BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Prairie Hills Audubon Society - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Prairie Hills Audubon Society 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: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 BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20260308T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20261101T080000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20250826T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20250826T130000 DTSTAMP:20260417T075420 CREATED:20250825T183159Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250825T192550Z UID:19709-1756198800-1756213200@phas-wsd.org SUMMARY:Lawrence County Board of Adjustment/Commission hearing - Sand/Gravel DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, August 26th\, 9 am Lawrence County Board of Adjustment hearing on Sand/Gravel Mine proposal –  at the Lawrence County Public Safety & Services Center\,  on a new 10 acre (101 acre max)   Sand and Gravel mine proposal – \nThis is a hybrid hearing and can be attended remotely – https://meet.goto.com/152688557  Oral testimony is allowed\, but is  limited to 3 minutes  per each. Time may be extended or not at discretion of Chair. \nThere is organized resistance to this proposal\, contact – Les Wolff \, (605) 848-4050‬‬‬  Or visit public comments- Opposition Letters  (24 letters in opposition\, one in support) https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1qgAGCxBvS0LoelBSxHTUe_Rk6xSr6y7l \nHOW TO COMMENT \nPlease send comments to  planning.zoning@lawrence.sd.usComments received before 2 pm Monday will be printed and handed to Board of Adjustment (BoA).  Comments that e-mailed and received by COB today (Monday) will be forwarded to BoA.  There are 5 members of the BoA\, if you go to the hearing\, you can print up one copy to hand to staff or 6 copies to hand to staff plus the Commissioners. \nBoA members are  listed at this link  with their individual e-mails – you could send to them individually but such sending\, likely won’t be part of the hearing record. .  :https://www.lawrence.sd.us/418/Board-of-Adjustment \nPlanning and zoning phone # – 605-578-3871 \nPROPOSAL DETAILS \nFor details on Proposal – visit \nhttps://www.lawrence.sd.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Item/1330?fileID=20493 \n“The applicant Croell\, Inc is requesting a CUP for a Small Scale Sand\, Gravel\, or Rock Industry. The operation will be located off of Homestake Road. The boundary of the CUP will be 101.63 acres\, but the permit will only allow 10 acres of disturbance at any time. If they want to move to a different area\, the original 10 acres will need to be reclaimed prior to them moving locations. The nearest road would be Homestake Road.\nThe applicant applied for a Small Scale Sand\, Gravel and Rock Extractive Industry\, which is defined according to II-3.001 Definitions” \nPUBLIC HEARING ~ CUP #498. OWNER/APPLICANT: Larson Family\,\, LLLP/Croell\, Inc. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: S1/2 SE ¼ of Section 35\, T7N\, R1E and NE ¼ of Section\n2\, T6N\, R1E. \nVICINITY LOCATION: Spearfish/Homestake Rd \nSUMMARY: Small Scale Sand\, Gravel\, and Rock Extractive Industry ZONING: A-1\nACREAGE: 101.63 acres PARCEL ID: 19000-00601-020-00 and 23000-00701-354-10\nACTION REQUIRED: Approval/Denial (BOA Public Hearing: August 26\, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. at the Lawrence County Public Safety & Services Center\, 50 Tatanka Dr\, Deadwood SD )\nLinks:\nLarson Quarry Digital Copy Web Edition.pdf: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aQj1qp3aZzeDGx9j6WbkGivsTiYATKMg/view\n2025.08.14 Submission of Proposed Finding…https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_OjhHfaN1S1uVrGS4pnLFccrOOr7lsiS/view\nStaff report: https://www.lawrence.sd.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Item/1330?fileID=20493 \nThere was a prior planning and zoning public hearing on this on August 7th. \nWe don’t know how long the hearing will last \n  URL:https://phas-wsd.org/event/lawrence-county-board-of-adjustment-commission-hearing-sand-gravel/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20250826T215000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20250826T215900 DTSTAMP:20260417T075420 CREATED:20250823T055925Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250823T060103Z UID:19664-1756245000-1756245540@phas-wsd.org SUMMARY:Deadline to comment on Forest Service Reorganization DESCRIPTION:USDA Opened a Public Comment Period on Department Reorganization Plan\nLink to plan – https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/sm-1078-015.pdf \nQuote from the Dept of Agriculture: \n“(Washington\, D.C.\, August 1\, 2025) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced today the opening of a 30-day public comment period for stakeholders to provide feedback on the Department’s reorganization plan\, as outlined in the Secretary’s memorandum (PDF\, 2.6 MB) issued on July 24\, 2025……. \n…The reorganization proposal reflects President Trump’s commitment to relocate federal agencies beyond the national capital region\, reduce bureaucracy\, and strengthen USDA’s presence in key agricultural regions across the country. As part of the plan\, USDA will consolidate operations\, close the South Building\, and relocate approximately 2\,600 Washington-based positions to five regional hubs: Raleigh\, NC; Kansas City\, MO; Indianapolis\, IN; Fort Collins\, CO; and Salt Lake City\, UT……. \n…How to Submit Comments \nAll stakeholders\, including USDA employees\, members of Congress\, and agricultural and nutrition partners\, are encouraged to provide feedback by emailing reorganization@usda.gov. The comment period is open through August 26\, 2025. \n  URL:https://phas-wsd.org/event/deadline-to-comment-on-forest-service-reorganization/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR