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US Forest Service is Hurrying to Harvest Fallen Trees After July Tornadoes (SD)

from KNBN-TV, July 29, 2020

US Forest Service is Hurrying to Harvest Fallen Trees After July Tornadoes (SD) KNBN-TV, July 29, 2020 Black Hills National Forest, U.S. Forest Service says they are harvesting hundreds of trees after tornadoes in early July decimated nearly 1,000 acres. The Black Hills National Forest is 1.2 million acres of, mostly, Ponderosa Pine. The pine tree is used by timber product companies in a variety of ways, from poles to homes. The fallen trees have to be harvested as soon as possible before they dry up and begin to rot or become infested with insects. Forest Service says they may be able to harvest 8,000 or 9,000 cercum cubic feet (CCF) of the fallen trees if they move quickly, that equals roughly 100 or more semi trucks, carrying timber. READ MORE

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