Updated 8/25/08
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Travel Advisory
Black Hills National Forest ● Public Affairs Office ● 1019 N. 5th
Street
Custer, SD 57730 ● Voice (605) 673-9216 ● Web:
http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/blackhills/
Date: March 14, 2007
Contact: Gary C. Chancey (605) 673-9289
FOREST
SERVICE ROADS ARE WET AND EASILY DAMAGED
Custer, SD - Light rain and warm temperatures are beginning to thaw out the
Black Hills National Forest after several months of winter weather in western
South Dakota and Northwestern Wyoming.
Spring is a welcome sight for the Forest, but current Forest road conditions
and adjacent areas are soft, slippery, and easily rutted.
Considerable caution should be exercised when driving on Forest System Roads.
Driving on wet or muddy roads also causes erosion, reduces water quality, and
makes roads hazardous for the next user.
The Forest Service would like to remind Forest users who use off-highway
vehicles such as four-wheelers, dirt bikes, and ATVs to
“Tread Lightly.”
Travel only on hard surfaces; avoid streams, lakeshores, wet meadows, muddy
roads, trails, and steep hillsides. If in doubt of road conditions, turn around
before getting stuck and causing resource damage to the Forest.
Protected wildlife areas and watersheds are signed and enforced. It is the
responsibility of all hunters and other Forest users to obtain a travel map
illustrating what roads and areas are open to motorized travel.
Forest maps and the most current information about Forest road conditions can be
obtained at Black Hills National Forest Service District offices in Spearfish,
Custer, Rapid City, Newcastle and Sundance.
For more Forest news, visit the Black Hills National Forest Newsroom at
http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/blackhills/news/.
Gary C. Chancey
Assistant Public Affairs Officer
US Forest Service
Black Hills National Forest
1019 N. 5th Street
Custer, SD 57730-8214
Work: (605) 673-9289
Cell: (605) 673-1972
E-Mail: gchancey@fs.fed.us
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