What is a Cracker Barrel? - It's a moderated question and answer session where the public can ask their elected representative questions about the legislature. There will be 1 hour of Q&A, then a 20 or 25 minute break (with snacks) and then another hour of Q&A. Bob Burns will moderate.  - It is on […]

This will be a Zoom meeting starting at 6:30 pm on Tuesday 2/28/23. Meghan Carter staff of the National Audubon Society (NAS)  from their Dakotas' office in Fargo, ND will talk to us about the National Audubon Society's staff activities & programs in the Dakotas - and NAS programs you can participate in.  We normally […]

Audubon invites photographers and videographers to submit to the 2023 Audubon Photography Awards, open for entries from January 11, 2023, until March 1, 2023, at 12 p.m. (noon) ET. Judges will award eight prizes to photographers and videographers: the Grand Prize, Professional Prize, Amateur Prize, Youth Prize, Plants for Birds Prize, Fisher Prize, Female Bird […]

SDGFP Commission meeting will be in Pierre & likely be hybrid with Zoom option. . Details will be posted to "Current Meeting" web page  when it is closer to meeting date.  Before that the page still has January meeting info. on it. Usually those January proposals or petitions that were given the OK, move forward […]

2023 Black Hills Area Botany & Ecology Workshop will be March 10 at Outdoor Campus West, Rapid City.   Zoom link https://tnc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwqdemtpzwpGNR80xThZtSl3LPTXGElCrN1 Amy at asymstad@usgs.gov sets this up. If you haven't registered yet and you want to attend, you are encouraged  to do so, as it will allow you access to attend via Zoom, just […]

The March meeting of the Black Hills National Forest Advisory Meeting will happen but only as an informal gathering, as the Federal Register Notice of the meeting was not posted.  It will be  March 15th, 2023.  The February meeting was cancelled as the Federal Register Notice was not posted.  Normally they start at 1:00 pm […]

World Water Day, Saturday, March 25th, Rapid City Abys 406 5th St. Rapid City, SD Black Hills Clean Water Alliance will be updating folks on the event, which will include prayer walk, speakers & a silent Auction. For info:  https://bhcleanwateralliance.org/wwd23/?emci=9c5658cb-e0b6-ed11-a8e0-00224832e811&emdi=5d9bf747-63b8-ed11-a8e0-00224832e811&ceid=8015504 If you would like to learn more about how you can help, please email edbhcwa@gmail.com

This meeting will have as speakers Mary Zimmerman (volunteer from Norbeck Society) and Dave Mertz (retired forester, previously of BHNF). In mid March the speakers traveled to Washington DC to lobby for a few days on forest related issues. They will be reporting on their trip and discussing the dramatic over-cutting of the BHNF and […]

The draft environmental assessment (EA) for the Chimera Fuels Reduction Project (Chimera Project) is available for review and comment. It is located east of Lead/Deadwood, SD and south of Sturgis, SD, encompassing the Boulder Canyon, Galena, and Vanocker Canyon areas. The draft EA is available for review by visiting the project website at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=61689. The Forest […]

SD Ornithologist Union (SDOU) field trip at one of the Outdoor Campuses  led by Chris Anderson. >  canderson1@sio.midco.net, 605-254-2550 There are 2 Outdoor Campuses in SD -- one in the East (Sioux Fall) and the West (Rapid City) and the SDOU announcement did not specific which Campus. Chris Anderson lives in Sioux Falls and has clarified […]