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SUMMARY:Climate Watch\, Spring/Summer season 5/15/24-6/15/24
DESCRIPTION:Climate Watch is Audubon’s biannual community science program that enlists volunteer bird-lovers across North America to tally for twelve target bird species \nClimate Watch – Summer Season – May 15th-June 15th\, 2024 Climate Watch \nClimate Watch is sponsored by the National Audubon Society (NAS) & takes place during two distinct seasons—winter (January 15-February 15) and summer (May 15-June 15). Below is the alert for any season (winter or summer) . \nLike the Christmas bird count this is a chance to help create “citizen science” for birds. Climate Watch focuses on these target species: Eastern Bluebird\, Mountain Bluebird\, Western Bluebird\, White-breasted Nuthatch\, Red-breasted Nuthatch\, Brown-headed Nuthatch\, Pygmy Nuthatch\, American Goldfinch\, Lesser Goldfinch\, Painted Bunting\, Eastern Towhee\, and Spotted Towhee. \nThese birds are easy to identify\, have an enthusiastic constituency\, and Audubon’s climate models for these species offer strong predictions for range shifts for us to test. In future years\, Climate Watch may include additional target species threatened by climate change. We believe that western bluebird and painted bunting are not normally in SD. All the other birds occur in all or parts of SD. \nVisit this page to see where these birds are in SD\, and which are near you: \nhttps://www.sdakotabirds.com/species_main.htm\nLocation Climate Watch focuses on areas of predicted change for these 12 species at each location across the continent. Audubon provides volunteers with online mapping tools with a grid of 10 km x 10 km squares showing species-specific predictions for each square based on the climate models. A Climate Watch Coordinator can help select your location and survey square. If you are participating on your own\, use the online maps to decide in which square to do your surveys. You will be able to see which squares are already “claimed”. \nHow to count Volunteers should first make sure to read through all of the materials including the full protocol manual. The Climate Watch protocol is different than any other birding program. Then using the planning done with the online maps\, volunteers survey appropriate habitat for the target species within a square and conduct 12 point counts of five minutes each within one morning\, then record the number and species of all birds seen or heard within 100 meters. Participants send the data to the National Audubon Society. \nHow data will be used  Audubon’s 2019 climate change report\, ‘Survival By Degrees\, – https://www.audubon.org/climate/survivalbydegrees – reveals that up to two-thirds of North American birds are vulnerable to extinction due to climate change. For example\, the beautiful Mountain Bluebird is vulnerable because in the vast majority of its summer range\, the climate conditions that this bird needs—temperature\, amount of rainfall\, and other environmental factors—will shift northward and eastward. This bird may be able to move into new areas over time\, or it may struggle to adapt. To test the report’s predictions\, Audubon has developed Climate Watch\, which aims to document species’ responses to climate change and test Audubon’s climate models by having volunteers in the field look for birds where Audubon’s climate models predict they will be in the 2020s. This information helps Audubon target our conservation work to protect birds. See the Climate Watch results page here to see our early reports and results from the data received by Climate Watch volunteers so far! \nLink to the Climate-watch program on the National Audubon Society web page \nhttps://www.audubon.org/conservation/climate-watch \nClimate watch instructions for participants \nhttps://www.audubon.org/news/participant-resources-climate-watch\nClimate watch for beginners webinar\, – this has much of the same info as our November meeting \nhttps://audubon.zoom.us/rec/share/xe9NAZTe6WVOf7fz2kbRAYAQMI66eaa8hCFL_fNZn0k3a8uNjHkvp4-EZzq7vlq_?startTime=1588186808000
URL:https://phas-wsd.org/event/climate-watch-spring-summer-season/
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SUMMARY:Meade County Commission reconsiders the Meade County Comprehensive Plan
DESCRIPTION:Meade County Commission will reconsider the Meade County Comprehensive Plan with a hearing before the County Commission at at 10 am  Tuesday June 11th. \nNancy Hilding for PHAS attended the 6/3/24 hearing before the Planning Commission and testified to failure to having goals and policies to protect historic and cultural properties\, in its’ land use Goals (Goal IV\, page 32)\, its’ rural character\, natural resources and open spaces Goals (Goal III\, page 22) and/or its’ infrastructure Goals (Goal II\, page 18). Nancy asked for new goals of protecting such to be added. However the Planning Commission did not want to make more changes at this point.  The County Commission however still could make changes. \nBear Butte is very important to Native American Tribes in the Great Plains\, and Meade County has other historic/cultural sites.  Meade County has seen a lot of controversy over development related to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally around Bear Butte. \nRecently SDGFP\, while developing a shooting range in Meade County\, decided to forego federal grants\, because the SDGFP wanted to avoid completing consultation with tribes\, that was required by USFWS service for federal funding. Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe (FSST) and others found 8 sites eligible for listing as National Register of Historic Places and FSST considers the entire landscape a Traditional Cultural Property\, a place for ceremony and historical remembrance.  Visit for more info: https://phas-wsd.org/action-alerts/ \nCompleting such consultation would have delayed  their construction plans.  Earlier the Meade County Commission decided not to have a clause about protecting cultural and historic properties in its’ shooting range ordinance\, but expressed concern  to SDGFP for protection of cairns (the first eligible for listing site found). \nYou can write the whole Commission  collectively  ℅  Rhea Crane <rcrane@meadecounty.org> or individually at https://www.meadecounty.org/commission/ \nLink to download the June 3rd version of the draft plan: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/61a79945f91fb63fe590c49d/t/664b8e8c41cd9f6f0cdcf28d/1716227729433/Meade+County+Draft+06-03-2024.pdf \nWe are not sure how long the discussion will take\, but unless a lot of people show up to testify\, we don’t imagine it would last longer than an hour. \nGo back to Monday June 3rd\, 2024 hearing announcement for more details and links. https://phas-wsd.org/event/review-of-meade-county-draft-comprehensive-plan-by-meade-planning-commission/ \n  \n 
URL:https://phas-wsd.org/event/meade-county-commission-reconsiders-the-meade-county-comprehensive-plan/
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