BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Prairie Hills Audubon Society - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://phas-wsd.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Prairie Hills Audubon Society REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20220313T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20221106T080000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20230312T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20231105T080000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20240310T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20241103T080000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20230504T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20230505T130000 DTSTAMP:20260414T231712 CREATED:20230402T051119Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230510T223230Z UID:6527-1683205200-1683291600@phas-wsd.org SUMMARY:SD Game Fish and Parks May Commission Meeting - Thursday May 4th\, - Friday 5th\, 2023 DESCRIPTION:SD Game Fish and Parks May Commission Meeting Hyrid form\n – Thursday May 4th\, – Friday 5th\, 2023\n\nMay 4\, 1 p.m.-5 p.m. MDT | May 5\, 8 a.m.-12 p.m. MDT \nAt the  Event Barn\, Custer State Park \nLivestream link https://www.sd.net/ \nZoom Meeting Link https://state-sd.zoom.us/j/93912915359?pwd=K2FVZzdQSXJTY0NwWG5mSWpSazUwdz09  \nTo join via conference call\, dial 1 669 900 9128 – Meeting ID: 939 1291 5359 – Passcode: 0565645 \nThe Event Barn is accessed by road off of highway 16A that heads to the Custer State Park Game Lodge and it is in front of and  to the left (east) of the Lodge\, \n\n\nThe agenda can be found at this link and  some of it will change  as we approach meeting date: https://gfp.sd.gov/UserDocs/nav/May_2023_Agenda_Public.pdf\n Here is a link to their “furbearer proposals” https://gfp.sd.gov/UserDocs/nav/ALL_PRO_May2023.pdf\nwhich ask for  no change to beaver\, mink\, opossum\, fox\, raccoon\, jack rabbit\, badger\, muskrat\, weasel\, or skunk seasons.  A proposal sheet about river otter season is not provided\, we don’t yet know what that means.\nFinalizations are on waterfowl season where they are increasing two types of non-resident waterfowl licenses by 300 licenses. https://gfp.sd.gov/UserDocs/nav/FIN_Waterfowl.pdf and deer hunting seasons https://gfp.sd.gov/UserDocs/nav/FIN_Deer.pdf\nPeople can petition for rule change in SD. GFP allows you to post petitions here: https://gfp.sd.gov/makingchanges/  SDCL provides no deadline on when you can file  a petition\, but the Commission must review within 30 days.  A petition for rule making on blow gun fishing legal in SD is  here – https://gfp.sd.gov/UserDocs/nav/Petition_Blowgun_Fishing.pdf    See below for links to PHAS’s beaver petitions.\nMore information about the meeting including the agenda & proposals/petitions is posted here:   https://gfp.sd.gov/commission/information/\n============================\nUPDATE AFTER THE MEETING\nThe SDGFP Commission rejected both petitions and kept the 2021 version of beaver hunting/trapping rule in tact.  They did however indicate they may revisit the issue in December of 2023\, after they learned what the results of the beaver inventory in Black Hills in the fall of 2023 finds.\nTAKE ACTION\n\nPHAS has petitioned for changes to beaver trapping rules. We submitted two petitions that are different to maximize chances that one of them moves forward.\n\nLonger petition with more changes requested\, https://phas-wsd.org/wp-content/uploads/Beaver-rule-change-petition-threeXDF-May-2023-1-copy.pdf \nShorter petition with less changes requested\, the text of this petition is also within the long petition (Thus you only need to read the long one)  https://phas-wsd.org/wp-content/uploads/Beaver-rule-change-petition-2two_XDF-May-2023-1-copy.pdf\n\n\nWe ask people to read our alerts on Beavers on our Beaver Campaign web page https://phas-wsd.org/beaver-and-river-otter/and our Various Alerts web page https://phas-wsd.org/misc/. \nBeaver trapping is allowed in private & public land for 12 months in SD except on the BNF where it is 3 months and within the Black Hills Fire Protection district on private land\, where it is 6 or 12 months depending on where you are.  State law allow folks to remove “conflict beaver” 365 days of the year with a request to and approval of SDGFP.\n We ask  folks to write in support of better hunting/trapping rules and a management plan for  beaver.  SD has management plans for many species\, but not beaver. To see GFP species plans: https://gfp.sd.gov/management-plans/ We also suggest folks write or testify against the Nest Predator Bounty Program\, but that was approved in January for 4 years\, so you are “speaking truth to power”.  See our alert at: https://phas-wsd.org/sd-nest-predator-bounty-program/\n Here are some talking points\n\nPeople should  write or contact SDGFP staff or commissioners\, asking for \n1. A 3 year moratorium on beaver hunting/trapping in the Black Hills National Forest and \n2. Also ask SDGFP to either reduce or eliminate the months of  recreational beaver hunting/trapping from other public lands in SD\, especially when the public land has a multiple use or wildlife management objective.  In our petition we reduced it from 12 months to 5 months\, but allowed public land agencies to ask for more or less days. \n3. Folks should ask for 5 months of beaver trapping statewide (reduced from current 12 months) on private  land. \n4. Ask for GFP to create a management plan for beaver \n5. Ask for GFP to prioritize non-lethal  control of “conflict” beaver \n\n\n\nDeadline to submit written comments  for May 4-5th meeting\, is just before midnight MT on Sunday April 30th – if you want them in the public record for the May 4th meeting. Late comments go to the June meeting\,\nWritten comments can be submitted at https://gfp.sd.gov/forms/positions/. To be included in the public record\, comments must include your complete name and city of residence and meet the submission deadline of seventy–two hours before the meeting (not including the day of the meeting) (Sunday night before midnight CT or MT depending on time zone of physical meeting)  Unless you want to communicate directly with each Commissioner  –  https://gfp.sd.gov/commission/members/  (no deadline) \n“Stephanie.Rissler@state.sd.us” \, “Jon.Locken@state.sd.us” \,  “Travis.Bies@state.sd.us” \, “Robert.Whitmyre@state.sd.us” \, “Juliea.Bartling@state.sd.us” \, “charles.spring@state.sd.us”  \, and david.cull@state.sd.us\, and Jim White – whose e-mail might be jim.white@state.sd.us or james.white@state.sd.us\, \n\n  \n\nYou can testify in person or by Zoom at about 2 pm MT on Thursday\, it is suggested you let GFP know you want to testify in advance (but they allow folks who did  register to testify).. Open forum is for speaking on any topic\, the public hearing is just for rules up for finalization. To conduct the public hearing and/or open forum as efficiently as possible GFP  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. URL:https://phas-wsd.org/event/sd-game-fish-and-parks-may-commission-meeting-thursday-may-4th-friday-5th-2023/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20230505T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20230507T130000 DTSTAMP:20260414T231712 CREATED:20230419T012257Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230420T033749Z UID:6800-1683306000-1683464400@phas-wsd.org SUMMARY:Izaak Walton League - SD Division State Convention\, May 5th-7th DESCRIPTION:Izaak Walton League of America – SD  Division State Convention May 5th-7th \nThe meeting will be at the  Madison # 16 Chapter House. The address of the Clubhouse is 1001 Territorial Road\, Madison\, SD. Here is a link to their web page: \nhttps://www.madisonizaakwalton.com/\, \nThere is a on Friday night dinner and a Saturday lunch\, a Saturday night Banquet and a Sunday lunch. \nRegistration is $30 which includes the Friday night dinner.  Other meals are $15 for lunches and $30 for the Banquet. Registration fee is not needed if you are only going to the Banquet. \nLink to the registration form : https://phas-wsd.org/wp-content/uploads/Ikes-Convention-Madison-registration.pdf \nRegistration forms of persons that wanted to reserve hotel rooms at Best Western at cheaper rates were due by April 10th \nRegistration forms  of persons that want to reserve meals are due Tuesday April 25th\, 2023 \nPersons that don’t want to eat\, can register at event\, but checks not cash are requested \n-send to Larry Brunsvig\, 1220 Territorial Rd. Madison\, SD 57042.\, j.blbhome@gmail.com     Also you can contact Paul Lepisto \, (605) 220-1219‬‬‬\, (staff of the Izaak Walton League) to be sent a registration form or for questions.  \nCamping on the the Chapter’s grounds costs $20/night with electric hook up. URL:https://phas-wsd.org/event/izaak-walton-league-sd-state-division-annual-meeting-may-5th-7th/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR