The Spearfish Canyon Foundation (SCF) was established in 1989 through a generous gift from Homestake Mining Company to continue land stewardship of the canyon landscape.
It encourages and helps fund projects ranging from wildlife habitat, byway beautification and hiking trails to interpretation and land conservancy.
MISSION:
Its mission is to preserve Spearfish Canyon as a lasting legacy by promoting natural and cultural history, appreciation of the environment, responsible public access, and funding to enhance the infrastructure and ecology.
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January 18, 2012
A few weeks ago, we mentioned the groundbreaking agreement that would allow Lawrence County to cut green, mountain pine beetle-infested trees on US Forest Service-managed land. It’s an agreement so unique that it literally exists nowhere else in the United States. A timber-cutting agreement of this nature is substantial because the US Forest Service has never granted a non-federal organization the permission to assist in forest management procedures.
This week, the actual tree cutting process began here in the northern Black Hills. Under the management of the County, well-qualified timber cutters spread into the Spearfish Mountain and Spearfish Canyon areas to start the cutting and sectioning of previously identified ponderosa pine trees. And, with an estimated 500,000 to one million trees currently infested in Lawrence County, these timber cutters will have plenty of work ahead of them.
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The lush pine forest of Spearfish Canyon is in grave danger. You have the opportunity to help.
We commit that 100% of your financial contribution to the Spearfish Canyon Foundation will directly support the battle against the damaging Mountain Pine Beetle.
The Spearfish Canyon Foundation has partnered with the Save Spearfish Canyon Coalition (SSCC), city and county governments, regional weed control agencies and countless concerned others. This united group of Black Hills residents supports the public efforts to control the pine beetle invasion before it completely destroys the forest in and around Spearfish Canyon.
Because the Spearfish Canyon Foundation is a recognized 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, your donation is tax deductible.
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