Prairie Hills Audubon Society (PHAS) Board Meetings are normally the second Wednesday of the month at 6:30 pm MT, if there will be a quorum of board members. If a quorum will be lacking, we move the date, which then might be the second Thursday or third Wednesday/Thursday. These meetings are open to members and others […]
125th Annual Christmas Bird Counts 2024-2025 The Christmas Bird Counts (CBCs) run from December 14th to January 5th of every year. This year, in western SD: Rapid City, Sturgis & Pierre CBCs are Dec 14th, Wind Cave & Hot Springs are Dec 15th., Shadehill is Dec. 17th, Bison is Dec. 19th, Badlands is Dec. 27th, […]
Prairie Hills Audubon Society's (PHAS) December Meeting will be on mining threats to the area, by Zoom, Lilias's Presentation's Title: 2024 Updates on Exploration/Mining Projects Description: "Things are moving very fast around water and mining issues in the Black Hills. This is your chance to catch up on what's going on at the end of […]
Deadline to File Protest on BLM's Decision on Greater Sage Grouse Amendments to RMPs Link to the FEIS https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-administration-tightens-sage-grouse-protections-ahead-of-second-trump-term/ar-AA1tKRLm The Federal Register notice ran on November 15, which would mean the protest is due December 15th, which is a Sunday. There is no postal delivery on Sundays so the deadline thus becomes Monday (the Post […]
Oceti Sakourin Treaty Conference Dec 17th-19th, 2024 at the Holiday Inn near the Civic Center, Downtown, Rapid City. For info, Phillip Two Eagles of Rosebud Sioux Tribe is arranging it. (pd2eagle@yahoo.com) https://sicangudata.org/2024_oceti_sakowin_treaty_conference Deadline to reserve rooms at cheaper rate with Holiday Inn, was November 20th, 2024. The official registration fee is $250 Link to the […]
The 18th of December is the deadline to return the notarized petitions with signatures, to the organizers of petition drive (who will deliver the set to the County). The referendum petition, would refer Lawrence County's recent Zoning Ordinance's 24-05 . Organizers have to return the cluster of notarized petitions to the County by COB on […]
SD Advocacy Network for Women is doing a training series on the SD legislature Did you miss the January 7th video conferencing presentation? Here’s your link to the recording of Betty Oldenkamp’s session on “How to Use the LRC Website and MyLRC+” It is about an hour long. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11WzjCEkgh4oAsQYB5xvT666JiA_Qtfqe?usp=drive_link
Sunday night just before midnight CT is the deadline to send written comments to SDGFP Commission for their January 9-10, 2025 meeting. Go to our event calendar for January 9-10 to learn more about the upcoming meeting. The Commission normally meets on the first Thursday of the month, unless holidays interfere (they normally skip […]
SD Game, Fish and Parks Commission meeting Jan 9th-10th, 2025, Hybrid meeting > Pierre, Ramkota Convention Center and Zoom Date and Time: January 9, 2025, from 1-5 pm CST | January 10, 2025, from 8 am-12 pm CST Zoom Webinar: Click here to join the meeting Meeting ID: 912 6417 6710 Passcode: 970458 Call In: […]
Meeting at which organizers of referendum on Lawrence County Zoning changes (to put Conditional Use Permits (CUPs) under authority of Board of Adjustments, not the Commission) will speak. An informational meeting is being held this Thursday (1/9) at the VFW in Spearfish starting at 5:30pm. The VFW is located at 3102 E Fairgrounds Loop - […]
