Recorded Meetings
Meetings are first recorded to Zoom Cloud & later transferred to Vimeo for long term storage. On Dec 16th, 2024, some were deleted from Zoom Cloud but all may not yet posted to Vimeo
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Endangered Species Day Celebration May 16th, 2025,
PHAS was a cosponsor of Endangered Species Day Celebration 2025, held on eve of May 16th, 2025. We actually organize this multi-group sponsored event each year. It has been going on for 18 years.
Below find the recording of the meeting that is posted to the Zoom Cloud. Storage on the Zoom Cloud is temporary and the recording will eventually be moved to our Vimeo account to create MBs of space on Zoom Cloud.
Zoom link (temporary, will be replaced with Vimeo link)
We had 3 speakers planned. The third speaker was going to talk to us by a pre-recorded video. This did not work and we learned that screen share function of Zoom does not work well with pre-recorded videos. So we turned it off and attendees discussed the topic of federal attacks on ESA.
The National Audubon Society and Xerces Society maintain copyright on their employees presentations. You may watch via links provided and share the links with others, however, if you wish to download the videos or excerpt part of the videos or Powerpoints for derivative use, please get permission of the speakers. They provide contact info in the videos, but contact Nancy at phas.wsd@rapidnet.com if you want that information e-mailed to you.
However here is a link to the recorded presentation by Kristal Stoner we could not listen to.
Link to Kristal Stoner’s video recording posted to Vimeo.
pm- 8:50 pm – Speakers: Kristal Stoner – Vice President National
Audubon Society and Executive Director Audubon Great Plains. She was
supposed to speak on “Challenges and Action Opportunities for Endangered Species Conservation in Federal Policy” The
Endangered Species Act is over 50 years old, but the broad scope of
this legislation that prioritizes animals and plants creates conflict
with economic interests. Once again, ESA needs support from the
conservation community. Learn more about what you can do to support
policies that support endangered species conservation.
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PHAS March 2025, we had a working conservation meeting, which was recorded but the recording is not shared beyond PHAS active volunteers.
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PHAS January 29th 2025 PHAS Meeting with Josh Lefers of Audubon Great Plains as speaker is recorded to Vimeo https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/1063306698
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DECEMBER 2024 ZOOM MEETING
Prairie Hills Audubon Society’s December 16th – 6:30 pm, meeting to discuss
Mining Threats to our Area – 2024 Updates on Mineral Exploration & Mining Projects, with Lilias Jarding, Gary Placco and Les Wolff as speakers. Lilias Jarding maintains a copyright on her Powerpoint, so it you want to excerpt and share her material, beyond your own viewing and forwarding this link, contact her – edbhcwa@gmail.com
Passcode:
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SEPTEMBER 2024 ZOOM MEETING
Prairie Hills Audubon Society’s September 25th – 6:30 pm, meeting to discuss SDGFP draft Revised October version of Mt Lion Action Plan.
This recording has been posted to Vimeo https://vimeo.com/1075509083?share=copy#t=0
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JUNE 2024 ZOOM MEETING
Prairie Hills Audubon Society’s June 10th, 2024 meeting on greater sage grouse & BLM’s rewrite of Resource Management plans. Erik Molvar of Western Watershed Projects speaking. Here is the Vimeo link
https://vimeo.com/1075505499?share=copy#t=0
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May 17th, 2024 – ESDC
Prairie Hills
Audubon Society, Co-sponsored Endangered Species
Day Celebration on Friday May 17th, 2024. Here are the links to the recording
on the Zoom Cloud:
Passcode: 0p2eP.B9
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March 26th, 2024
Prairie Hills Audubon Society’s March 26th, 2024 Members Monthly Meeting, Topics- volunteering for SDGFP to monitor American Dipper and Osprey nests. Volunteering for BHNF to help build beaver dam analogs (imitation beaver dams) on Forest Service streams in northern Hills.
Vimeo recording link – https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/1044476248
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February 26th, 2024
Prairie Hills Audubon Society’s February 26th, 2024 Members Monthly Meeting
National Audubon Society Staff of Great Plains Audubon , Joshua Lefers and Meghan Johnson Carter, talking about GPA activities in SD, ND and NE, Link (The zoom link temporarily unavailable (5/17/24) use vimeo link instead)
The recording has been posted to vimeo, use this link –
link to recording vimeo: https://vimeo.com/928194361/5fcb0f6d18?share=copy
https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/928195632
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February 17th, 2024
Piedmont (Foothills Area) Legislative Cracker Barrel
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PHAS November 2023 meeting on Raccoons
PHAS late October 2023 meeting on Protecting French Creek from Pollution
PHAS Annual Meeting
Prairie Hills Audubon Society July, 2022 meeting
Jointly sponsored with Black Hills Group Sierra Club and Norbeck Society
Thursday, July 28th, 2022 6:30 pm
Topics: Black Hills Forest Plan Revision Assessments
Speakers: Lou Conroy and Trey Schillie
Link to recording:
Vimeo Link: https://vimeo.com/734825510
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Prairie Hills Audubon Society did not have a formal members meeting in June 2022
We had some an informal working meeting, but those are not recorded
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Prairie Hills Audubon Society May 20th, 2022 meeting
2022 Endangered Species Day Celebration
Jointly sponsored with 9 other conservation organizations
Friday: May 20th, 2022 6:00 PM
Topics: Recovering America’s Wildlife Act, Wolves and Wildflowers, Northern Long Eared Bat
Speakers: Eileen Dowd Stukel, Melissa Smith, Pat Clark, Riley Bernard PhD, Bradley Phillips
Link to recording:
Vimeo link: https://vimeo.com/712389823
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Prairie Hills Audubon’s April 28th, 2022 meeting
Thursday: April 28th, 2022 6:30 pm
Topic: Update on Mining Threats to the Black Hills
Speakers: Lilias Jarding, PhD
Lilias has a copyright restriction on use of her powerpoint
Link to recording:
Vimeo link: https://vimeo.com/712244138/528d99361c
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Prairie Hills Audubon’s March 31st, 2022 meeting
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Prairie Hills Audubon’s March 10th, 2022 meeting
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Prairie Hills Audubon’s January 26th (Historic meeting recorded)
Wednesday, January 26th 2022
Topic: Audubon Dakota – State Office Update
Speakers: Meghan Carter & Amanda Booher from Audubon Dakota,
Link to recording:
Vimeo link: https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/686830920
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Our 2020 & 2021 meetings recorded on Zoom cloud or Vimeo
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Prairie Hills Audubon Society’s August Meeting (Historic meeting recorded)
Monday, August 16th, 2021, 6 pm MT
Topic: Mountain Lions in our Region and other issues related to SD Game Fish and Parks.
We will show the SDGFP powerpoint, shown to the SDGFP Commission in July, that provides updates on the GFP’s estimates of the Mountain Lion population on the SD side of the Black Hills. We discuss cougar management in SD’s Prairie Unit & on some tribal lands in SD, cougar management in Nebraska as the Pine Ridge Ecosystem exists in both States on both tribal/non-tribal land. We will also discuss cougar management in Wyoming, as the Black Hills is in both states. North Dakota & Montana will also be covered.
LINK TO RECORDING ON Vimeo: , https://vimeo.com/590257448
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Prairie Hills Audubon Society’s (PHAS) June membership Zoom meeting
Wednesday June 30th, 2021, 6:00 pm MT (Historic meetings- recording on Vimeo )
Speaker: Michael M. Pollock of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is our speaker.
Topic: Working with beaver for the benefit of people, fish, wildlife and biological diversity
LINK TO RECORDING ON Vimeo https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/585509489
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PHAS May Meeting is Endangered Species Day (Historic meetings- recording on Vimeo )
Celebrate America’s 16th Annual Endangered Species Day
PHAS will co-host west River SD’s Endangered Species Day Celebration. Charlene Bessken of the USFWS in Pierre SD spoke to us about two topics:
1. SD’s Federally listed species and give us updates on what has happened with SD listed species in the last 2 years.
2. SD’s bumble bees, which are listed or have been petitioned for listing –
Listed: Rusty-patched Bumblebee, Petitioned: Western Bumblebee, American Bumblebee, and Variable Cuckoo Bumble Bee
Link to recording of meeting: https://vimeo.com/553605916
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Prairie Hills Audubon Society (PHAS) April Zoom Member’s Meeting.(Historic meetings- recording on Vimeo )
Thursday April 29th, 2021, 6:30 pm MT
2 topics: 1. SD GFP & killing of predators and also 2. BHNF over-cutting of conifers.
During the program we showed a video film, “Cull of the Wild” “The Truth behind Trapping”
Link to recording of PHAS’s entire meeting – https://vimeo.com/587401118
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Prairie Hills Audubon Society (PHAS) March Zoom Member’s Meeting.(Historic meetings- recording on Vimeo)
Wednesday, March 31st, 2021, 6:30 pm MT
will be Cory Allen Heidelberger editor and publisher of Dakota Free Press, http://dakotafreepress.com , who will be speaking about:
Initiative and Referendum in South Dakota –
What is the status of our right to initiative and referendum after years of monkeywrenching from the Legislature and court challenges.
Link to vimeo recording: https://vimeo.com/588844108
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February PHAS meeting (Historic meetings- recording on Vimeo )
Thursday, February 25th, 2021, 6:30 PM MT
Topic: Tribal Efforts to Conserve Biodiversity
Speakers: Emily Boyd Valandra, Biologist, Rosebud Sioux Tribe’s Dept. of Natural Resources – Game, Fish & Parks,
Shaun Grassel, PhD, Wildlife Biologist, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe’s Dept. of Wildlife, Fish & Recreation.
Learn about the challenges and successes in conserving biodiversity on tribal lands in South Dakota.
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JANUARY PHAS Meeting (Historic meetings- recording on Vimeo )
Wednesday, January 27th, 2021, 6:30 PM MT (History)
Topic: Audubon Dakota – State Office Update
Speakers: Megan Carter, Audubon Dakota,
The National Audubon Society’s field office for SD & ND works on the restoration & conservation efforts at the Wolsey Crane Stopover Important Bird Area. Audubon has community science projects across the country such as Audubon’s 121st Christmas Bird Count & the Winter 2021 Climate Watch survey (currently underway). Learn more about Audubon Dakota’s programs & how you can also help birds.
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2020
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NOVEMBER PHAS ZOOM MEETING (Historic meetings – recording on Vimeo )
Monday, November 30th, 2020 6:30 PM MT
Topic: Title: Climate Watch: Monitoring Birds in a Changing Climate
Speakers: Kathy Dale, National Audubon Society’s Director of Science Technology
Audubon’s newest community science effort, Climate Watch, seeks to understand how birds are being affected by climate change and to test the future range change predictions for U.S. species. Learn about Audubon’s Climate Watch program, the science that is its foundation and current results. Kathy will talk about Audubon’s ground-breaking work to model the future of birds’ response to climate change and the way you can help ground-truth how your birds are responding.
Link to recording of meeting https://vimeo.com/534141563/4aa562697d
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OCTOBER PHAS MEETING by Zoom (Historic – recording on Vimeo )
Thursday, October 29th, 2020, 6:30 PM MT
Topic: Recent Mining Issues in the Black Hills
Speakers: Lilias Jarding, Ph.D., Black Hills Clean Water Alliance
Hearing a lot about mining and potential mining in the Black Hills? It’s not an accident. We’re part of an international gold rush. Learn more about this, uranium mining, and a plan to protect the central Black Hills.
Lilias has a copyright restriction on use of her powerpoint
Link to recording of meeting: https://vimeo.com/539427498/2917551776
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September PHAS Meeting ((Historic – recording on Vimeo )
July 31st
Time: Tuesday, September 29th, 2020 6:30 PM MT
Topic: Conservation of Black-backed Woodpeckers in the Black Hills
Speakers: Chad Hanson, Ph.D., research ecologist
Dr. Hanson will discuss the threats to the Black Hills subspecies of the Black-backed Woodpecker, including logging, fire suppression, and small population size due to limited suitable habitat. He will suggest key conservation steps that should be taken to ensure viable populations.
LINK TO PHAS RECORDING ON Vimeo:https://vimeo.com/539427498
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August PHAS Meeting by Zoom (Historic – recording on Vimeo )
Time: Thursday, August 27th, 2020, 6:30 PM MT
Topic: Black Hills National Forest - timber sustainability and the implications of overharvesting
Speakers: Mary Zimmerman, volunteer for the Norbeck Society; Dave Mertz, retired forester
Dave and Mary will talk about the implications of over-harvesting on the forest. Their presentations may include some power-points, videos, discussion and answering questions.
LINK TO PHAS RECORDING ON Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/539284610
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July PHAS meeting by Zoom (Historic – recording on Vimeo )
July 31st
Topic: Structural Stages and Species Viability, BHNF
Time: Friday July, 31st, 2020, 6:30 PM MT
Speaker: Kristopher Hennings, Forest Wildlife
Program Manager, Black Hills National Forest
LINK TO PHAS RECORDING ON Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/539354193
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MAY 29th PHAS Meeting by Zoom ( (Historic – recording on Vimeo )
Friday, May 29th, 6:30 pm MT
“Timber Growth and Yield Draft General Technical Report”
– a report that documents the Forest’s not sustainable cut.
Speaker: Jonathan Word, BHNF’s Natural Resources Staff Officer.
Link to his powerpoint
https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd746285.pdf
LINK TO PHAS RECORDING ON Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/539407736
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APRIL 29th PHAS Meeting by Zoom (Historic – recording on Vimeo )
Topic: South Dakota’s River Otters
Apr 29, 2020, 6:30 PM
Speaker: Silka Kempema of SD Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) Wildlife Diversity Program
Link to recording of meeting: https://vimeo.com/588820006
A little late starting the recording and missed the first three slides, which included 1. the powerpoint’s title slide, 2. a slide called Mustelid – which had 4 characteristics listed (carnivore, long body, short legs, scent glands) and 3. a slide called Biology, which had 3 points.- (adapted to life in water, indicator of water quality, associated with beaver.)
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MARCH 31st, PHAS Meeting by Zoom ( (Historic – recording on Vimeo )
Topic: Fight to Save the Greater Sage Grouse –
Speaker: Erik Molvar, Western Watersheds Project was the speaker
LINK TO PHAS RECORDING ON Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/539416766
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HISTORIC 2020
(HISTORY)
February 28th, – Face-to-face, with no recording
February’s membership meeting was on GFP program on Nest Predator Bounty Program at West River Electric Co-op building,
2025 Effort with SDGFP
We will submit this petition for consideration at the May 8th Commission meeting. Folks and organizations can submit support statements to SDGFP. If SDGFP thinks it might want to make a beaver hunt/trap rule change, it will move forward the rule proposal to a 60 day Comment period ending in early July with a vote on a final rule change.
One page beaver alert for 2025 – https://phas-wsd.org/wp-content/uploads/BeaverHunttrap-alertF2R.pdf
May 4th, 2025 written comment deadline –https://phas-wsd.org/event/written-comment-deadline-sdgfp-commission-may-meeting/
May 8th, 2025 Testify at Commission meeting Custer State Park or Zoom –https://phas-wsd.org/event/sd-game-fish-and-parks-may-commission-hybrid-meeting-in-custer-and-zoom/
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WHAT TO ASK FOR:
Please write to the Commission and ask for reform of the beaver management in SD and ask for river otters to be reintroduced to western SD. (River otters use habitat created by beaver. Increasing beavers increases opportunity for otters)
Currently trapping/hunting is allowed 365 days of the year statewide on private and public land except on Black Hills National Forest land and a subset of private land in the Black Hills. See administrative rule: 41:08:01:07 . SD has a law that allows folks with “conflict beaver” to call up SDGFP who will then allow them to kill the beaver (SDCL – 41-8-23). Staff will also come and kill beaver on request.
Please ask SDGFP Commission for:
1. A moratorium on beaver hunting/trapping in the Black Hills Fire Protection District and
, 2. Also ask SDGFP to reduce or eliminate the months of beaver hunting/trapping from most other public land in SD, especially when the public land has a multiple use or wildlife management objective.
3. Folks should ask for 5 months of beaver trapping statewide (reduced from current 12 months) on private land (Nov 1st-March 31st).
4. Ask for GFP to create a management plan for beaver
5. Ask for GFP to prioritize non-lethal control of “conflict” beaver
6. Ask them to relocate “conflict” beaver to public lands, such as the BHNF.
7. Ask them to reintroduce northern river otter to western SD (they are only in eastern SD)
Folks should ask SDGFP to create a beaver management plan, so SDGFP can address the importance of beavers as creators of habitat, and protectors of surface and ground water values and provide options for non-lethal management of conflict beaver. The legislature was considering a bill (SB 73) in 2022 that would allow night hunting of beaver using night vision glasses (it passed).
We always provide information about contacting the SDGFP Commission and dates of the next Commission meeting in PHAS web site’s section on – Calendar events and deadlines
Also visit our Beaver Campaigns page https://phas-wsd.org/beaver-and-river-otter/
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2024 Effort with SDGFP
Our pro-beaver petition effort (5/2/24) with SDGFP was not successful. Here is a link to an Argus Leader article on that:
with SDGFP https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/might-south-dakota-beavers-receive-some-protections/ar-AA1o43Yx
and reference in SD Searchlight:
However one Commissioner said she wanted to hear from folks about beaver.
So we are asking people to keep writing to the Commission all year long and to ask for 1) a moratorium on beaver trapping in the Black Hills, 2) reducing the statewide season to 5 month from 12 months, 3) better monitor the harvest on federal public lands and 4.) to create a SD GFP Beaver Management Plan. We are also advising folks to contact federal agencies to ask them to request that SDGFP monitor the harvest and for GFP to reduce the permitted beaver trapping/hunting seasons on their federal land and for the Agency to install beaver dam analogs to help recover raise water tables and mimic beaver dams. That campaign will be written up in the future.
PETITIONS FOR RULEMAKING
In 2024 we created three new petitions for rule making that are an attempt to change SD GFP hunting seasons for beaver to allow less beaver trapping//hunting. These were presented at the May 2nd, 2024 Commission hybrid meeting, in Custer State Park at the event barn. We seek groups and individuals to endorse the petitions. The petitions seek a moratorium on beaver trapping/hunting on the Black Hills National Forest for 3 years. Some cleaning up of geographical descriptions, asking for hunter/trapper to report back on number and location of beaver killed on some federal public lands and to change the season length outside the Black Hills Fire Protection DistrictThe 3 petitions are below. If you have limited time, just read the longer petition:
Shorter sized petition with less (2) protections
https://phas-wsd.org/wp-content/uploads/Beaver-rule-change-petition-Final2024.short1_-1.docx
Medium sized petition with medium (3) protections
https://phas-wsd.org/wp-content/uploads/BeaverRuleChange-PetitionMedium1Final.docx
Longer Petition with the maximum (4) protections
https://phas-wsd.org/wp-content/uploads/Beaver-rule-change-petition_long1_-2024Final.docx
Charts and Maps referenced in petitions:https://phas-wsd.org/wp-content/uploads/Maps.ChartsBEAVER-December-2023.pdf
These petitions are very similar to the 2023 petitions (scroll down). Folks can write to SDGFP Commission or testify on 4/2/24 in favor of a 3 year moratorium on beaver trapping in the Black Hills National Forest and/or a reduction in the statewide (except the Black Hills) beaver trapping season from 12 months to 5 months. Those are the key points in the petitions. If you missed testifying in May, you can still testify at the open forum of any Commission meeting moving forward in time and testify for beaver and ask for better care of beavers by SDGFP.
For details on the 2024 May Commission meeting – https://phas-wsd.org/event/sd-game-fish-and-parks-may-commission-meeting-2/
Get petition endorsements
We ask for people who belong to environmental, hunting, animal welfare or other groups to get their groups to endorse our petition effort and to ask SDGFP for a statewide beaver management plan. In 2024 we got endorsement for some or all of the petitions from 3 environmental groups. We want more to go on record with SDGFP asking for change to their beaver management.
We can resubmit the petitions, when we gather more support.
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OTHER PAST YEARS EFFORT
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SUMMER FIELD WORK 2024
During 2024 Black Hills Fly Fishers sponsored Beaver Dam Analog (BDA) construction volunteer weekends Saturday on Silver Creek in the northern Hills.
We have a goal of supporting the BHNF Northern Hills District’s beaver dam analog (BDA) construction projects – We ask folks to volunteer with the Forest Service to help build these dams
and Fly Fishers are helping Forest Service build the BDAs on July
20-21st
For more info – visit the recording of our March 26th 2024 meeting: https://phas-wsd.org/event/volunteer-to-help-build-beaver-dam-analog-w-bhnf/
Black Hills Fly Fishers also have a tree protection project, to paint trees with sandy paint that deters beavers from killing the specific tree.
BEAVER –PAST ACTIONs (2023)
In May 2023 Prairie Hills Audubon Society petitioned for rule change to seek a better beaver hunting/trapping rule, but the petitions were denied.
SD GFP at the Commission meeting on May 4th, 2023, decided to keep the old 2021 rule and did not make changes to the season. A hunting season is adopted as administrative rule. SDGFP arranged to do beaver winter cache surveys in the fall of 2023. The wood caches are the beavers floating food stores. The GFP staff presented a power point on this at the December 2023 Commission meeting and the audio can be listened to on the Commission Meeting Archive page and Nancy Hilding can send you a copy of the powerpoint (nhilshat@rapidnet.com).
We also petitioned for a change to the beaver hunting/trapping season in late summer 2020 and were also denied then.
, https://phas-wsd.org/wp-content/uploads/Beaver-rule-change-petition-threeXDF-May-2023-1-copy.pdf
For details on the 2023 Commission meetings — here are links to 2023 May and June meeting alerts:. https://phas-wsd.org/event/sd-game-fish-and-parks-may-commission-meeting-thursday-may-4th-friday-5th-2023/
For June 2023 https://phas-wsd.org/event/sd-game-fish-and-parks-commission-meeting-june-2023/
WHAT TO ASK FOR:
While we did not achieve our objectives at May 5th, 2024 meeting, the Commission may reconsider its’ season after seeing the population data on Black Hills beavers they collect in fall of 2023. So please write to the Commission and ask for reform of the beaver management in SD and ask for river otters to be reintroduced to western SD. (River otters use habitat created by beaver. Increasing beavers increases opportunity for otters)
Currently trapping/hunting is allowed 365 days of the year statewide on private and public land except on Black Hills National Forest land and a subset of private land in the Black Hills. See administrative rule: 41:08:01:07 . SD has a law that allows folks with “conflict beaver” to call up SDGFP who will then allow them to kill the beaver (SDCL – 41-8-23). Staff will also come and kill beaver on request. Please ask SDGFP Commission for:
1. A moratorium on beaver hunting/trapping in the Black Hills Fire Protection District and
2. Also ask SDGFP to reduce or eliminate the months of beaver hunting/trapping from all other public land in SD, especially when the public land has a multiple use or wildlife management objective — to not allow more than 5 months of trapping/hunting.
3. Folks should ask for 5 months of beaver trapping statewide (reduced from current 12 months) on private land.
4. Ask for GFP to create a management plan for beaver
5. Ask for GFP to prioritize non-lethal control of “conflict” beaver
Folks should ask SDGFP to create a beaver management plan, so SDGFP can address the importance of beavers as creators of habitat, and protectors of surface and ground water values and provide options for non-lethal management of conflict beaver. The legislature was considering a bill (SB 73) in 2022 that would allow night hunting of beaver using night vision glasses (it passed).
We always provide information about contacting the SDGFP Commission and dates of the next Commission meeting in PHAS web site’s section on – Calendar events and deadlines
Also visit our Beaver Campaigns page https://phas-wsd.org/beaver-and-river-otter/
RECENT PAST- SDGFP inventoried beaver winter caches in the Black Hills, using helicopters, in a jointly funded effort that started in summer or fall 2023. They also plan to find suitable habitat for beaver reintroduction in the Hills & have habitat improvement efforts.
HISTORIC – OLD FACTS FROM 2021 & 2022- They planned to have a report or proposal on beaver trapping/hunting in the Black Hills at a fall Commission meeting in 2021. They actually had it at the December 2021 Commission meeting & no rule change was suggested. They claim they needed $30,000 to fund study to inventory the Black Hills beaver. TNC had suggested it can be done for less money. Commissioners failed to pass rule changes for Black Hills beaver in 2022.
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We ask folks to volunteer with the Forest Service to help build these dams.
For more info on 2023 BDA project or visit the recording of our March 26th 2024 meeting: https://phas-wsd.org/event/volunteer-to-help-build-beaver-dam-analog-w-bhnf/
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Sign Nationwide Petition on Beaver to Biden before 5/31/23
Letter to Biden from environmental groups on 2/27/23 – 8 pages with lots of information on the issue:
https://www.westernwatersheds.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Biden-Beaver-Letter.pd
Meetings are first recorded to Zoom Cloud & later transferred to Vimeo for long term storage. On Dec 16th, 2024, some were deleted from Zoom Cloud but not yet posted to Vimeo
PHAS March 2025, working conservatiion meeting, was recorded but the recording is not shared beyond PHAS volunteers.
PHAS January 229th 2025 Meeting with Josh Lefers of Audubon Great Plains as speaker is recorded to Vimeo https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/1063306698
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DECEMBER 2024 ZOOM MEETING
Prairie Hills Audubon Society’s December 16th – 6:30 pm, meeting to discuss
Mining Threats to our Area – 2024 Updates on Mineral Exploration & Mining Projects, with Lilias Jarding, Gary Placco and Les Wolff as speakers. Lilias Jarding maintains a copyright on her Powerpoint, so it you want to excerpt and share her material, beyond your own viewing and forwarding this link, contact her – edbhcwa@gmail.com
Passcode:
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SEPTEMBER 2024 ZOOM MEETING
Prairie Hills Audubon Society’s September 25th – 6:30 pm, meeting to discuss SDGFP draft Revised October version of Mt Lion Action Plan.
This recording has been deleted from Zoom Cloud but
not yet posted to Vimeo
LInk to Zoom recording of this Sept 25th meeting on cougars:
Passcode: U0qyc=2I
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JUNE 2024 ZOOM MEETING
Prairie Hills Audubon Society’s June 10th, 2024 meeting on greater sage grouse & BLM’s rewrite of Resource Management plans. Erik Molvar of Western Watershed Projects speaking
This recording has been deleted from Zoom Cloud but not yet posted to Vimeo
Zoom Cloud storage link
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/kvl71QwPzr2KYCTavym9skTwXg65gdRWjVdRAMi9sdaiZv5rsvfFYMdBBSwudxnn.xxlb4ySuNgqE9_qK
Passcode: 9s=&9guS
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May 17th, 2024 – ESDC
Prairie Hills
Audubon Society, Co-sponsored Endangered Species
Day Celebration on Friday May 17th, 2024. Here are the links to the recording
on the Zoom Cloud:
Passcode: 0p2eP.B9
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March 26th, 2024
Prairie Hills Audubon Society’s March 26th, 2024 Members Monthly Meeting, Topics- volunteering for SDGFP to monitor American Dipper and Osprey nests. Volunteering for BHNF to help build beaver dam analogs (imitation beaver dams) on Forest Service streams in northern Hills.
Vimeo recording link – https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/1044476248
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February 26th, 2024
Prairie Hills Audubon Society’s February 26th, 2024 Members Monthly Meeting
National Audubon Society Staff of Great Plains Audubon , Joshua Lefers and Meghan Johnson Carter, talking about GPA activities in SD, ND and NE, Link (The zoom link temporarily unavailable (5/17/24) use vimeo link instead)
The recording has been posted to vimeo, use this link –
link to recording vimeo: https://vimeo.com/928194361/5fcb0f6d18?share=copy
https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/928195632
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February 17th, 2024
Piedmont (Foothills Area) Legislative Cracker Barrel
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PHAS November 2023 meeting on Raccoons
PHAS late October 2023 meeting on Protecting French Creek from Pollution
PHAS Annual Meeting
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Prairie Hills Audubon Society July, 2022 meeting
Jointly sponsored with Black Hills Group Sierra Club and Norbeck Society
Thursday, July 28th, 2022 6:30 pm
Topics: Black Hills Forest Plan Revision Assessments
Speakers: Lou Conroy and Trey Schillie
Link to recording:
Vimeo Link: https://vimeo.com/734825510
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Prairie Hills Audubon Society did not have a formal members meeting in June 2022
We had some an informal working meeting, but those are not recorded
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Prairie Hills Audubon Society May 20th, 2022 meeting
2022 Endangered Species Day Celebration
Jointly sponsored with 9 other conservation organizations
Friday: May 20th, 2022 6:00 PM
Topics: Recovering America’s Wildlife Act, Wolves and Wildflowers, Northern Long Eared Bat
Speakers: Eileen Dowd Stukel, Melissa Smith, Pat Clark, Riley Bernard PhD, Bradley Phillips
Link to recording:
Vimeo link: https://vimeo.com/712389823
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Prairie Hills Audubon’s April 28th, 2022 meeting
Thursday: April 28th, 2022 6:30 pm
Topic: Update on Mining Threats to the Black Hills
Speakers: Lilias Jarding, PhD
Lilias has a copyright restriction on use of her powerpoint
Link to recording:
Vimeo link: https://vimeo.com/712244138/528d99361c
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Prairie Hills Audubon’s March 31st, 2022 meeting
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Prairie Hills Audubon’s March 10th, 2022 meeting
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Prairie Hills Audubon’s January 26th (Historic meeting recorded)
Wednesday, January 26th 2022
Topic: Audubon Dakota – State Office Update
Speakers: Meghan Carter & Amanda Booher from Audubon Dakota,
Link to recording:
Vimeo link: https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/686830920
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Our 2020 & 2021 meetings recorded on Zoom cloud or Vimeo
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Prairie Hills Audubon Society’s August Meeting (Historic meeting recorded)
Monday, August 16th, 2021, 6 pm MT
Topic: Mountain Lions in our Region and other issues related to SD Game Fish and Parks.
We will show the SDGFP powerpoint, shown to the SDGFP Commission in July, that provides updates on the GFP’s estimates of the Mountain Lion population on the SD side of the Black Hills. We discuss cougar management in SD’s Prairie Unit & on some tribal lands in SD, cougar management in Nebraska as the Pine Ridge Ecosystem exists in both States on both tribal/non-tribal land. We will also discuss cougar management in Wyoming, as the Black Hills is in both states. North Dakota & Montana will also be covered.
LINK TO RECORDING ON Vimeo: , https://vimeo.com/590257448
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Prairie Hills Audubon Society’s (PHAS) June membership Zoom meeting
Wednesday June 30th, 2021, 6:00 pm MT (Historic meetings- recording on Vimeo )
Speaker: Michael M. Pollock of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is our speaker.
Topic: Working with beaver for the benefit of people, fish, wildlife and biological diversity
LINK TO RECORDING ON Vimeo https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/585509489
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PHAS May Meeting is Endangered Species Day (Historic meetings- recording on Vimeo )
Celebrate America’s 16th Annual Endangered Species Day
PHAS will co-host west River SD’s Endangered Species Day Celebration. Charlene Bessken of the USFWS in Pierre SD spoke to us about two topics:
1. SD’s Federally listed species and give us updates on what has happened with SD listed species in the last 2 years.
2. SD’s bumble bees, which are listed or have been petitioned for listing –
Listed: Rusty-patched Bumblebee, Petitioned: Western Bumblebee, American Bumblebee, and Variable Cuckoo Bumble Bee
Link to recording of meeting: https://vimeo.com/553605916
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Prairie Hills Audubon Society (PHAS) April Zoom Member’s Meeting.(Historic meetings- recording on Vimeo )
Thursday April 29th, 2021, 6:30 pm MT
2 topics: 1. SD GFP & killing of predators and also 2. BHNF over-cutting of conifers.
During the program we showed a video film, “Cull of the Wild” “The Truth behind Trapping”
Link to recording of PHAS’s entire meeting – https://vimeo.com/587401118
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Prairie Hills Audubon Society (PHAS) March Zoom Member’s Meeting.(Historic meetings- recording on Vimeo)
Wednesday, March 31st, 2021, 6:30 pm MT
will be Cory Allen Heidelberger editor and publisher of Dakota Free Press, http://dakotafreepress.com , who will be speaking about:
Initiative and Referendum in South Dakota –
What is the status of our right to initiative and referendum after years of monkeywrenching from the Legislature and court challenges.
Link to vimeo recording: https://vimeo.com/588844108
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February PHAS meeting (Historic meetings- recording on Vimeo )
Thursday, February 25th, 2021, 6:30 PM MT
Topic: Tribal Efforts to Conserve Biodiversity
Speakers: Emily Boyd Valandra, Biologist, Rosebud Sioux Tribe’s Dept. of Natural Resources – Game, Fish & Parks,
Shaun Grassel, PhD, Wildlife Biologist, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe’s Dept. of Wildlife, Fish & Recreation.
Learn about the challenges and successes in conserving biodiversity on tribal lands in South Dakota.
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JANUARY PHAS Meeting (Historic meetings- recording on Vimeo )
Wednesday, January 27th, 2021, 6:30 PM MT (History)
Topic: Audubon Dakota – State Office Update
Speakers: Megan Carter, Audubon Dakota,
The National Audubon Society’s field office for SD & ND works on the restoration & conservation efforts at the Wolsey Crane Stopover Important Bird Area. Audubon has community science projects across the country such as Audubon’s 121st Christmas Bird Count & the Winter 2021 Climate Watch survey (currently underway). Learn more about Audubon Dakota’s programs & how you can also help birds.
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2020
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NOVEMBER PHAS ZOOM MEETING (Historic meetings – recording on Vimeo )
Monday, November 30th, 2020 6:30 PM MT
Topic: Title: Climate Watch: Monitoring Birds in a Changing Climate
Speakers: Kathy Dale, National Audubon Society’s Director of Science Technology
Audubon’s newest community science effort, Climate Watch, seeks to understand how birds are being affected by climate change and to test the future range change predictions for U.S. species. Learn about Audubon’s Climate Watch program, the science that is its foundation and current results. Kathy will talk about Audubon’s ground-breaking work to model the future of birds’ response to climate change and the way you can help ground-truth how your birds are responding.
Link to recording of meeting https://vimeo.com/534141563/4aa562697d
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OCTOBER PHAS MEETING by Zoom (Historic – recording on Vimeo )
Thursday, October 29th, 2020, 6:30 PM MT
Topic: Recent Mining Issues in the Black Hills
Speakers: Lilias Jarding, Ph.D., Black Hills Clean Water Alliance
Hearing a lot about mining and potential mining in the Black Hills? It’s not an accident. We’re part of an international gold rush. Learn more about this, uranium mining, and a plan to protect the central Black Hills.
Lilias has a copyright restriction on use of her powerpoint
Link to recording of meeting: https://vimeo.com/539427498/2917551776
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September PHAS Meeting ((Historic – recording on Vimeo )
July 31st
Time: Tuesday, September 29th, 2020 6:30 PM MT
Topic: Conservation of Black-backed Woodpeckers in the Black Hills
Speakers: Chad Hanson, Ph.D., research ecologist
Dr. Hanson will discuss the threats to the Black Hills subspecies of the Black-backed Woodpecker, including logging, fire suppression, and small population size due to limited suitable habitat. He will suggest key conservation steps that should be taken to ensure viable populations.
LINK TO PHAS RECORDING ON Vimeo:https://vimeo.com/539427498
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August PHAS Meeting by Zoom (Historic – recording on Vimeo )
Time: Thursday, August 27th, 2020, 6:30 PM MT
Topic: Black Hills National Forest - timber sustainability and the implications of overharvesting
Speakers: Mary Zimmerman, volunteer for the Norbeck Society; Dave Mertz, retired forester
Dave and Mary will talk about the implications of over-harvesting on the forest. Their presentations may include some power-points, videos, discussion and answering questions.
LINK TO PHAS RECORDING ON Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/539284610
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July PHAS meeting by Zoom (Historic – recording on Vimeo )
July 31st
Topic: Structural Stages and Species Viability, BHNF
Time: Friday July, 31st, 2020, 6:30 PM MT
Speaker: Kristopher Hennings, Forest Wildlife
Program Manager, Black Hills National Forest
LINK TO PHAS RECORDING ON Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/539354193
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MAY 29th PHAS Meeting by Zoom ( (Historic – recording on Vimeo )
Friday, May 29th, 6:30 pm MT
“Timber Growth and Yield Draft General Technical Report”
– a report that documents the Forest’s not sustainable cut.
Speaker: Jonathan Word, BHNF’s Natural Resources Staff Officer.
Link to his powerpoint
https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd746285.pdf
LINK TO PHAS RECORDING ON Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/539407736
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APRIL 29th PHAS Meeting by Zoom (Historic – recording on Vimeo )
Topic: South Dakota’s River Otters
Apr 29, 2020, 6:30 PM
Speaker: Silka Kempema of SD Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) Wildlife Diversity Program
Link to recording of meeting: https://vimeo.com/588820006
A little late starting the recording and missed the first three slides, which included 1. the powerpoint’s title slide, 2. a slide called Mustelid – which had 4 characteristics listed (carnivore, long body, short legs, scent glands) and 3. a slide called Biology, which had 3 points.- (adapted to life in water, indicator of water quality, associated with beaver.)
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MARCH 31st, PHAS Meeting by Zoom ( (Historic – recording on Vimeo )
Topic: Fight to Save the Greater Sage Grouse –
Speaker: Erik Molvar, Western Watersheds Project was the speaker
LINK TO PHAS RECORDING ON Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/539416766
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HISTORIC 2020
(HISTORY)
February 28th, – Face-to-face, with no recording
February’s membership meeting was on GFP program on Nest Predator Bounty Program at West River Electric Co-op building,
,
.
Meetings are first recorded to Zoom Cloud & later transferred to Vimeo for long term storage. On Dec 16th, 2024, some were deleted from Zoom Cloud but not yet posted to Vimeo
PHAS March 2025, working conservatiion meeting, was recorded but the recording is not shared beyond PHAS volunteers.
PHAS January 229th 2025 Meeting with Josh Lefers of Audubon Great Plains as speaker is recorded to Vimeo https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/1063306698
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DECEMBER 2024 ZOOM MEETING
Prairie Hills Audubon Society’s December 16th – 6:30 pm, meeting to discuss
Mining Threats to our Area – 2024 Updates on Mineral Exploration & Mining Projects, with Lilias Jarding, Gary Placco and Les Wolff as speakers. Lilias Jarding maintains a copyright on her Powerpoint, so it you want to excerpt and share her material, beyond your own viewing and forwarding this link, contact her – edbhcwa@gmail.com
Passcode:
+P6+C??+
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SEPTEMBER 2024 ZOOM MEETING
Prairie Hills Audubon Society’s September 25th – 6:30 pm, meeting to discuss SDGFP draft Revised October version of Mt Lion Action Plan.
This recording has been deleted from Zoom Cloud but
not yet posted to Vimeo
LInk to Zoom recording of this Sept 25th meeting on cougars:
Passcode: U0qyc=2I
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JUNE 2024 ZOOM MEETING
Prairie Hills Audubon Society’s June 10th, 2024 meeting on greater sage grouse & BLM’s rewrite of Resource Management plans. Erik Molvar of Western Watershed Projects speaking
This recording has been deleted from Zoom Cloud but not yet posted to Vimeo
Zoom Cloud storage link
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/kvl71QwPzr2KYCTavym9skTwXg65gdRWjVdRAMi9sdaiZv5rsvfFYMdBBSwudxnn.xxlb4ySuNgqE9_qK
Passcode: 9s=&9guS
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May 17th, 2024 – ESDC
Prairie Hills
Audubon Society, Co-sponsored Endangered Species
Day Celebration on Friday May 17th, 2024. Here are the links to the recording
on the Zoom Cloud:
Passcode: 0p2eP.B9
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March 26th, 2024
Prairie Hills Audubon Society’s March 26th, 2024 Members Monthly Meeting, Topics- volunteering for SDGFP to monitor American Dipper and Osprey nests. Volunteering for BHNF to help build beaver dam analogs (imitation beaver dams) on Forest Service streams in northern Hills.
Vimeo recording link – https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/1044476248
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February 26th, 2024
Prairie Hills Audubon Society’s February 26th, 2024 Members Monthly Meeting
National Audubon Society Staff of Great Plains Audubon , Joshua Lefers and Meghan Johnson Carter, talking about GPA activities in SD, ND and NE, Link (The zoom link temporarily unavailable (5/17/24) use vimeo link instead)
The recording has been posted to vimeo, use this link –
link to recording vimeo: https://vimeo.com/928194361/5fcb0f6d18?share=copy
https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/928195632
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February 17th, 2024
Piedmont (Foothills Area) Legislative Cracker Barrel
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PHAS November 2023 meeting on Raccoons
PHAS late October 2023 meeting on Protecting French Creek from Pollution
PHAS Annual Meeting
th, 29 =======================================================================================================================
Prairie Hills Audubon Society July, 2022 meeting
Jointly sponsored with Black Hills Group Sierra Club and Norbeck Society
Thursday, July 28th, 2022 6:30 pm
Topics: Black Hills Forest Plan Revision Assessments
Speakers: Lou Conroy and Trey Schillie
Link to recording:
Vimeo Link: https://vimeo.com/734825510
=================================================================================================================
Prairie Hills Audubon Society did not have a formal members meeting in June 2022
We had some an informal working meeting, but those are not recorded
=======================================================================================================================
Prairie Hills Audubon Society May 20th, 2022 meeting
2022 Endangered Species Day Celebration
Jointly sponsored with 9 other conservation organizations
Friday: May 20th, 2022 6:00 PM
Topics: Recovering America’s Wildlife Act, Wolves and Wildflowers, Northern Long Eared Bat
Speakers: Eileen Dowd Stukel, Melissa Smith, Pat Clark, Riley Bernard PhD, Bradley Phillips
Link to recording:
Vimeo link: https://vimeo.com/712389823
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Prairie Hills Audubon’s April 28th, 2022 meeting
Thursday: April 28th, 2022 6:30 pm
Topic: Update on Mining Threats to the Black Hills
Speakers: Lilias Jarding, PhD
Lilias has a copyright restriction on use of her powerpoint
Link to recording:
Vimeo link: https://vimeo.com/712244138/528d99361c
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Prairie Hills Audubon’s March 31st, 2022 meeting
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Prairie Hills Audubon’s March 10th, 2022 meeting
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Prairie Hills Audubon’s January 26th (Historic meeting recorded)
Wednesday, January 26th 2022
Topic: Audubon Dakota – State Office Update
Speakers: Meghan Carter & Amanda Booher from Audubon Dakota,
Link to recording:
Vimeo link: https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/686830920
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Our 2020 & 2021 meetings recorded on Zoom cloud or Vimeo
=======================================================================================================================
Prairie Hills Audubon Society’s August Meeting (Historic meeting recorded)
Monday, August 16th, 2021, 6 pm MT
Topic: Mountain Lions in our Region and other issues related to SD Game Fish and Parks.
We will show the SDGFP powerpoint, shown to the SDGFP Commission in July, that provides updates on the GFP’s estimates of the Mountain Lion population on the SD side of the Black Hills. We discuss cougar management in SD’s Prairie Unit & on some tribal lands in SD, cougar management in Nebraska as the Pine Ridge Ecosystem exists in both States on both tribal/non-tribal land. We will also discuss cougar management in Wyoming, as the Black Hills is in both states. North Dakota & Montana will also be covered.
LINK TO RECORDING ON Vimeo: , https://vimeo.com/590257448
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Prairie Hills Audubon Society’s (PHAS) June membership Zoom meeting
Wednesday June 30th, 2021, 6:00 pm MT (Historic meetings- recording on Vimeo )
Speaker: Michael M. Pollock of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is our speaker.
Topic: Working with beaver for the benefit of people, fish, wildlife and biological diversity
LINK TO RECORDING ON Vimeo https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/585509489
=======================================================================================================================
PHAS May Meeting is Endangered Species Day (Historic meetings- recording on Vimeo )
Celebrate America’s 16th Annual Endangered Species Day
PHAS will co-host west River SD’s Endangered Species Day Celebration. Charlene Bessken of the USFWS in Pierre SD spoke to us about two topics:
1. SD’s Federally listed species and give us updates on what has happened with SD listed species in the last 2 years.
2. SD’s bumble bees, which are listed or have been petitioned for listing –
Listed: Rusty-patched Bumblebee, Petitioned: Western Bumblebee, American Bumblebee, and Variable Cuckoo Bumble Bee
Link to recording of meeting: https://vimeo.com/553605916
=======================================================================================================================
Prairie Hills Audubon Society (PHAS) April Zoom Member’s Meeting.(Historic meetings- recording on Vimeo )
Thursday April 29th, 2021, 6:30 pm MT
2 topics: 1. SD GFP & killing of predators and also 2. BHNF over-cutting of conifers.
During the program we showed a video film, “Cull of the Wild” “The Truth behind Trapping”
Link to recording of PHAS’s entire meeting – https://vimeo.com/587401118
=======================================================================================================================
Prairie Hills Audubon Society (PHAS) March Zoom Member’s Meeting.(Historic meetings- recording on Vimeo)
Wednesday, March 31st, 2021, 6:30 pm MT
will be Cory Allen Heidelberger editor and publisher of Dakota Free Press, http://dakotafreepress.com , who will be speaking about:
Initiative and Referendum in South Dakota –
What is the status of our right to initiative and referendum after years of monkeywrenching from the Legislature and court challenges.
Link to vimeo recording: https://vimeo.com/588844108
=======================================================================================================================
February PHAS meeting (Historic meetings- recording on Vimeo )
Thursday, February 25th, 2021, 6:30 PM MT
Topic: Tribal Efforts to Conserve Biodiversity
Speakers: Emily Boyd Valandra, Biologist, Rosebud Sioux Tribe’s Dept. of Natural Resources – Game, Fish & Parks,
Shaun Grassel, PhD, Wildlife Biologist, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe’s Dept. of Wildlife, Fish & Recreation.
Learn about the challenges and successes in conserving biodiversity on tribal lands in South Dakota.
=======================================================================================================================
JANUARY PHAS Meeting (Historic meetings- recording on Vimeo )
Wednesday, January 27th, 2021, 6:30 PM MT (History)
Topic: Audubon Dakota – State Office Update
Speakers: Megan Carter, Audubon Dakota,
The National Audubon Society’s field office for SD & ND works on the restoration & conservation efforts at the Wolsey Crane Stopover Important Bird Area. Audubon has community science projects across the country such as Audubon’s 121st Christmas Bird Count & the Winter 2021 Climate Watch survey (currently underway). Learn more about Audubon Dakota’s programs & how you can also help birds.
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2020
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NOVEMBER PHAS ZOOM MEETING (Historic meetings – recording on Vimeo )
Monday, November 30th, 2020 6:30 PM MT
Topic: Title: Climate Watch: Monitoring Birds in a Changing Climate
Speakers: Kathy Dale, National Audubon Society’s Director of Science Technology
Audubon’s newest community science effort, Climate Watch, seeks to understand how birds are being affected by climate change and to test the future range change predictions for U.S. species. Learn about Audubon’s Climate Watch program, the science that is its foundation and current results. Kathy will talk about Audubon’s ground-breaking work to model the future of birds’ response to climate change and the way you can help ground-truth how your birds are responding.
Link to recording of meeting https://vimeo.com/534141563/4aa562697d
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OCTOBER PHAS MEETING by Zoom (Historic – recording on Vimeo )
Thursday, October 29th, 2020, 6:30 PM MT
Topic: Recent Mining Issues in the Black Hills
Speakers: Lilias Jarding, Ph.D., Black Hills Clean Water Alliance
Hearing a lot about mining and potential mining in the Black Hills? It’s not an accident. We’re part of an international gold rush. Learn more about this, uranium mining, and a plan to protect the central Black Hills.
Lilias has a copyright restriction on use of her powerpoint
Link to recording of meeting: https://vimeo.com/539427498/2917551776
=======================================================================================================================
September PHAS Meeting ((Historic – recording on Vimeo )
July 31st
Time: Tuesday, September 29th, 2020 6:30 PM MT
Topic: Conservation of Black-backed Woodpeckers in the Black Hills
Speakers: Chad Hanson, Ph.D., research ecologist
Dr. Hanson will discuss the threats to the Black Hills subspecies of the Black-backed Woodpecker, including logging, fire suppression, and small population size due to limited suitable habitat. He will suggest key conservation steps that should be taken to ensure viable populations.
LINK TO PHAS RECORDING ON Vimeo:https://vimeo.com/539427498
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August PHAS Meeting by Zoom (Historic – recording on Vimeo )
Time: Thursday, August 27th, 2020, 6:30 PM MT
Topic: Black Hills National Forest - timber sustainability and the implications of overharvesting
Speakers: Mary Zimmerman, volunteer for the Norbeck Society; Dave Mertz, retired forester
Dave and Mary will talk about the implications of over-harvesting on the forest. Their presentations may include some power-points, videos, discussion and answering questions.
LINK TO PHAS RECORDING ON Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/539284610
=======================================================================================================================
July PHAS meeting by Zoom (Historic – recording on Vimeo )
July 31st
Topic: Structural Stages and Species Viability, BHNF
Time: Friday July, 31st, 2020, 6:30 PM MT
Speaker: Kristopher Hennings, Forest Wildlife
Program Manager, Black Hills National Forest
LINK TO PHAS RECORDING ON Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/539354193
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MAY 29th PHAS Meeting by Zoom ( (Historic – recording on Vimeo )
Friday, May 29th, 6:30 pm MT
“Timber Growth and Yield Draft General Technical Report”
– a report that documents the Forest’s not sustainable cut.
Speaker: Jonathan Word, BHNF’s Natural Resources Staff Officer.
Link to his powerpoint
https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd746285.pdf
LINK TO PHAS RECORDING ON Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/539407736
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APRIL 29th PHAS Meeting by Zoom (Historic – recording on Vimeo )
Topic: South Dakota’s River Otters
Apr 29, 2020, 6:30 PM
Speaker: Silka Kempema of SD Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) Wildlife Diversity Program
Link to recording of meeting: https://vimeo.com/588820006
A little late starting the recording and missed the first three slides, which included 1. the powerpoint’s title slide, 2. a slide called Mustelid – which had 4 characteristics listed (carnivore, long body, short legs, scent glands) and 3. a slide called Biology, which had 3 points.- (adapted to life in water, indicator of water quality, associated with beaver.)
=======================================================================================================================
MARCH 31st, PHAS Meeting by Zoom ( (Historic – recording on Vimeo )
Topic: Fight to Save the Greater Sage Grouse –
Speaker: Erik Molvar, Western Watersheds Project was the speaker
LINK TO PHAS RECORDING ON Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/539416766
======================================================================================================================
HISTORIC 2020
(HISTORY)
February 28th, – Face-to-face, with no recording
February’s membership meeting was on GFP program on Nest Predator Bounty Program at West River Electric Co-op building,
,
.
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