Friday, October 18, 9:00 a.m. - noon Forestry Basics Field Trip – back by popular demand! with retired BHNF Natural Resource Staff Officer, Dave Mertz Join us for a field trip to learn about Forestry and see examples of prescribed burning, thinning, and overstory removal. This is great opportunity to understand terminology and concepts that guide […]
October 21st 5 pm is the deadline for the Auditor of your county to receive your voter registration, if you are not already registered. You can go into the Auditor's office or mail far enough in advance for her/him to receive it on Oct. 21st. The mail has gotten slower now-a-days if it needs to […]
This was the deadline to Comment on Mineral Withdrawal for Pactola Area in BHNF, however the Forest Service gave us a one week extension and the deadline is now the 28th of October. Prairie Hills Audubon Society supports the proposed mineral withdrawal. Here is a link to Black Hills Clean Water Alliance web page on […]
Norbeck Society Monthly meeting on Outdoor Recreation & Wildland Management, Thursday, October 24, 6:00 p.m. Norbeck Society Presents: “Fair allocation of recreation resources in an era of increasing demand” an evening Zoom with Dr. Will Rice, Assistant Professor, Outdoor Recreation & Wildland Management, University of Montana. Dr. Will Rice is Assistant Professor of Outdoor Recreation and Wildland Management in […]
Dakota Rural Action Annual Meeting in Sioux Falls Oct 25th-26th October 25 @ 1:00 pm - October 26 @ 12:30 pm MDT $45 Dakota Rural Action’s 37th Annual Meeting is being held at the Sioux Falls History Club on October 25th and 26th! For more information: https://www.dakotarural.org/event/37th-annual-meeting-taking-charge-building-together/ Registration: https://secure.everyaction.com/nD6f_bKDh06WlkNIat9vvw2
Register for Owl-O-Ween The Black Hills Raptor Center is proud to present their annual Owl-O-Ween fundraiser on Saturday, Oct. 26! There are a limited number of reservations available between 12-4 pm MT, so please register on our website to join in on the family fun. Here's what the afternoon will include: Trunk-or-treating (a.k.a., lots of […]
The Forest Service extended their deadline to Monday, October 28th for the Pactola-Rapid Creek Watershed Withdrawal comment period. HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR COMMENT TO THE FOREST SERVICE. Go to this link https://cara.fs2c.usda.gov/Public//CommentInput?Project=63876 Fill out the online form they provide. Include your first and last name, address, etc. Please be sure to say anywhere in your comment, […]
Deadline to submit written comments to SD GFP Commission before Nov. meeting. The Commission normally meets on the first Thursday of the month, unless holidays interfere (they normally skip meeting in August and February ). The written comment deadline is midnight of the Sunday before meeting, in the time Zone the meeting happens in, which […]
Election day is Nov 5th REFERRED LAW 21 At our July 2024 Board Meeting, the PHAS Board of Directors endorsed the referendum of Senate Bill 201. We opposed SB 201 during the legislature. The referendum is called Referred Law 21. This is related to the fight in eastern SD over CO2 pipelines and local […]
SD Game, Fish and Parks November hybrid meeting - likely in Pierre, There will be face-to-face and Zoom attendance. Folks can testify for 3 minutes at 1 pm MT (2 pm CT) in person or by Zoom or phone on rule finalizations and/or at the Open Forum . Visit this web page for more […]