October Game, Fish and Parks Commission Hybrid Meeting in Huron

October Game, Fish and Parks Commission Hybrid Meeting in Huron (Please verify location closer to the meeting)

There will be  face-to-face and Zoom attendance.

Folks can testify for 3 minutes at 2 pm MT in person or by Zoom or phone on rule finalizations and/or at the Open Forum . Visit this web page  for more details: https://gfp.sd.gov/commission/information/

Go to our notice on September Commission meeting on 9/5/24 for more details, as some items may be continued.

The Commission did not approve the draft Mt Lion Action Plan and the Commission requested changes in the mt lion population goals to be  reduced from 300-200 to 250-150 lions. This will result in overhunting of mt lions and a population reduction. So the new revised draft will be out for 27 days of comment and review. Please comment. Go to September meeting notice for details

Here are letters sent in the Mt Lion Action Plan for August 16th/Sept 5th

PHAS COMMENT LETTERS FOR TEMPLATES:

Here is a copy of the first letter that PHAS sent in on August 16th on the draft Action Plan: https://phas-wsd.org/wp-content/uploads/PHAS-Comments-on-the-Mountain-Lion-Action-Plan-.pdf

Here is a copy of the  second letter that PHAS sent on Sept 1st on the draft Action Plan: https://phas-wsd.org/wp-content/uploads/gfp.PHAS_.2nd-Letter-Mt-Lion-Action-Plan.pdf

Here is a copy of a set of handouts that PHAS gave the Commission during public testimony on the draft Action Plans: https://phas-wsd.org/wp-content/uploads/cover-letter_ActionPlans6.pdf

OTHER LETTERS

Here are a copy of all the short letters about cougars (from both sides) in the Sept 5th-6th public comment file

https://phas-wsd.org/wp-content/uploads/Mt.lion_.ACTION.PLAN_.PublicComment.Sept2024.MERGED.pdf

Here is a copy of all the long formal letters about cougars in the Sept 5th-6th public comment file

https://phas-wsd.org/wp-content/uploads/LONG.LETTERS1x.PublicComment.Sept2024.SDGFPComm-2.pdf

Here is a copy of the MLF Letter:

Public Input at the meeting:

To provide comments, join the meeting in person, via zoom, or via conference call per the info above. To conduct the public hearing and/or open forum as efficiently as possible SDGFP asks those wishing to testify to register by 1:00 pm CT by email to Liz.Kierl@state.sd.us. Testifiers should provide their full names, whom they are representing, city of residence, and which proposed topic they will be addressing. If you forget, they are polite and normally ask if anyone who failed to register wants to testify.

Written comments can be submitted here. To be included in the public record of the October meeting , comments must include full name and city of residence and meet the submission deadline of seventy-two hours before the meeting (not including the day of the meeting). Late comments will end up in November record.