Published June 16, 2011, 05:40 AM

State finds no money to battle pine beetles, suspends program

PIERRE — The state Agriculture Department recently withdrew a proposed plan that would have stepped up the battle against mountain pine beetles that are infesting and rapidly destroying wide swaths of the Black Hills forests.

By: Bob Mercer, The Daily Republic

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