Deadline for candidates to submit some candidate nominating petitions in SD

March 26th is the deadline for candidates for election to statewide offices, county offices & some municipal and school board elections to submit candidate nominating petitions. Municipalities and school boards can select from 3 options for election dates and thus can have one of three candidate nominating petition submission deadlines.  Go to the SD Secretary […]

PHAS’s March Members Meeting on Osprey and American Dipper in the Black Hills

PHAS's March Members Meeting will be on beaver dam analogs in the Black Hills National Forest. A Black Hills National Forest  employees (Melissa Dempsey and Matt Scott)  will  join us and tell us about volunteer help they need with building beaver dam analogs (imitation beaver dams)  in the northern Hills. SD Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) […]

Hearing on Draft Comprehensive Plan for Meade County, Meade County Planning Commission

Hearing on Draft Comprehensive Plan for Meade County, Meade County Planning Commission, Monday, April 1st 2024 The Planning Commission Public Hearing is scheduled for: Monday, April 1, 2024 at 3:00pm Meade County Commission Room (1300 Sherman St. Sturgis, SD) (605) 347-3818 Link to download draft plan: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/61a79945f91fb63fe590c49d/t/65a1a8fe3c94fc49094d6cc6/1705093383152/Meade+County+Draft+01-11-2024+2.0.pdf Planning Commission 4/1/24  Agenda should be on this […]

Scoping Comments due date for Mitchell Dam project, BHNF

April 1st, scoping comments are due  for Mitchell Dam project, Black Hills National Forest (BHNF). Scoping deadlines are a little flexible, if you miss the deadline date, you can still send them in late (but do that ASAP). They hope to make a decision by May 1st. The proposed project is to either decommission (remove) […]

SD Game, Fish and Parks April Commission Meeting

SD Game, Fish & Parks Commission's April Meeting is in Pierre, Thursday-Friday,  April 4th-5th,  2024, at Matthew Training Center We assume that SDGFP Commission continues in 2024 with its' normal meeting policies  from 2023, in which case, folks can testify for 3 minutes at 2 pm CT in person or by Zoom or phone. Visit […]

Grant deadline for Chapter Grant Applications to be submitted to NAS

PHAS can apply for grants to the National Audubon Society for projects ranging in award from $1,000-$15,000 dollars. Projects must meet various terms and goals set by the National Audubon Society. If any one has an ideas for a project they want to volunteer to work on, that needs money...contact a board member of PHAS […]

Some Municipal and School Board elections in SD

Some municipal and school board elections in SD will occur on this day (4/9/24) others can occur on the primary day in June - first Tuesday after the first Monday (Tuesday 6/4/24)  or on third Tuesday in June (Tuesday 6/18/24).   The cities/school boards have a choice of 3 dates, but most choose the first […]

Native American Fish and Wildlife Society, Great Plains Regional Conference

Native American Fish & Wildlife Society Great Plains Regional Conference April 17-18, 2024 Big Horn Resort – Billings, MT   Non-member $200.00 (Includes $ 50.00 Membership Fee) Current Member (Tribe and Individual) Registration Fee: $150.00 https://www.nafws.org/product/2024-great-plains-regional-conference/ Agenda - https://www.nafws.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Great-Plains-Agenda-2024-4.3.pdf

2024 Western SD Hydrology Conference

2024 Western SD Hydrology Conference - Thursday 4/18/24 at the Monument in Rapid City. Contact  Galen Hoogestraat for more information- ghoogest@usgs.gov  - Registration is open for the 2024 Western South Dakota Hydrology Conference held April 18, 2024 at the Monument in Rapid City. A preliminary program (agenda)  is.... posted on the conference registration website: REGISTER […]

Comment deadline on Deer, Bobcat and Pheasant Management Action Plans, SDGFP

Comment deadline on Deer, Bobcat and Pheasant Management Action Plans, SDGFP. It says the deadline is April 19th, without a time-of-day note, so we assume that is just before midnight CT on 4/19/24, but we will check with SDGFP to verify that time-of-day end point. Public notice: https://gfp.sd.gov/news/detail/1599/ South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) […]

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