BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Prairie Hills Audubon Society - ECPv6.16.4.1//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: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 BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20250309T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20251102T080000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20241003T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20241004T110000 DTSTAMP:20241007T214247Z CREATED:20240516T230629Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241007T214247Z UID:12738-1727956800-1728039600@phas-wsd.org SUMMARY:October Game\, Fish and Parks Commission Hybrid Meeting in Huron DESCRIPTION:October Game\, Fish and Parks Commission Hybrid Meeting in Huron (Huron Events Center\,) There will be  face-to-face and Zoom attendance. \nDetails on and documents related to the meeting will be published here when close to the meeting date – watch for the Commission Book to be published on Wednesday 10/2/24\, This has the public comments in it: https://gfp.sd.gov/commission/information/ \nMeeting notice with some details – https://gfp.sd.gov/UserDocs/nav/NOTICE_OF_REGULAR_MEETING_-_September_2024.pdf \nAgenda as of Oct 1st with Zoom/Teleconference details – https://gfp.sd.gov/UserDocs/nav/Commission_Agenda_-_October_2024_Public_Copy.pdf \nINSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO ATTEND \nListen to the meeting beginning October 3\, 2024\, at 1:00 p.m. CST via Livestream at https://www.sd.net/remote1/ or join via Zoom Webinar by clicking on the link below. Depending on your application\, you may be required to enter the Zoom Webinar ID and password. Meeting attendees will not be able to have video and will be muted upon entry.  \nMeeting Dates and Times:  \n\nThursday\, October 3\, 2024\, starting at 1:00 p.m. CST \nFriday\, October 4\, 2024\, starting at 8:00 a.m. CST \n\nZoom Webinar Link: https://state-sd.zoom.us/j/91264176710?pwd=Vm00NEowdGV6N09Ib1hnVlJkMUF3Zz09  \nOr join via phone:  \n\nDial: 1-669-900-9128 \nWebinar ID: 912 6417 6710 \nPasscode: 970458 \n\nContact Liz Kierl \, Liz.Kierl@state.sd.us\, in advance of the meeting to register to testify for open forum (Mt Lion Action Plan) and/or rule finalization (license fees). \nFolks 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 . \nGo to our notice on September Commission meeting on 9/5/24 for more details\, as some items were continued. https://phas-wsd.org/event/sd-game-fish-and-parks-commission-hybrid-meeting/ \nUPDATES ON THURSDAY \n\nWE WON – the SDGFP Commission decided not to reduce the population objective from 300-200 cougars to 250-150 cougars. They adopted the July Version of the Action Plan\, which has some other unfortunate provisions that did not change\, but at least  the population objective is 300-200. This was alleged to be due to the public comments they received. Alleged 56% opposed dropping the objective. We had 7 people testify in person against dropping the population objective and other concerns with respect to mountain lions in SD.  In order for hound hunting of lions to be allowed in the future\, in the Black Hills outside of Custer State Park\, that population objective needed to drop. THANKS TO ALL WHO SENT IN COMMENTS AND TESTIFIED\n\nIncreases in various Park\,  hunting\, fishing & trapping  fees were approved but with a  proposed  very minor change due to style/format type stuff\n\nCommenting on the T & E review was continued for another month\, as they had not published the Review on line (you had to call for a copy).  It is  now up \, visit https://gfp.sd.gov/UserDocs/nav/FULL_TE_status_reviews_2024.pdf\n\nFEES FINALIZATION: Changes to various fees for Parks and Hunting/fishing licenses  are proposed for finalization in Oct. We believe that cost of mountain lion license at $22 is too low and $24 is still too low: \nhttps://phas-wsd.org/wp-content/uploads/fees-from-gfp.Book_.CommSept.5_9_24-2.pdf \nT & E REVIEW We can comment on the Threatened or Endangered Species Biennial Review.  We petitioned for listing of the Lake Chub in 2020. The report should provide more information on the results of surveys for it. https://phas-wsd.org/wp-content/uploads/TE-status-reviews_2024.pdf \nMOUNTAIN LION ACTION PLAN \nThe Commission requested changes in the mt lion population goals to be  reduced from 300-200 to 250-150 lions – thus  Commission did not approve the July draft of the Mt Lion Action Plan.. This  goal change 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. \nHere are our  talking points and  also letters sent in the Mt Lion Action Plan for August 16th/Sept 5th. These letters were written before the Commission made the Draft Plan worse by lowering the population objectives (which means more lions in the Black Hills can be killed annually and the population reduced).  Go to our  Mt Lion Alert page for  more details \nMountain Lion Alert \n \nPHAS TALKING POINTS on DRAFT MT LION ACTION PLAN OCT 2024. \nhttps://phas-wsd.org/wp-content/uploads/TAKE-ACTION-Talking-Points-Cougars-Sept-2024.pdf \nPHAS COMMENT LETTERS FOR TEMPLATES: \nHere 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 \nHere 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 \nHere 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 \nOTHER LETTERS \nHere are a copy of all the short letters about cougars (from both sides) in the Sept 5th-6th public comment file \nhttps://phas-wsd.org/wp-content/uploads/Mt.lion_.ACTION.PLAN_.PublicComment.Sept2024.MERGED.pdf \nHere is a copy of all the long formal letters about cougars in the Sept 5th-6th public comment file\, this includes Humane Society of the US 29 page letter. \nhttps://phas-wsd.org/wp-content/uploads/LONG.LETTERS1x.PublicComment.Sept2024.SDGFPComm-2.pdf \nHere is a copy of the MLF Letter: \nhttps://phas-wsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024-08-16-SD-Action-Plan-MLFcomments.pdf\n  \nPHAS will have a discussion meeting on the mountain lion drat Action Plan on Sept 25th by Zoom at 6:30 pm. with Nancy Hilding and Joshua Rosenau of the Mt. Lion Foundation as speakers   It is announced on our Facebook Page at – https://www.facebook.com/share/4HUtZLpMFijdvaBz/  and announced on our events/deadline calendar at https://phas-wsd.org/event/phas-meeting-topic-sd-mountain-lions-and-gfp-management-plans-by-zoom/ You can find Zoom codes at these links \nPublic Input at the meeting: \nTo 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. \nWritten 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. \n  \nUnless you want to communicate directly with each Commissioner  (those comments will not be in the public record)–  https://gfp.sd.gov/commission/members/  (no deadline). You can see phones and home address at this link.  Here are likely e-mails for them.\n\n“Stephanie.Rissler@state.sd.us” \, “Jon.Locken@state.sd.us” \,  “Travis.Bies@state.sd.us” \, “Robert.Whitmyre@state.sd.us” \, “Julie.Bartling@state.sd.us” \nThe three new commissioners  e-mails likely are: \nJim.White@state.sd.us\, \, Bruce.Cull@state.sd.us\, Travis.Theel@state.sd.us\, URL:https://phas-wsd.org/event/october-game-fish-and-parks-commission-hybrid-meeting-in-huron/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR