Notice2021-22537
Black Hills National Forest; Lawrence, Meade, Pennington, Custer, and Fall River Counties, South Dakota; Crook and Weston Counties, Wyoming; Revision of the Land and Resource Management Plan for the Black Hills National Forest
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Published
October 15, 2021
Issuing agencies
Agriculture DepartmentForest Service
Abstract
The Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, is initiating the Land Management Plan revision process, pursuant to the 2012 Planning Rule (36 CFR 219) and as directed by the National Forest Management Act, for the Black Hills National Forest (Black Hills), located in western South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming. This process will result in a revised Land Management Plan which will guide all resource management activities on the Black Hills National Forest for approximately fifteen years. This notice announces the initiation of the assessment phase, the preliminary stage of the plan revision process. Assessments will identify and consider relevant and readily accessible material about ecological, social, and economic conditions and trends in the planning area, including best available scientific information. Findings will be documented in assessment reports. Trends and conditions identified in the assessments will then help describe a need to change the existing plan and inform the revision of the Forest Plan.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 197 (Friday, October 15, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57408-57409]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-22537]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Black Hills National Forest; Lawrence, Meade, Pennington, Custer,
and Fall River Counties, South Dakota; Crook and Weston Counties,
Wyoming; Revision of the Land and Resource Management Plan for the
Black Hills National Forest
AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice of initiating the assessment phase of the Land
Management plan revision for the Black Hills National Forest.
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SUMMARY: The Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, is
initiating the Land Management Plan revision process, pursuant to the
2012 Planning Rule (36 CFR 219) and as directed by the National Forest
Management Act, for the Black Hills National Forest (Black Hills),
located in western South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming. This process
will result in a revised Land Management Plan which will guide all
resource management activities on the Black Hills National Forest for
approximately fifteen years. This notice announces the initiation of
the assessment phase, the preliminary stage of the plan revision
process. Assessments will identify and consider relevant and readily
accessible material about ecological, social, and economic conditions
and trends in the planning area, including best available scientific
information. Findings will be documented in assessment reports. Trends
and conditions identified in the assessments will then help describe a
need to change the existing plan and inform the revision of the Forest
Plan.
DATES: In the fall and winter of 2021, the public will be invited to
engage and participate in the assessment phase of the revision process;
engagement opportunities will be posted on the Black Hills National
Forest Planning website, located at <a href="http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/blackhills/forestplanrevision">http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/blackhills/forestplanrevision</a>. The Black Hills will conduct
consultation with Tribes as part of the assessment phase of revision.
Information will also be shared through electronic mailing lists,
social media, and media outlets. If members of the public are
interested in learning more, please visit the website listed above and
select the link to subscribe to updates on the Black Hills Forest Plan
Revision. The public can also sign up by sending an email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0a5947244c592448666b6961626366664c5a584a7f796e6b246d657c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ca9987e48c99e488a6aba9a1a2a3a6a68c9a988abfb9aeabe4ada5bc">[email protected]</span></a>.
The Forest Service will produce a set of draft assessments for
public review and comment, expected around March 2022. The Forest
Service will review and incorporate public comments and additional
information from tribal consultation on the draft assessments and
produce a final set of assessments to inform plan revision for the
Black Hills National Forest. The Forest Service may then initiate
procedures pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to
prepare a revised Land Management Plan.
ADDRESSES: For questions about Land Management Plan revision or
comments on initiating the assessment phase of plan revision, please
address mail to: Black Hills National Forest, Attn: Lou Conroy--Forest
Plan Revision, 1019 N 5th Street, Custer, SD 57730, or via email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dc8f91f29a8ff29eb0bdbfb7b4b5b0b09a8c8e9ca9afb8bdf2bbb3aa"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f7a4bad9b1a4d9b59b96949c9f9e9b9bb1a7a5b782849396d9909881">[email protected]</span></a>. All correspondence, including names and
addresses, will be part of the public record.
More information on the planning process can also be found on the
Black Hills National Forest Planning website at <a href="http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/blackhills/forestplanrevision">http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/blackhills/forestplanrevision</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lou Conroy, Revision Team Leader, at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#80eceff5e9e5aee3efeef2eff9c0f5f3e4e1aee7eff6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7915160c101c571a16170b1600390c0a1d18571e160f">[email protected]</span></a> or by phone at (605) 673-9200.
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Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf/hard-of-
hearing (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FRS) at
1-800-877-8339, 24 hours a day, every day of the year, including
holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Forest Management Act (NFMA) of
1976 requires that the Forest Service develop a Land and Resource
Management Plan, often called a Forest Plan, for every national forest.
Forest Plans provide the strategic direction for management of forest
resources and are amendable as conditions change over time.
The Black Hills Forest Plan was first released in 1983, revised in
1997, and amended in 2006. The 2006 version serves as the current
Forest Plan for the Black Hills National Forest.
This notice announces the start of the first stage of the process,
during which updated information from the public, Tribes, other
government agencies, and non-governmental parties, will be compiled
into assessment reports. Information relevant to these reports
typically includes the status and trends of ecological, social, and
economic conditions within the planning area and across the broader
landscape. Federal Regulation (36 CFR 219.6) requires the assessment of
(1) Terrestrial ecosystems, aquatic ecosystems, and watersheds; (2)
Air, soil, and water resources and quality; (3) System drivers,
including dominant ecological processes, disturbance regimes, and
stressors, such as natural succession, wildland fire, invasive species,
and climate change, and the ability of terrestrial and aquatic
ecosytems in the plan area to adapt to change; (4) Baseline assessment
of carbon stocks; (5) Threatened, endangered, proposed, and candidate
species, and potential species of conservation concern present in the
plan area; (6) Social, cultural, and economic conditions; (7) Benefits
people obtain from the national forest system planning area (ecosystem
services); (8) Multiple uses and their contributions to local,
regional, and national economies; (9) Recreation settings,
opportunities and access, and scenic character; (10); Renewable and
nonrenewable energy and mineral resources; (11) Infrastructure, such as
recreational facilities and transporation and utility corridors; (12)
Areas of tribal importance; (13) Cultural and historic resources and
uses; (14) Land status and ownership and access patterns; and (15)
Existing designated areas located in the plan area including wilderness
and wild and scenic rivers and potential need and opportunity for
additional designated areas.
During this assessment phase, the Forest Service invites other
government agencies, Tribes, non-governmental parties, and the public
to share information about social, economic, and environmental
conditions of the Black Hills National Forest and the broader
landscape. Existing information about conditions on the Black Hills
National Forest, supplemented with information gathered through public
engagement and tribal consultation, will be integrated into final
resource assessments. The Forest Service will host public outreach
forums to share progress and gather additional information.
Responsible Official: The responsible official for the revision of
the land and resource management plan for the Black Hills National
Forest is Jeff Tomac, Forest Supervisor, Black Hills National Forest,
1019 N 5th Street, Custer, SD 57730, phone 605-673-9200.
Dated: September 27, 2021.
Barnie Gyant,
Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System.
[FR Doc. 2021-22537 Filed 10-14-21; 8:45 am]
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