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SUMMARY:Republican Run-off Primary for Governor
DESCRIPTION:The South Dakota GOP gubernatorial primary runoff is Tuesday\, July 28\, 2026 — a week and a half from now — between Toby Doeden and Larry Rhoden\, since no candidate cleared the 35% threshold in the June primary.  If you are a republican\, you should vote!
URL:https://phas-wsd.org/event/republican-run-off-primary-for-governor/
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SUMMARY:Comment Deadline — Forest Service "Directives" Rule (public-comment rollback)
DESCRIPTION:Title: Comment Deadline — Forest Service “Directives” Rule (public-comment rollback) \nDate: Friday\, July 31\, 2026 \nBody:\nPublic comments due to USDA Forest Service on proposed rule RIN 0596-AD74\, which would weaken the public’s right to see and comment on how national forests — including Black Hills National Forest — are managed. The rule reclassifies Forest Service Handbooks as “advisory\,” removing them from public-comment requirements\, and states that removing existing directives would not require public notice at all. This may make citing them in administrative appeals (objections) less forceful. Tied to Executive Order 14219 (deregulation agenda). \nSubmit at regulations.gov (search “RIN 0596-AD74”) or email SM.FS.Directives-Comments@usda.gov. \nWe are not sure of the time-of-day for the deadline\, but it is normally before midnight Eastern Time. \nWe will search for environmental group alerts and pre-fab letters. We anticipate sign-on letters for groups
URL:https://phas-wsd.org/event/comment-deadline-forest-service-directives-rule-public-comment-rollback/
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SUMMARY:Spearfish Watershed Festival 2026
DESCRIPTION:2026 Spearfish Creek Watershed Festival Announcement\, Saturday August 1st\, 2026 \n\nPlanned events are:\n9-12 am- Hydro plant tours\n12-2 pm – Creek clean up\n2-4 pm – Community Education – The community education portion of the festival will be at the central shelter in the Spearfish City Park. This will at least involve  various groups having booths and children activities.\n\nFor more information: Micah Peters\, spearfishwatershedfestival@gmail.com\,\nThis link has information on the 2025 event: https://www.facebook.com/SpearfishCreekWatershedFestival/\nGeneric site w/ contact info: – https://spearfishwatershedfestival.carrd.co/#
URL:https://phas-wsd.org/event/spearfish-watershed-festival-2026/
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SUMMARY:Deadline to comment on BLM's proposed  revisions of Biden era fluid Leasing reforms.
DESCRIPTION:Oil and Gas Leasing proposed rule\, 91 FR 38084\, Docket BLM-2025-0037\, comments due August 24\, 2026\, with the companion Royalty/lost gas rule (91 FR 37906) on the same deadline. \nBLM published two related proposed rules in the Federal Register on June 24\, 2026\, both with public comments open until August 24\, 2026: \n1. Oil and Gas Leasing (91 FR 38084; RIN 1004-AF05)\nhttps://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/24/2026-12734/oil-and-gas-leasing\nThis is the main one — it would revise the leasing process across 43 CFR parts 3000–3180\, citing the OBBB and the “Unleashing American Energy” and DOGE deregulatory executive orders. It’s proposed changes to expedite and encourage oil and gas development; industry is calling it a repeal of Biden-era measures\, while environmental groups say it will stifle critical public participation and reduce incentives for companies to clean up drilling sites. This is largely an unwinding of the 2024 Fluid Mineral Leases and Leasing Process Rule (the one that raised royalty rates\, rentals\, minimum bids\, and bonding under the IRA). \nSubmit your comments using one of these methods: \n\nMail\, personal\, or messenger delivery: U.S. Department of the Interior\, Director (630)\, Bureau of Land Management\, 1849 C St. NW\, Room 5646\, Washington\, DC 20240\, Attention: 1004-AF05.\n\n\nFederal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. In the Search-box\, enter “BLM-2025-0037” and click the “Search” button. Follow the instructions at this website.\n\n2. Royalty for Oil and Gas Lost From Onshore Federal and Indian Leases (91 FR 37906; RIN 1004-AF33)\nhttps://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/24/2026-12738/royalty-for-oil-and-gas-lost-from-onshore-federal-and-indian-leases\nThis companion rule covers venting\, flaring\, and lost gas — it would reframe the rule’s purpose around reducing regulatory burdens for operators and streamlining administration of oil and gas losses\, with new venting/flaring measurement point requirements. \nSubmit your comments using one of the following methods: \n\nMail\, Personal\, or Messenger Delivery: U.S. Department of the Interior\, Director (630)\, Bureau of Land Management\, 1849 C St. NW\, Room 5646\, Washington\, DC 20240\, Attention: RIN #1004-AF33.\n\n\nFederal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. In the Search box\, enter the docket number “BLM-2025-0235” and click the “Search” button. Follow the instructions at this website. As required by 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(4)\, the Portal also contains a plain language summary of the proposed rule.\n\nGo to the federal register notice for commenting instructions. We assume the deadline is  before midnight eastern time\, \nENVIRONMENTAL GROUP ALERTS – pre Fab letters: \n================ \n1. The Wilderness Society — “Tell Interior you oppose rolling back the Oil and Gas Rule!”\nhttps://act.wilderness.org/a/ogrule-2026-alert\nTheir action page frames the rollback as a handout to fossil fuel interests\, slashing safeguards and the fees oil companies pay to drill. The act.wilderness.org platform is EveryAction \n2. WORC (Western Organization of Resource Councils) — https://worc.org/blm-oil-and-gas-rule-revision-could-devastate-parts-of-the-rural-west/\nTheir page says they’ve made it quick and easy to send a comment and urges people to tell BLM to leave the 2024 rule alone. WORC may actually be a good framing fit for a South Dakota audience — Dakota Resource Council and Dakota Rural Action are WORC member groups\, and their messaging is pitched at rural Western communities and ranchers: bonding rollbacks leaving taxpayers with cleanup costs\, ending notification of split-estate landowners when federal minerals under their property are leased\, and cutting the public objection window from 90 days to 10. \n—– \nPrairie Hills Audubon Society has been in litigation for several years\, with other environmental groups\, represented by Western Environmental Law Center\, to intervene on behalf of the Biden Administration in support of Biden’s revisions.  Those revisions are being rewritten here. PHAS will sign on to the comment letter written by WELC and others.
URL:https://phas-wsd.org/event/deadline-to-comment-on-blms-proposed-revisions-of-biden-era-fluid-leasing-reforms/
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SUMMARY:SD GFP Commission September Meeting -Sept 10th-11th\, Hybrid Winner and Zoom
DESCRIPTION:SD GFP Commission September Meeting will be Sept 10th-11th at Winner and by Zoom \nVisit this site closer to the meeting for the Agenda and Commission Book. https://gfp.sd.gov/commission/information/ \nChanges to the States list of Threatened and Endangered Species are proposed…that would be delisting the Interior Least Tern and the Eskimo Curlew and some changes to the delisting objectives for some species.  Go to July meeting to view proposals in the Commission book. Proposals from July will be finalized in September. \nWritten comments are due the Sunday before the Thursday before midnight Central Time – https://gfp.sd.gov/forms/positions/. \nYou can attend  by Zoom and testify by Zoom or phone.
URL:https://phas-wsd.org/event/sd-gfp-commission-september-meeting-sept-10th-11th-hybrid-winner-and-zoom/
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