BLM EXTENDED THE COMMENT PERIOD WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Land Management extended the public comment period for the Public Lands Rule by 15 days. This brings the time collecting public feedback on the proposed rule to a total of 90 days. The new deadline to provide input is July 5, 2023. https://www.blm.gov/press-release/blm-extends-comment-period-proposed-public-lands-rule BLM seeks to gather input […]
Below are the Water Management Board meetings tentatively scheduled for the remainder of 2023. July 12-13, 2023 October 4-5, 2023 December 6-7, 2023 We believe that the currently planned June 2023 meeting may be cancelled. Please check the Boards and Commissions Portal a week to 10 days prior to the scheduled meeting date to confirm. […]
Wyoming Game & Fish Commission Meeting July 18-19 Wheatland https://wgfd.wyo.gov/Get-Involved/Public-Meetings We are not sure of exact time of day it starts & ends. Changes to watercraft, fishing & gray wolf hunting regulations will be considered. Written comment period is passed. In the area where hunting is regulated, a small but net reduction in number of […]
Tentative BME meeting schedule for the remainder of 2023: July 20, 2023 August 17, 2023 September 21, 2023 October 19, 2023 November 16, 2023 Please check the Boards and Commissions portal a week to 10 days prior to the scheduled meeting to confirm & get exact start & end times. Here is the link for […]
SD Game, Fish and Parks Commission meeting for July Thursday 20th - Friday 21st, 2023. Ran from 1 pm to 5 pm Thursday Central Time This occurred in person in Chamberlain and by Zoom. Deadline for public's written comments to be included in the public record of this meeting (rather than the next) was just […]
The Forest Service (Agency), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register on April 21, 2023 initiating a 60-day comment period. The advance notice invited public comment on the following topic and additional questions: "Given that climate change and related stressors are resulting in increasing impacts […]
Bat Festival at Mato Tipila/Devil's Tower "DEVILS TOWER, WY – On Saturday, July 22nd, the National Park Service and Devils Tower Natural History Association will host the Annual Bat Festival in the Picnic area of the Monument from 12 to 10 pm. This festival will include presentations and fun educational activities all about the amazing […]
Changes to Wyoming's cougar hunting are proposed: Wyoming is supposed to change its' mountain lion hunting seasons every 3 years, which it last did in 2022, however 1 year later it is proposing changes, which are off cycle. Wyoming is now proposing a significant increase in hunting, in four […]
6th America's Grassland Conference - Cheyenne Wyoming, the Great Plains Conservation Network's biennial meeting maybe piggy backed to this location/time-frame. We are not sure of exact start and end times of the meetings. For more information on the Conference: http://nwf.org/grasslandsconference
Comment Deadline on BHNF's Shotgun Timber sale was Monday, August 14th, 2023 The USDA Forest Service is conducting an analysis of the Shotgun forest management project. The project is on Bearlodge Ranger District, Black Hills National Forest, in three locations in the west-central Bear Lodge Mountains and northwestern Black Hills. The proposed action would […]
