project\, Bearlodge Ranger District\, P.O. Box 680\, Sundance\, WY 82729. \n  \nCurrent \nFor questions on the proposed project\, please contact Patrick Champa\, Bearlodge District Ranger\, or Ryan Tallmadge\, Bearlodge Ranger District assistant resource planner\, at (307) 283-1361\, Monday through Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.\, mountain daylight time. Ryan.Tallmadge@usda.gov\, Patrick Champa \n  \n  URL:https://phas-wsd.org/event/public-comments-sought-for-fort-project-on-bearlodge-ranger-district/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR