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 […]

Climate Watch Winter Season - January 15th-February 15th Climate Watch – The summer and winter seasons repeat each year. Climate Watch is sponsored by the National Audubon Society (NAS) & takes place during two distinct seasons—winter (January 15-February 15) and summer (May 15-June 15). Below is the alert for any season (winter or summer) . Like the […]

House State Affairs hearing on HB 1071 https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24868 Committee: House State Affairs Room: Room 414 Date: Wednesday, January 17, 2024 Time: 7:45 AM-9:45 AM You can testify remotely if you ask the committee at least 24 hours in advance  to be scheduled to testify and for a link. You can send written comments in before […]

Black Hills National Forest - Forest Service Advisory Board Meeting is likely to occur on 1/17/24. As the date approaches, please verify that the meeting will occur, - visit BHNF web page https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/blackhills/workingtogether/advisorycommittees/?cid=stelprdb5114550 or email scott.j.jacobson@usda.gov  

================================ HOUSE BILLS -------------------------------------------------------------HB 1071, Take action - ask your legislator to oppose HB 1071 -  https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24868   - HB 1071  would let the Governor make agreements with the federal government to extend state authority over uranium mining and milling & other processes with radioactive material . An agreement under this bill would eliminate the Nuclear […]

Below find alerts on bills related to environment on the floors (Senate & house) Monday **Senate Bill 14,  Would permit taking of coyotes by invitees of landowner from snowmobiles in certain conditions – hunting from snowmobiles is currently not for any species except for coyotes & then only by landowner.  PHAS OPPOSES THIS BILL. .   In Senate Agriculture […]

SB 14 (expanding conditional hunting of coyotes from snow mobiles) was removed from the Consent Calendar (thanks to Sen. Nesiba) and the Senate floor vote on SB 14 was postponed from Monday to Tuesday.  Senate starts meeting at 2 pm CT on Tuesday and the bill is early on the agenda, Go Back to previous […]

Objection Deadline Golden Crest Exploratory Drilling Project is Friday, January 26th, 2024, 45 days after it was published in RCJ newspaper on Dec 12th, 2023.  To have legal standing to object (formally) you must have commented during scoping or draft EA review. Clean Water Alliance and other groups will be doing alerts on this objection […]

The first Rapid City Legislative Cracker Barrel is January 27th at Western Dakota Tech, 9 am - 11 am. This is sponsored by Elevate Rapid City. Go to our web page on cracker barrels to learn about statewide cracker barrels  & the next Rapid City ones - https://phas-wsd.org/sd-legislative-cracker-barrels-2022/

 Thursday, February 8, 6:00 public Zoom meeting: Norbeck Society presents Martha Geores: “Community Ownership & Sustaining the Black Hills National Forest” (poster attached to email.  Martha’s book, “Common Ground: The Struggle for Ownership of the Black Hills National Forest” is available at the RC Library – 2 copies) Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88173621695?pwd=eVlRZ3lSQ1BhUzVGUmN3akE0bTJ4QT09