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Endangered Species Day Celebration – 2024

May 17 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Above photo is of Noreen, who is one of three cloned black footed ferrets,  photo taken by Kika Tuff

Endangered Species Day is a celebration of our nation’s wildlife & wild places.  Started in 2006 by the US Congress, Endangered Species Day (ESD) is the third Friday of May.  We have celebrated ESD in Rapid City with  a multi-group sponsored event for 16 years.

        Our 2024  celebration for western SD will begin at 6 pm MT on 5/17/24, by Zoom and end by 9 pm MT.  We will have several speakers, who will talk about federal and state listed threatened and endangered species. Scroll down for Zoom details.

AGENDA:
6:00 pm –  Introduction by Sponsors
6:05  pm – 7:00  pm MT –  Speaker:  Christopher Swanson, Field Supervisor, North and South Dakota Ecological Services, US Fish and Wildlife Service – He will speak on – “Recovery of Endangered Species across South Dakota: latest updates on species conservation, emerging challenges, and ESA regulatory revisions.”
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7:00  pm – 7:55  pm MT – Speaker:  Eileen Dowd Stukel, Senior Wildlife Diversity Biologist, SD Game, Fish and Parks  – Eileen will discuss the 10 year review and revision of the State’s Wildlife Action Plan & the biennial review by GFP Commission of our state listed species. She will provide a brief update on status of Recovering America’s Wildlife Act in the US Congress.
5 minute break
8:00 pm- 8:55 pm  MT – Speaker: – Chalmer Combellick, Wildlife Biologist, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe – Chalmer will speak on tribal efforts to recover federally and state listed species and other species culturally significant to the tribes.

Recordings of past ESD celebrations are on our recordings web site. https://phas-wsd.org/recorded-meetings/

Co-sponsors include: Prairie Hills Audubon Society, Western Watersheds Project, Rapid City Chapter of the Izaak Walton League, Black Hills Chapter of Dakota Rural Action,  Black Hills Clean Water Alliance, The Norbeck Society, Black Hills Chapter of Citizen’s Climate Lobby,

Zoom meeting details:

Topic: Endangered Species Day Celebration
Time: Friday, May 17th, 2024, 6 pm MT

Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 854 3392 0233
Passcode: 534620

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HELP SPREAD THE WORD!

We have this announcement on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/3527418304178046/

We have 5 posters for this event (ESDC) , that feature photos of different animals, with QR codes. If anyone wants to print the posters and put up on bulletin boards it would help spread the word.  Or you can download the PDF & forward a poster to friends.
ESDC Poster with Black Footed Ferret & Osprey Photos with QR Code, legal size:
ESDC Poster with Black Footed Ferret  & Northern Long Eared Bat Photos with QR Code, legal size:
ESDC Poster with Osprey Photo with QR Code, letter size:
ESDC Poster with Black Footed Ferret with QR Code, letter size:
ESDC Poster with a Cluster of Tri-colored Bats with QR Code, letter size:

 

Details

Date:
May 17
Time:
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm