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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board
AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
SUMMARY: The Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board will hold a public
meeting according to the details shown below. The board is authorized under the Forest
and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, the National Forest
Management Act of 1976, the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act, and operates
in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). The purpose of the
board is to provide advice and recommendations on a broad range of forest issues such as
forest plan revisions or amendments, forest health including fire and insects and disease,
travel management, forest monitoring and evaluation, recreation fees, and site-specific
projects having forest-wide implications.
DATES: An in-person meeting will be held on July 17, 2024, 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Mountain Daylight Time (MDT).
Written and Oral Comments: Anyone wishing to provide in-person oral
comments must pre-register by 11:59 p.m. MDT on July 12, 2024. Written public
comments will be accepted by 11:59 p.m. MDT on July 12, 2024. Comments submitted
after this date will be provided by the Forest Service to the board, but the board may not
have adequate time to consider those comments prior to the meeting.
All board meetings are subject to cancellation. For status of the meeting prior to
attendance, please contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held in person at the U.S. Forest Service, Mystic
Ranger District Office, 8221 Mount Rushmore Road, Rapid City, South Dakota, 57702.
Board information and meeting details can be found at the following website:
https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/blackhills/workingtogether/advisorycommittees or by
contacting the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Written Comments: Written comments must be sent by email to
scott.j.jacobson@usda.gov or via mail (postmarked) to Scott Jacobson, 8221 Mount
Rushmore Road, Rapid City, South Dakota, 57702. The Forest Service strongly prefers
comments be submitted electronically.
Oral Comments: Persons or organizations wishing to make oral comments must
pre-register by 11:59 p.m. MDT, July 12, 2024, and speakers can only register for one
speaking slot. Oral comments must be sent by email to scott.j.jacobson@usda.gov or via
mail (postmarked) to Scott Jacobson, 8221 Mount Rushmore Road, Rapid City, South
Dakota, 57702.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shawn Cochran, Designated Federal
Officer, by phone at 605-673-9201 or email at shawn.cochran@usda.gov; or Scott
Jacobson, Committee Coordinator, by phone at 605-440-1409 or email at
scott.j.jacobson@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting agenda will include:
1. Recreation and tourism economics;
2. Forest recreation fee proposal process; and
3. Forest plan revision update.
The agenda will include time for individuals to make oral statements of three
minutes or less. Individuals wishing to make an oral statement should make a request in
writing at least three days prior to the meeting date to be scheduled on the agenda.
Written comments may be submitted to the Forest Service up to 7 days after the meeting

date listed under DATES.
Please contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT, by or before the deadline, for all questions related to the meeting. All
comments, including names and addresses when provided, are placed in the record and
are available for public inspection and copying. The public may inspect comments
received upon request.
Meeting Accommodations: The meeting location is compliant with the Americans
with Disabilities Act, and the USDA provides reasonable accommodation to individuals
with disabilities where appropriate. If you are a person requiring reasonable
accommodation, please make requests in advance for sign language interpretation,
assistive listening devices, or other reasonable accommodation to the person listed under
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section or contact USDA’s
TARGET Center at 202-720-2600 (voice and TTY) or USDA through the Federal Relay
Service at 800-877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in
languages other than English.
USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national
origin, religion, sex, gender identity (including gender expression), sexual orientation,
disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public
assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity,
in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all
programs). Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by program or incident.
Equal opportunity practices in accordance with USDA’s policies will be followed
in all appointments to the board. To ensure that the recommendations of the Committee
have taken into account the needs of the diverse groups served by the Department,
membership shall include, to the extent practicable, individuals with demonstrated ability
to represent the many communities, identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities,

cultures, and beliefs of the American people, including underserved communities. USDA
is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

Dated: June 14, 2024.

Cikena Reid,
USDA Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-13473 Filed: 7/1/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 7/2/2024]