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Aerial view of Crazy Horse Monument taken September 13, 2011. Looking southwest. “Custer” sign, Custer, SD taken September 08, 2010. Aerial view of the city of Custer, SD taken September 16, 2011. Looking northwest. MPB pitch tube, with ‘pitched’ beetle. Aerial view of the Vestal project area (northwest) taken September 12, 2011. Aerial view of the city of Custer, SD taken September 08, 2010. Looking north. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or part of an individual’s income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large-print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA’s TARGET Center at (202)720-2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of discrimination, write to USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410, or call (800)795-3272 (voice) or (202)720-6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
Vestal Final Environmental Impact Statement Vestal Project Final Environmental Impact Statement Custer County, South Dakota Lead Agency: USDA Forest Service Cooperating Agencies: None Responsible Official: Lynn Kolund, District Ranger 330 Mount Rushmore Road Custer, SD 57730 (605) 673-4853 For Information Contact: Kelly Honors, Team Leader 330 Mount Rushmore Road Custer, SD 57730 (605) 673-4853 Abstract: The Hell Canyon Ranger District of the Black Hills National Forest has prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Healthy Forest Restoration Act (HFRA) and other relevant Federal and State laws and regulations. The Hell Canyon Ranger District proposes to implement multiple resource management actions within the Vestal project area on National Forest lands as guided by the Black Hills National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan as amended. The focus of the proposed action is to reduce mountain pine beetle risk and fire hazard on National Forest lands surrounding the City of Custer, SD. Two alternatives are considered in detail. Alternative 1 is the No Action Alternative. Alternative 2 is the proposed action and includes vegetation treatments designed primarily to reduce the potential for mountain pine beetle caused mortality within the Vestal project area. Proposed treatments are also designed to reduce fire hazard. This FEIS discloses the direct, indirect and cumulative effects resulting from these two alternatives. The preferred alternative is Alternative 2, with minor modification to proposed treatments on four units. i
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