Forest Service officials order emergency closure near Piedmont, Stagebarn Canyon 'Sensitive area' damaged by off-road vehicles, forest official says.

About 327 acres of the Black Hills National Forest near Piedmont have been closed to cross-country motorized travel because of damage caused by off-highway vehicles, forest supervisor Craig Bobzien announced Wednesday.

"This is a highly sensitive area with shallow, thin soils in steep terrain that are very easily damaged by cross-country motorized travel," Northern Hills District Ranger Rhonda O'Byrne said in a news release.

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below is a link to the map of the closure area

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