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 […]
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 […]
On Tuesday November 4th the Pennington County Commission continued the first reading of amendments to Alternative Energy Ordinance to December 16th. Go to our calendar page for that meeting date (11/4/25) https://phas-wsd.org/event/1st-reading-of-amendments-to-ordinance-alternative-energy-pennington-county-commission/ for more information and/or to Monday Oct 27th calendar page for Planning Commission meeting. We have not seen the agenda yet, but reading […]
We will be providing more information on this deadline in the future https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDOI/bulletins/3fc00d6 The public is encouraged to submit comments during the 30-day comment period beginning November 19 at https://www.regulations.gov by searching the following docket numbers: FWS–HQ–ES–2025–0039 (Section 4) FWS–HQ–ES–2025–0044 (Section 7) FWS–HQ–ES–2025–0029 (Section 4(d)) FWS–HQ–ES–2025–0048 (Section 4(b)(2)) Here is CBD’s release: https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/trump-moves-to-dismantle-endangered-species-act-2025-11-19/ For […]
ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT (ESA) ROLLBACK PACKAGE - COMMENTS DUE ON DECEMBER 22, 2025 Issue: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has issued four proposed rules to roll back Endangered Species Act protections. These proposals would:• allow economic impacts to influence listing decisions;• narrow the meaning of “foreseeable future,” limiting climate-related listings;• reduce critical habitat […]