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2025 Press Releases

Prescribed Fire Planned Southwest of Rapid City, SD starting tomorrow, Tuesday, April 22

Release Date: April 21st, 2025
Rapid City, SD., April 21, 2025— Please do not call 911 if you see a large plume of smoke in the air on Tuesday, April 22.   The Mystic Ranger…

Access to Forest Recreation Facilities Impacted this Summer Due to U.S. Highway 385 Construction

Release Date: April 18th, 2025
Custer, S.D., Apr. 18, 2025 – Access to recreational facilities on the Black Hills National Forest will be impacted this spring and summer due to…

Northern Hills Ranger District to Conduct Prescribed Burn

Release Date: April 15th, 2025
Spearfish, SD., April 15, 2025— The Northern Hills Ranger District is planning to burn approximately 125 acres at the Beartown prescribed fire on…

Black Hills National Forest Continues Prescribed Fires

Release Date: April 10th, 2025
Sundance, WY., April 11th & 12th, 2025— The Bearlodge Ranger District of the Black Hills National Forest is planning to begin conducting…