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 […]
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, […]
May 9th electronically sent before midnight or postmarked , is the deadline for scoping comments on. THIS DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED A WEEK to Friday the 16th 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. Project web page and […]
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, […]
5/17/25 Pennington County Master Gardener's Annual Plant share, at 8am, Walter Taylor building - Central States Fairground We are not sure how long it runs have guessed at 8 am- 5 pm
Deadline to Comment on Grizzly Bear ESA listing Rule, Sat May 17th, 2025 For info. visit https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/15/2025-00329/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-grizzly-bear-listing-on-the-list-of-endangered-and The USFWS writes "After a review of the best scientific and commercial data available, we affirm that the currently listed grizzly bear population meets our requirements for consideration as a distinct population segment (DPS) under the Act and […]
Our statement that the deadline to comment on USFWS rule change on Endangered species is 5/17/25 was wrong - it is really May 19th, 2025. We were off by 2 days. This is an extremely bad rule proposal & must be opposed. For more than 40 years, the harm definition has protected endangered species […]
Deadline for an extended comment period on Monarch Butterfly's ESA listing proposal Deadline of new comment period on monarch butterfly proposed listing, is May 19th, On March 18th, the USFWS extended the previous comment period for another 60 days. Officials say the proposed rule includes species-specific protections and flexibilities to encourage conservation of the […]
We had posted that the deadline to comment on rescinding the definition of "harm" for ESA was May 17th, that was a mistake, --- it is really Monday, May 19th. This is the link to the sign on letter that the National Audubon Society offers. (You go on-line and submit a pre-fab letter) https://act.audubon.org/a/protect-esa-2025 This […]
Black Hills National Forest, National Forest Advisory Board, Wednesday, May 21st Meeting Times: Begin at 1 p.m. and end no later than 4:30 p.m. Location: Mystic Ranger District Office, 8221 Mount Rushmore Road, Rapid City, SD 57702 The public can attend, but can't speak unless ask to speak 3 days in advance Written comments and requests for time for […]
