================================ 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  

February 16-19th, 2024, Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) This event repeats annually. This next year it is February 16th-19th 2024. In February the world comes together for the love of birds.  https://www.birdcount.org,    or https://www.audubon.org/conservation/about-great-backyard-bird-count The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is a free, fun, and easy event that engages bird watchers of all ages in counting birds […]

Foothills Area Hybrid Cracker Barrel, Piedmont, SD, 2/17/2024 When - Saturday, February 17th, 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm Where – Piedmont American Legion Post Who - Legislators for Districts 29 and 33 have been invited. What is a Cracker Barrel? - It's a moderated question and answer session where the public can ask their elected representative questions […]

SD Sierra Club Lobbyist  (Guy Larson) will report on 2024 legislature at a  Zoom meeting. Thursday evening, Feb. 22, at 7:00 PM Central / 6 PM Mountain.   You have to e-mail him for a link:  whiterabbetguy@gmail.com

PHAS February Member's meeting - National Audubon Society staff reports on their activities in SD, ND & NE Monday, February 26th, 6:30-9:00 by Zoom.  (Scroll down for Zoom details).   Audubon Great Plains (AGP) staff will join PHAS to update the group on AGP conservation programs across the three states of South Dakota, North Dakota […]