The Bug Stops Here

Final Environmental Impact Statement Released for the Mountain Pine Beetle Response Project

Release Date: Sep 20, 2012

Contact(s): Craig Bobzien, (605) 673-9200

Custer, SD - Black Hills National Forest Supervisor, Craig Bobzien, announces the release of a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Mountain Pine Beetle Response project.

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The Bug Stops Here

THE BUG STOPS HERE.

Enough talk. It's time for action.

Donate dollars. Kill beetles.

Save trees.

Please make your tax-deductible DONATION today!

Meade County
Commissioner's Office, Suite 212
Mountain Pine Beetle Project
1300 Sherman Street

Sturgis, SD 57785
www.meadecounty.org/thebugstopshere
info@meadecounty.org

Meade County Gets Forest Service Approval to Stop the Spread of Mountain Pine Beetles

Meade County Commission chair Alan Aker announced Friday that the county has begun cutting trees infested with the Mountain Pine Beetle (MPB) on Forest Service lands in the county. The agreement, one of very few in the nation, allows the county to cut down infested trees and cut them into short chunks, which kills the beetles and prevents infection of neighboring trees.

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