The Drive Electric EV Car Event – Rapid City

The City of Rapid City’s Standing Committee on Sustainability is honored to sponsor The Drive Electric EV Car Event that will be held again this year in Rapid City in conjunction with the Cruiser Car Show to be held at Main Street Square from 2-6 pm on Saturday, September 30, 2023.  The EVs will be on the […]

Deadline to Send Written Comments to SDGFP Commission

Just before  midnight MT is the legal deadline to send written comments to the SDGFP.  Even though it is illegal when meeting occurs in MT location, SDGFP's Artificial Intelligence may cut off the comment period at midnight CT.  If they don't include your comment sent before midnight 11:59 MT, it is illegal and you can […]

SD Water Management Board Meeting

Below are the Water Management Board meetings tentatively scheduled for the remainder of 2023. October 4-5, 2023 December 6-7, 2023 Please check the Boards and Commissions Portal a week to 10 days prior to the scheduled meeting date to confirm.  Here is the link to the portal: https://boardsandcommissions.sd.gov/Meetings.aspx?BoardID=106  

SD Game, Fish and Parks Commission October 2023 Meeting

SD Game, Fish and Parks Commission October Meeting was in Deadwood and occurred on Thursday 5th and Friday the 6th of October 2023. It will be hybrid and Zoom links will be available.  More details will be posted later, but as it gets close to the meeting - for details watch: https://gfp.sd.gov/commission/information/ Written comments are due […]

Spruce comment deadline is extended

Comment deadline on Spruce project  was extended until Friday, October 06, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. MT. This is because the webpage for the project (including the commenting portal) was not working  for part of Friday, all of Saturday and Sunday and part of Monday, when comments were due on Monday the 25th. This was a  nation wide […]

Norbeck Society Annual Meeting & Picnic

Sunday, October 8, 11:00 a.m. Annual Picnic at Steamboat Rock Picnic Area, Nemo Road (18 miles northwest of Rapid City or 3.4 miles southeast of Nemo). There will be a potluck and the annual report. There is plenty of room to park along the closed gate. Potluck picnic – bring a dish to share and bring a chair. […]

Norbeck Society Zoom meeting on Milkweed Hybridization

Thursday, October 12, 6:00 p.m. - Norbeck Presents an evening Zoom with National Science Foundation grant recipient Dr. Carrie Olson-Manning, Associate Professor of Biology & Computer Science, Augustana University:  “The Science of Milkweed Hybridization: What happens to genomes and biochemical networks when species hybridize?” Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88173621695?pwd=eVlRZ3lSQ1BhUzVGUmN3akE0bTJ4QT09  

Field Trip on Forestry Basics

Field Trip on Forestry Basics Monday, Oct 16th, 2023, 9 am A car caravan will be organized in a dirt parking area along highway 385, just south of the entrance to Crazy Horse Monument & north of Custer, SD. Dave Mertz, a retired forester from the Black Hills National Forest (BHNF), will  drive around the […]

Black Hills National Forest – Forest Service Advisory Board Meeting

Advisory Board Meeting Forest Service Office – Mystic Ranger District Office 8221Mount Rushmore Road, Rapid City, SD 57702 Likely at 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. – October 18th, 2023 We are told that a lady from the Regional office will be there to release the final environmental assessments. This is the step needed before scoping […]

Board of Minerals & environment Meeting

Tentative BME meeting schedule for the remainder of 2023:   October 19, 2023 November 16, 2023 Please check the Boards and Commissions portal a week to 10 days prior to the scheduled meeting to confirm & get exact start & end times.  Here is the link for the BME:

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