Events

 The South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) has received a request for the modification of a Surface Water Discharge (SWD) permit from the following applicant:  APPLICANT NAME: Homestake Mining Company  PERMIT NUMBER: SDP000119  FACILITY LOCATION: Blacktail Water Treatment Facility: Located in Central City at 11457 Bobtail Gulch Street, in the Northeast ¼ […]

Deadline to Comment to Dept of Interior on Oil/Gas Leasing in Western Arctic is Nov 21st, but midnight in Alaska occurs very early on the next day in SD (Nov 22nd) The Nov 21, 2025 deadline is for the NPR-A (Western Arctic) Call for Nominations & Comments. This is the western Arctic not just ANWR specifically. […]

  Quote from DANR public notice: "Notice is given that the City of Custer, 622 Crook Street, Custer SD 57730, has filed an application for a water permit to impound an additional 22.5 acre-feet of water, in Custer West Dam, located on French Creek, to what is currently authorized by Water Right No. 298-2 & Water Permit […]

Deadline to submit comments to the SDGFP Commission for their review before  the December Meeting is - just before midnight CT on Sunday night. You must use the GFP public comment portal - https://gfp.sd.gov/forms/positions/ The December Commission Meeting will be held on December 4-5, 2025, starting at 1 pm CST at the Capitol Building, Room 414, […]

Deadline for Chapters to submit grant applications to National Audubon Society - has been extended from Sunday Nov 23rd to Monday December 1st.. Prairie Hills Audubon Society (PHAS)  is a chapter of the National Audubon Society (NAS). We share with them normally about 260 joint members and get an automatic grant award of $565 dollars […]

EPA SEEKS TO WEAKEN -"CLEAN AIR FOR PARKS" Comment Deadline: December 1, 2025 Tell EPA Not to Weaken the “Clean Air for Parks” / Regional Haze Rule EPA has released an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) titled:“Visibility Protection: Regional Haze State Plan Requirements Rule Revision.”This is the first step toward weakening the long-standing Regional […]

  Date and Time of Hybrid meeting: Thursday December 4, 2025, from 1-5 pm CST Meeting Location: Capitol Building, Room 414, 500 E Capitol Ave. Pierre, SD 57501 To view agenda and Commission Book (packet given to the Commission) visit https://gfp.sd.gov/commission/information/ ====== December Agenda (this has Zoom codes) : https://gfp.sd.gov/UserDocs/nav/Commission_Agenda_-_Dec.pdf Meeting ID: 912 6417 6710 Passcode: […]

Hello! Please join the Endangered Species Coalition (ESC)   on Friday, 12/5/25  to learn about the Endangered Species Act proposed rules (see comment deadline 12/22/25) and get tools helpful to engage in the public comment period. ESC will have time for questions and discussion. Endangered Species Act Proposed Rules Briefing Friday, December 5 at 12:30 […]

Rapid Creek Clean Up 12/13/2025 Saturday at 10:00 AM at Founders Park. Volunteers are going to brave the elements and haul away the human leftovers from the creek and surrounding banks.  For more information - Jeffrey Anderson <jrbk4349@aol.com> or Bill Young -guinnessmarsh@gmail.com