• Deadline to Comment to Dept of Interior on Oil/Gas Leasing in Western Arctic

    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. […]

  • Deadline to submit comments to the SDGFP Commission for December Meeting

    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

    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 […]

  • Comment on EPA proposal to weaken “Clean Air for Parks Rule” 12/11/25

    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 […]

  • December 4th, Hybrid meeting of SDGFP Commission in Pierre

      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: […]

  • Endangered Species Act Proposed Rules Briefing by the Endangered Species Coalition

    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 Sat 12/13/2025

    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

  • Prairie Hills Audubon Society December Board meeting 12/10/25 by Zoom

    Prairie Hills Audubon Society 's December Board meeting is 12/10/25 Our board meetings are normally on the second Wednesday of the month at 6:30 pm MT by Zoom. Members are welcome at PHAS BoD  meetings, others (non-members)  by invitation. To get the Zoom codes ask Nancy at 605-787-6466, 787-2806 or e-mail phas.wsd@rapidnet.com,      

  • Endangered Species Act Proposed Rules — Webinar – Call to Action Against Rules

    Join the Endangered Species Coalition and partners as we come together to talk about the Trump administration's wide-reaching set of proposed rules that would severely undermine implementation of Endangered Species Act (ESA). The proposed ESA rule changes are now open for public comment until December 22, 2025. In this Zoom webinar the Coalition explain ways […]