Endangered Species Day

ENDANGERED SPECIES DAY CELEBRATION 2026 – MAY 15TH, 2026

ThIS event is announced on the PHAS web site calendar at – – https://phas-wsd.org/event/endangered-species-day-is-the-third-friday-in-may/

It is on PHAS Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/events/1429686852247039/permalink/1429686858913705

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ENDANGERED SPECIES CHALK ART EVENT- Contest May 1st- May 20th, 2026 (extended deadline)

Visit the web page to learn about it – 

https://www.endangered.org/endangered-species-chalk-art-event/

Endangered Species Chalk Art Event Contest May 1st- May 20th (extended deadline)

Visit the  Endangered Species Coalition’s web page to learn about it – 

https://www.endangered.org/endangered-species-chalk-art-event/

Endangered Species Chalk Art Events

There is a nationwide competition that the Endangered Species Coalition sponsors every year – . There are prizes. This year the prizes  range from $25-$250 for best drawings of endangered species by chalk medium.  There are 5 age classes with first ($100) second ($50) and third ($25) prizes. There is a grand prize for most liked photo on social media of $250 and a $50 prize for best bat picture. There are lottery winners of T-shirts and  chocolates (just entering qualifies you for the lottery)

Locations of drawings can be outdoors on sidewalks, parking lots, your garage –  etc (with permission to do so).

The event is currently scheduled to end on Wednesday May 20th (extended deadline). That calculated as  midnight Pacific Time.

Between May 1^st and May 20th (extended deadline), PHAS will sponsor or help organize some events related to the Endangered Species Chalk Art Event competition – Events will be announced on our calendar and Facebook page. 

We have already had two chalk art events already – at Rapid City Earth Day and La Creek National Wildlife Refuge… We left chalk & handouts there (at the Refuge). We have free chalk to give to schools, parks, recreational units, NGO to use in endangered species chalk art events in 2026,

Call Nancy at 605-787-6466, nhilshat@rapidnet.com, 

We will have a chalk art event at Bear Butte State Park on Saturday, May 16th at the American Bird Conservancy’s Bird Bash event, which occurs at 8 am -1 pm (but we will supply chalk and guidance between 10:30 am – 1 pm). Go to calendar event on May 16th for details. https://phas-wsd.org/event/bird-bash-at-bear-butte-state-park/ Call Nancy at 605-787-6466, nhilshat@rapidnet.com,   Black Hills Parks and Forest Association will sponsor a chalk art event at their open house event in Custer on the 11- 4 am of Friday May 15th –  see details:  https://phas-wsd.org/event/black-hills-nature-shop-grand-opening-may-14-16th-custer-sd-associated-events/

PHAS will help sponsor the Endangered Species Day Celebration, on Endangered Species Day on May 15th, It will  be a Zoom meeting & we will have 3 speakers on topics of 1) Lower Brule Sioux Tribes efforts to recover swift fox and black-footed ferrets, 2) an overview of federally listed species in SD and proposed to list, petitioned to list and delisted species and 3) activities in DC with respect to changes sought to the Endangered Species Act or what species are listed or can be listed – go to calendar item on May 15th for details. https://phas-wsd.org/event/endangered-species-day-is-the-third-friday-in-may/

The Black Hills Parks and Forestry Association has a new store in Custer and 3 days of events. On Friday they will have a speech about black-footed ferrets at 10 am,and from 11 am – 4 pm they will have chalk drawing of endangered species.( At their new store – 833 Mt. Rushmore Rd, Custer, SD 57730)

Here is a link to a recording of our 2024 Endangered Species Day Celebration. It had reports from SDGFP and SD’s USFWS office on threatened and endangered species listed by them and from Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe on their efforts for Endangered Species. – https://vimeo.com/1188495893?fl=ip&fe=ec

Here are some PHAS handouts related to Chalk Art Event

PHAS review of Chalk Art event for SD participants – a hand out you can print and hand out

https://phas-wsd.org/wp-content/uploads/ChalkArt2026_FinalQQZ_AmericanBuryingBeetle-10.pdf

Here is a draft version of a teacher’s reference on listed species in SD – has many photos in it, if you want to study it and print a page for a species you want to draw : https://phas-wsd.org/wp-content/uploads/SDWAP_Species_Profiles_v8XX-5.pdf

Here is link to reference guide showing URL  links and QR codes of  IUCN red list, federal, USA state”s and a few tribes T & E species lists – All species on these lists can be drawn and submitted. The commercial chalk art sets are limited in dark browns and other colors of terrestrial species, you may wish to look at aquatic species and plants to find uses for some of the chalk colors and you can use international as well as USA species:  https://phas-wsd.org/wp-content/uploads/Claude_TE-_species_lists_reference.pdf

 

Here is a guide to find  QR codes and URL links public domain, free and creative commons photos  (html and pdf versions) https://phas-wsd.org/wp-content/uploads/claudewildlife.plant3_image_resources.html%0A

https://phas-wsd.org/wp-content/uploads/Claude.wildlife.plant3_image_resources-3.pdf

Guide to copy right issues with using photos in chalk art  (if you make money from your copy, you can’t copy photos exactly if they are copyrighted photos) – https://phas-wsd.org/wp-content/uploads/chalk_copyright_v2_sources_first-2.z9.pdf  We doubt children would be copying exactly, but that could be an issue for adults.

 

Here are guides to find federal and state listed species in SD:

  https://phas-wsd.org/wp-content/uploads/SD_Federal_TE_Species.x.pdf

https://phas-wsd.org/wp-content/uploads/SD_State_TE_Species.x.pdf