Triple G/Rallo’s Roost Placer Mining Project Approved

The Triple G/Rallo’s Roost Placer Mining Project Decision Memo was signed December 6, 2023. A copy of the final Decision Memo is available on the Black Hills National Forest website at the following web address: https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/blackhills/?project=53352 This Placer mining project is along Rapid Creek between Pactola and Rapid City. This decision is not subject to […]

Great Plains Tribal Water Alliance Winter Water & Climate Conference December 6-7, 2023

Great Plains Tribal Water Alliance Winter Water & Climate Conference December 6-7, 2023 in Box Elder, at the Box Events Center.  Exact time-of-day it starts or ends is not yet published, so I guessed at those start/end times www.TRIBALWATERALLIANCE.ORG, For info.: contact Reinique Black: reiniqueb@gmail.com, 605-515-1097, Registration fee is $50.00. You can pay on-line or […]

SD Water Management Board Meeting

Below is notice if  Water Management Board meeting in Pierre, at Joe Foss Building, You can participate remotely by Microsoft Teams or teleconference: December 6, 2023. Here is the link to the portal to  learn about the meeting, https://boardsandcommissions.sd.gov/Meetings.aspx?BoardID=106 Agenda: https://boardsandcommissions.sd.gov/bcuploads/202312Agenda1.pdf Board Packet: https://boardsandcommissions.sd.gov/bcuploads/202312PacketBoard.pdf

BHNF Forest Service Advisory Board Meeting – afternoon of Wednesday Dec 6th, Rapid City

Advisory Board Meeting Forest Service Office – Mystic Ranger District Office 8221Mount Rushmore Road, Rapid City, SD 57702 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. – December 6, 2023     The National Forest Advisory Board will meet on Wednesday, December 6 at 1:00 at the Mystic District Ranger Office. The agenda is available at: fseprd1154157.pdf (usda.gov)  The meeting is open […]

SD Game, Fish and Parks Commission’s December 2023 meeting

SD Game, Fish and Parks Commission's December 2023 meeting will be in Fort Pierre at Americinn and by Zoom. Send written comments by midnight of the Sunday before. Folks can testify for 3 minutes at 2 pm CT in person or by Zoom or phone. Visit this web page closer to the meeting date for […]

Deadline (extended) to Comment on Dakota Access Pipeline DEIS

The Army Corps opened the comment period on the draft DAPL EIS on September 8, 2023. The comment period will close at 11:59 PM ET December 13, 2023. https://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/Missions/Dam-and-Lake-Projects/Oil-and-Gas-Development/Dakota-Access-Pipeline/ The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District is seeking public comments on the recently published Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Dakota Access, LLC’s […]

Christmas Bird Count Season 2023-2024

Christmas Bird Count Season runs from December 14th, 2023 to January 5th, 2024. This years summary (2023-2024) of  Christmas Bird Counts in SD and near-by areas of surrounding states can be found on this PHAS web page: https://phas-wsd.org/citizsen-science/ You can also download a  PDF of our Announcement of CBC's in SD the region around western […]

Prairie Hills Audubon Society’s December Board Meeting

Prairie Hills Audubon Society's December Board Meeting will be the evening of Friday evening,  December 15th, 2023 by Zoom. Prairie Hills Audubon Society's (PHAS's) Board Meetings are open to PHAS's members & folks wishing to make presentations/requests. Contact Nancy Hilding for link information  - 605-787-6466, phas.wsd@rapidnet.com  

Scoping Comment Deadline for Parmalee Timber Project

The Hell Canyon Ranger District is proposing a vegetation management project, Parmlee Project Your comments would be most helpful if received by January 5, 2024. The preferred method to comment is via email at: comments-rocky-mountain-black-hills-hell-canyon@usda.gov Other ways to comment include by phone: 605-673-9200, you can hand deliver your comments at the District office at: 1019 […]

SD Game, Fish & Parks Commission’s January Meeting

SD Game, Fish & Parks Commission's January Meeting is in Pierre, Thursday-Friday,  January 11-12, 2024, at Matthews Training Center. Folks can testify for 3 minutes at 2 pm CT in person or by Zoom or phone. Visit this web page closer to the meeting date for more details: https://gfp.sd.gov/commission/information/ Agenda link: https://gfp.sd.gov/UserDocs/nav/Commission_Agenda_-_Jan_11-12,_2024_Public_Copy.pdf?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=gfp-commission-updates&utm_content=GFP+to+Hold+January+Meeting Zoom meeting link; https://state-sd.zoom.us/j/92827772568?pwd=cHByUFlQNi8rRXJ0dGlEazNRbjBqZz09#success To […]

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