Above is a photo of an old growth ponderosa pine in the Sand Creek Roadless Area of the Black Hills National Forest Trump's Department of Agriculture working on rescinding Roadless Rule - the Comment deadline is Friday, Sept 19th. The Clinton Administration in 2001, after doing an EIS, passed an administrative rule to designate subsets […]
Visit to Beaver Dam Analog building project in the Northern Black Hills at Green Gulch/Silver Creek. There will be another group visit to the Beaver Dam Analog building project in Green Gulch on Saturday Sept 20th, 2025 with a car pool leaving Rapid City at 9 am. We believe the Black Hills Fly Fishers and […]
2025 Pennington County Conservation District 2nd Annual Conference Wednesday, September 24th, 2025 - Best Western Ramkota Hotel, Rapid City, 9 am-5 pm MT link to URL for the conference and view agenda: https://www.penningtonconservation.com/conference Registration ($25.00) https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pennington-conservation-district-conference-2025-tickets-1622946339189
The Black Hills Forum & Press Club will host Senator Thune on Friday, September 26, 2025 at 11:30 at the Double Tree by Hilton Rapid City Downtown Convention Center. Tickets include a luncheon. There might be a protest outside the hotel. We are not sure who is organizing that, if any, but Indivisible might know about […]
National Public Lands Day event - Join the nationwide celebration of National Public Lands Day (NPLD) on the fourth Saturday of September. This most extensive single-day volunteer effort for public lands, a signature event of the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF), unites individuals and communities to improve and enjoy our treasured outdoor spaces. Since 1994, […]
Presentation on America’s Public Lands, Joy Center, Spearfish, 9/29/25 September 29 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Presentation – “The History & Future of America’s Public Land”, by presenter Walt Dabney. In Spearfish, SD on the evening of Monday, September 29th, 2025 Walt is a retired National Park Service Superintendent and Director of Texas State Parks. He […]
Presentation - "The History & Future of America's Public Land", by presenter Walt Dabney. At Journey in Rapid City, SD on the evening of Tuesday, September 30, 2025 Walt is a retired National Park Service Superintendent and Director of Texas State Parks. He has a very strong base of knowledge, huge "street cred", and is […]
WATER MANAGEMENT BOARD Meeting on October 1, 2025 Floyd Matthew Training Center Joe Foss Bldg., 523 E Capitol Ave, Pierre SD 9:30AM Call to Order For details visit: https://boardsandcommissions.sd.gov/Meetings.aspx?BoardID=106 Agenda - https://boardsandcommissions.sd.gov/bcuploads/202510_Agenda.pdf Packet: https://boardsandcommissions.sd.gov/bcuploads/202510_BdPkt_portal.pdf Remote participation Microsoft Teams - https://boardsandcommissions.sd.gov/bcuploads/202510PortalParticipationInfoPublic.pdf
SD Ornithologist Union Fall meeting of SDOU at Sioux Falls 10/3/2025 - 10/5/2025 SDOU holds two meetings each year. The meetings are held in various places throughout the state and provide opportunity for sharing information and fun. The autumn meeting program includes presentations on ornithology and related natural history topics. The spring meeting emphasizes field […]
Friday, October 3rd, is the deadline to comment on Trump Administration's rewrite of BLMs plans for greater sage grouse management. We assume the time-of-day is just before midnight EST. URL to CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY PRESS RELEASE ON THIS - https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/trump-nukes-protections-for-greater-sage-grouse-2025-09-02/ A quote from their press release: "Today’s document, which opens an […]