Black Hills Area Botany & Ecology Workshop Zoom on March 17 and Online and In Person March 18 Plus Call for Speakers

 The Black Hills Area Botany & Ecology Workshop will beThe afternoon of Thursday, March 17 will be all online (via zoom) and will feature contributed talks.The morning of Friday, March 18 will be online and in-person at the Outdoor Campus West in Rapid City. It will feature a symposium on Climate Resilience and Adaptation and …

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March 31st – Comment Deadline DOE – Rare Earth Elements demonstration facility.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) wants public input by Thursday, March 31st 2022 on DOE's plan to design, construct, and build-out a demonstration facility enabling domestic rare earth element (REE) and critical mineral (CM) supply chains . Under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), DOE is required to fund a Rare Earth Elements (REE) demonstration facility. The information being …

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Prairie Hills Audubon Society Monthly Meeting – Late March

Topic: PHAS monthly meetingsTime: Late March meeting , Thursday March 31st, 2022, 6:30 pmSpeaker: Lori Brown of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) on Beaver and Beaver Dam AnalogsTo watch a recording of the meeting - "Riparian Resilience in Western SD Streams” and beaver and beaver dam analogs: https://vimeo.com/695026006 Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/85433920233?pwd=QmxYUDMvMGRrNW9yRmVON3VPU0dRZz09 Meeting ID: 854 3392 0233Passcode: 534620One tap mobile+12532158782,,85433920233#,,,,*534620# US (Tacoma)+13462487799,,85433920233#,,,,*534620# …

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ONGOING MEETINGS ON DRAFT HARD ROCK MINING ORDINANCE – PENNINGTON COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION

It takes a while to review and write ordinances. In addition to Feb 9th hearing, it has also since been heard on February 28th and will be heard again on March 28th, then April 25th, then May 23rd at 9 am before the same Planning Commission. When Mon, , 9am – 1pm Where Commission Chambers, 130 Kansas …

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April 27, 2022 Western South Dakota Hydrology Conference Plus Call for Speakers Deadline Feb 4

The 2022 Western South Dakota Hydrology Conference will be held on WednesdayApril 27, 2022 at the Monument (formerly “Rushmore Plaza Civic Center”) in RapidCity. This email serves as an abstract call (speakers and posters), vendor call, and fieldtrip leader call for the 2022 conference. Registration information:Registration information will be available in February 2022 at the …

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PHAS monthly meeting for April – Update on Mining Threats to the Black Hills

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Thursday,  April 28th, 2022  6:30 pm MT - PHAS Zoom Meeting Update on Mining Threats to the Black Hills Lilias Jarding, Ph.D., Executive Director, Black Hills Clean Water Alliance.    There has been a lot of new activity around potential large-scale mining in the Black Hills.  There have been three new projects just in April!  This presentation …

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IWLA’s South Dakota Division’s State Convention Huron – April 29th – May 1st, 2022

Izaak Walton League of America’s South Dakota Division’s State Convention Huron Events Center - April 29th – May 1st, 2022 Friday, April 29th 5-8 pm   CT          Social hour & brief SD IWLA Directors meeting Saturday, April 30th    8 am - 8 pm,  CT,  4  presentations on 4 topics, chapter reports, lunch …

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May 10th, Meade County Commission Meeting – Set date of hearing on Section line Relocation (shooting range),Hearings for Malt beverage licenses and Temporary Campground

May 10th, Meade County Commission Meeting -  malt beverage license renewals and temporary campground permits.  The hearings are expected after 10 am. Motion to set date for Section-line relocation (GFP proposed shooting range), to maybe ?June, 14th?, that discussion is before 10 am.  Prairie Hills Audubon Society has opposed selling of alcohol too close to Bear …

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