Follow up meeting to fall Anti-mining summit meeting for BlackHills

Protecting the Black Hills from Mining Summit, Follow up Meeting, May 9th, 10 am-4 pm MT, Check-in starts at 9:30 am Space is limited you must pre-register to attend Go to https://wp.me/P8vQtg-4H5 or  https://bhcleanwateralliance.org/summit_followup_may2025/

Deadline for scoping comments on Rochford Mineral Exploratory Drilling Project

May 9th  electronically sent before midnight or postmarked , is the deadline for scoping comments on Pete Lien and Sons Rochford Mineral Exploratory Drilling Project. https://cara.fs2c.usda.gov/Public/CommentInput?Project=67838 The scoping comment period for this project is April 9, 2025 - May 9, 2025. Electronic comments are preferred and must be submitted to the Comment Reviewing Officer online at https://cara.fs2c.usda.gov/Public//CommentInput?Project=67838. An […]

International Migratory Bird Day

International Migratory Bird Day is the second Saturday in May. May 10th A local event is planned to celebrate IMBD, but will likely be on the third weekend, at Bear Butte State Park. PHAS has a field trip to La Creek NWR every May, it is usually on the first or second Saturday in May.

Native American Fish and Wildlife Society 2025 Annual National Conference in Wyoming

The 2025 Native American Fish and Wildlife Society Annual National Conference, hosted by the Eastern Shoshone & Northern Arapaho Tribes of the Wind River Reservation, will be held from May 12 to 15, 2025 at the Wind River Hotel and Casino in Riverton, WY. Agenda: https://www.nafws.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2025-National-Conference-Agenda.-DRAFT-4.24.25.pdf Early Bird Registration Fees (Until March 28, 2025): Non-member – […]

Deadline to Intervene in Project to explore for uranium above Craven Canyon

DEADLINE TO SUBMIT COMMENT OR INTERVENE IS MAY 14.   Deadline to submit letters to South Dakota DANR’s “Minerals, Mining, and Superfund Program” to intervene, comment, and/or push for a change of venue to Fall River County are due no later than Wednesday, May 14th, 5:00 PM CST. Scroll down for instructions on intervening. Clean […]

SD Ornithologist Union Biennial Spring Meeting

SD Ornithologist Union Biennial Spring Meeting This will be a tri-state joint meeting with our fellow birders from Iowa and Nebraska, hosted the weekend of May 16-18 at the Salvation Army Western Plains Camp in South Sioux City, NE.   There is a fantastic array of field trips scheduled in all three states, a Friday […]

Endangered Species Day Celebration

Friday, May 16th, 2025 Every year we have an Endangered Species Day Celebration, where multiple groups sponsor presentations on federal and state listed endangered or threatened (T & E) species. In recent years it has been a Zoom meeting.   It is normally from 6 pm to 9 pm on the eve of Endangered Species Day, […]

International Bird Day Celebration for Western SD – Bird Bash at Bear Butte

International Bird Day Event Celebration for Western SD This event is at Bear Butte State Park - Bear Butte State Park Education Center, Sturgis, SD, 8 am - 3 pm MT It is organized/sponsored by Audubon Great Plains, American Bird Conservancy, Bird Conservancy of the Rockies, Black Hills Raptor Center, The Nature Conservancy, SDGFP, NRCS, […]

Deadline (5/17/25) to comment on USFWS rule change on Endangered Species

Deadline (5/17/25)  to comment on USFWS rule change on Endangered species Rescinding the Definition of “Harm” under the Endangered Species Act AGENCY: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Commerce For Federal Register Notice https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-06746.pdf Quote: "The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (collectively […]