Great Back Yard Bird Count

February 16-19th, 2024, Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) This event repeats annually. This next year it is February 16th-19th 2024. In February the world comes together for the love of birds.  https://www.birdcount.org,    or https://www.audubon.org/conservation/about-great-backyard-bird-count The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is a free, fun, and easy event that engages bird watchers of all ages in counting birds …

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Piedmont (Foothills Area) Legislative Cracker Barrel Feb. 17th, 2024, 1:30 pm

Foothills Area Hybrid Cracker Barrel, Piedmont, SD, 2/17/2024 When - Saturday, February 17th, 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm Where – Piedmont American Legion Post Who - Legislators for Districts 29 and 33 have been invited. What is a Cracker Barrel? - It's a moderated question and answer session where the public can ask their elected representative questions …

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PHAS February Member’s meeting – National Audubon Society reports on their activities in SD, ND & NE

PHAS February Member's meeting - National Audubon Society staff reports on their activities in SD, ND & NE Monday, February 26th, 6:30-9:00 by Zoom.  (Scroll down for Zoom details).   Audubon Great Plains (AGP) staff will join PHAS to update the group on AGP conservation programs across the three states of South Dakota, North Dakota …

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Hearing on Uranium exploitation policies with Indigenous people Inter-American Commission on Human Rights,

IACHR GRANTS THEMATIC HEARING ON IMPACTS TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ HUMAN RIGHTS FROM URANIUM EXPLOITATION Historic Hearing to be Held in Washington, D.C. Weds, Feb. 28th at 11am EST/9am MST  What: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights’ Thematic Hearing Where: IACHR/OAS, 1889 F St. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006 When: Wednesday, February 28, 2024 at 11am EST/9am MST Who: Members of the …

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Written Comments due to SDGFP Commission Sunday before their March meeting.

The deadline to send in written Comments to the SDGFP Commission before their March Meeting is just before midnight CT on Sunday night. You can still attend remotely and testify by Zoom on Thursday 3/7/24 or send comments to them individually. But to get them in the public record, you need to send about 3.5 …

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Comment deadline to USFWS on the proposed biological integrity, diversity, and environmental health (BIDEH) rules of our national wildlife refuges

March 4th is the deadline to submit comments on USFWS proposed rule about predator hunting and other issues on National Wildlife Refuges.   We assume comments must be posted on-line  just before 10 pm MT, or midnight CT. Or if sending by postal mail, postmarked on 3/4/24. For the federal register notice ... https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/02/02/2024-02076/national-wildlife-refuge-system-biological-integrity-diversity-and-environmental-health  Quotes from …

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Deadline to comment on Draft 2024 SD Integrated Report for Surface Water Quality Assessment

March 5th is the deadline to comment on Draft 2024 SD Integrated Report for Surface Water Quality Assessment (Integrated Report), See Dept. Of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) notice page at https://danr.sd.gov/public/ Public notice on this deadline is here https://danr.sd.gov/officeofwater/surfacewaterquality/pn/2024IR_PNLetter.pdf The Integrated Report is required under the federal Clean Water Act. This report combines the …

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