About BHFRA

Welcome! The driving force in all BHFRA endeavors is working toward the achievement of our Mission Statement: to ensure the perpetual coexistence of healthy forest ecosystems, and healthy communities through healthy forest resource economies in the Black Hills.

The Black Hills Forest Resource Association is a non-profit membership-supported organization devoted to improving forest management decision-making and policies on the Black Hills National Forest of South Dakota and Wyoming.  Our members include forest products companies, professional foresters, and concerned citizens who support protecting the Black Hills’ forest environment while maintaining its relationship with dependent communities and economies.  Headquartered in Rapid City, South Dakota, the BHFRA and its members:

  • Actively support and promote continuing sustainable, scientific forest management on the Black Hills National Forest;
  •  Continually monitor, participate, and partner with the Forest Service on their forest projects and planning activities;
  • Serve as liaison between, and forge collaborative partnerships among the forest products industry, the public, land management agencies, all levels of government, and other professional and citizen’s organizations on issues of mutual interest;
  • Provide information and facilitate education about forestry, the environment, and land use;

Ben Wudtke

Executive Director

Our Members:

Our members are the heart and soul of the Black Hills Forest Resource Association.  These companies and their employees are upstanding contributors to our region’s economic stability, are active in their communities, and are consummate stewards of the forest environment.

Forest Products companies in the Black Hills Region directly employ approximately 1,400 people and contribute approximately $120 million back into the local communities and economies through salaries and contractor pay. Forest Products companies also help sustain many other local and educational programs through donations of staff time and financial contributions. A consistent supply of timber is imperative to retain these community and forest management resources.

Below, you’ll find a directory of BHFRA full members’ forest products manufacturing operations, including contact information, and a general description of their products.

 

Belle Fourche, SD
Hills Products
Belle Fourche Facility

Products:
Lumber Remanufacturing
Bagged Shavings
Wholesale Lumber
Contact:
Randy Schmidt
(605) 892-6315
www.hillspg.com

Hill City, SD
Neiman Enterprises
Rushmore Forest Products
Prooducts:

4/4 finished lumber
5/4 decking
tongue & groove pattern
wood shavings
Contact:
Dan Buehler
(605) 574-2512
www.neimanenterprises.com

Rapid City, SD
Timberwest
5400 Folsom Road
Rapid City SD, 57709 

Contact:
Tim Danley
(605) 721-7711

Forest Products Distributors
Products:

Treated lumber and posts
remanufacturing
lumber brokerage
Contact:
Carroll Korb
(605) 341-6500
www.forpd.com
Baker Timber Products
Products:
Rough dimension and boards
log siding
tongue-and-groove
timbers
posts & poles
chipping
Contact:
Bill or Jack Baker
(605) 348-8338

Sturgis, SD
Baldwin’s Sawmill
Products:
Rough and finished lumber
timbers
Contact:
Don Baldwin
(605) 347-2751

Spearfish, SD
Neiman Enterprises
Spearfish Forest Products
Products:
4/4 finished lumber
5/4 decking
tongue & groove pattern
wood shavings
Contact:
Paul Pierson
(605) 642-7741
www.neimanenterprises.com
Heartland Wood Pellets Products:
Residential heating stove pellets
Contact:
Ev Follette
(605) 642-2363

Whitewood, SD
Hills Products
Whitewood Treating Plant
Products:
Treated Lumber
Treated Posts and Poles
Specialty Fencing
Contact:
Jody Parker
(605) 269-2233
www.hillspg.com
Wheeler Consolidated
Products:
Manufactured timber bridges
preservative treated posts
barn and utility poles
timbers
Contact:
Jeff Parrett
(605)269-2215
www.wheeler-con.com

Hulett, WY
Neiman Enterprises
Devils Tower Forest Products

Products:
Moulding and shop lumber
4/4 finished lumber
5/4 decking
wood shavings
Contact:
Mark Stiller
(307)467-5252
www.neimanenterprises.com

 

Our Associate Members:

 

Gold Level

Bunge Ranch
Jake Shook Logging
Mailloux Timber Company

 

Silver Level

Carlson Logging Inc.
Clyde Company

 

Bronze Level

A&B Welding Supply
Adams ISC
Ainsworth-Benning
Black Hills Home Builders
Central Hills Logging
Crago Logging
David H. Doud Trucking
Geffre Enterprises
Northwest Pipe Fittings
Pearson Forestry Co.
Potter Logging Inc
Quality Services Inc
TLC Timber Care LLC
Tracy Motor Company
Turbiville Industrial
Electric Works
Warren Window
and Supply Inc.