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Environmentalists decried the move, but some in the timber industry say this could boost the economy and prevent fires.

The timber transport pilot project will allow for logs that have been burned in wildfires in northern California to be transported to Neiman Enterprises' Hulett sawmill facility via rail and truck in an effort to supplement the local forest products industry. It comes after officials with the Black Hills National Forest have reduced the amount of timber that can be harvested locally to achieve more ecologically desirable conditions.

Neiman Enterprises operates sawmills in four states and employs approximately 250 workers at their Hulett and Spearfish, South Dakota facilities. The Black Hills National Forest has reduced the amount of timber available for sale for commercial logging operations, which led to the closure of their Hill City, South Dakota facility last year.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is spending up to $200 million to help loggers and timber haulers recover from the pandemic.

Devastating pine beetle and wild fire epidemics have ravaged our national forests for years. But for the most part, everyone—environmentalists, the timber…

Wyoming Republican John Barrasso is leading a fight in the U.S. Senate to change regulations on timber harvesting in national forests. Matt Laslo reports…

Wyoming Republican Senator John Barrasso received pushback from the chief of the U.S. Forest Service on his bill to expand timber harvesting on federal…

Foresters say it’s a good thing that Saratoga’s saw mill is back at work.Saratoga Forest Management opened this January, 10 years after its predecessor,…