East Short Pines Restoration and Resiliency Project starts back up

Work continues on the East Short Pines Restoration and Resiliency project. The project, located in the East Short Pines Land Unit, one of eight land units managed by the Sioux Ranger District, is in western South Dakota and part of the Custer Gallatin National Forest.

Work started in 2019 on the timber sale project and Nieman Lumber out of Spearfish, SD is conducting the work. Log trucks will begin hauling again and throughout the month of October to finish the sale this fall. Users should expect heavy truck traffic coming out of East Short Pines area and hauling on the Harding and Dillon Road...