• “No Kings II” protest Mid-day Rapid City, Sturgis & Spearfish & elsewhere the Region

    "No Kings II" protests in Black Hills Area No Kings II - Morning October 18 @ 11:30 am-1 pm Spearfish  SD, United States North Main Street & West Jackson Street Spearfish, SD 57783 =============================== No Kings II - Midday October 18 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm UTC-6  Rapid City, SD, United StatesCity Hall 300 6th St, Quote from […]

  • Senate Committee Vote on “FIX OUR FORESTS” rewrite – oppose S.1462

    Prairie Hills Audubon Society Objects to the  House “Fix Our Forests Act” (H.R. 8446). CHAT GTP prepared the below report for us: None of our Senators are on Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, but Thune is head of the Senate. https://www.energy.senate.gov/ The “Fix Our Forests Act” (H.R. 8446) passed the U.S. House of Representatives in […]

  • Chad Hanson speaking on Fire Ecology and other fire related topics – Zoom meeting

      Chad Hanson of the John Muir Project will be speaking on fire in forest - on the FOREST FIRE ECOLOGY,  Prairie Hills Audubon Society (PHAS) and the Norbeck Society are sponsors and it is on the evening of Wednesday, Oct 22nd  6:30 MT by Zoom. The public is invited to the meeting.  .  Zoom codes & phone options […]

  • Owl-O-Ween – an annual event at the Black Hills Raptor Center on Saturday October 25th,

    Join the Black Hills Raptor Center (BHRC)  in celebrating “Owl”-O-Ween on Saturday, October 25 noon- 5 pm, at the Black Hills Raptor Center facility, 15256 EAST Hwy 44, Rapid City. Families are invited to make a reservation and explore the world of owls and other raptors. Black Hills Raptor Center volunteers will be at the […]

  • Deadline to submit written comments to the SDGFP Commission

    Deadline to submit written comments to the SDGFP Commission for receipt before their November meeting,  is 11:59 MT on Sunday  night. Submit on web page: https://gfp.sd.gov/forms/positions/ting Go to Current meeting overview web page, on the Friday before the weekend of Nov 1-2 to get a copy of the Agenda and Commission Book, if they are […]

  • Meade County Planning Commission meeting

    Meade County Planning Commission meeting Meade County offices, 1300 Sherman Street, Sturgis, SD The meeting starts at 1 pm on Monday. The public comment period happens very close to the start of the meeting. We are not sure when the meet ends. We have heard rumors that the -  pending limestone mine already licensed by […]

  • Alternative Energy Amendment to Ordinance brfor Pennington County Comission

    Consideration of Alternative Energy Amendment to Pennington's existing Ordinance . Draft Ordinance changes will have first of two readings before Pennington County Commission on the 4th of November..   For details see alert o the  historic Planning Commission meeting Monday, Oct 27th on this calendar.  We have been told the draft Ordinance did not change […]

  • 1st Reading of amendments to Ordinance – alternative energy, Pennington County Commission

    1st Reading of amendments to Ordinance - on alternative energy, Pennington County Commission , Meeting starts at 9 am, I don't know when Ordinance will be reviewed - it is item # 17 on the agenda, so it won't be at 9 am. . To find the Commission's agendas and minutes https://pennco.org/index.asp?SEC=06FBC01F-7BFF-4F4A-B4DA-30E9BEDE3920&Type=B_BASIC   Agenda for […]