A few weeks ago, we mentioned the groundbreaking agreement that would allow Lawrence County to cut green, mountain pine beetle-infested trees on US Forest Service-managed land. It’s an agreement so unique that it literally exists nowhere else in the...Timber Cutting Agreement • February 6th, 2012
This week, the actual tree cutting process began here in the northern Black Hills. Under the management of the County, well-qualified timber cutters spread into the Spearfish Mountain and Spearfish Canyon areas to start the cutting and sectioning of previously identified ponderosa pine trees. And, with an estimated 500,000 to one million trees currently infested in Lawrence County, these timber cutters will have plenty of work ahead of them.
ARTICLE I RECITALSTimber Cutting Agreement • November 12th, 1999 • Rayonier Inc • Lumber & wood products (no furniture)
