FORESTRY BASICS FIELD TRIP WITH DAVE MERTZ - Fri., November 14th (contingent on weather),- meeting at 9 am at Sugar Shack on Hwy 385. Every fall Dave Mertz, a forester, retired from the Black Hills National Forest (BHNF), leads us on a field trip in the Black Hills to learn about forestry basics and the BHNF logging program. Prairie Hills Audubon Society, […]
PHAS Mid November Birding Field Trip Saturday Nov 15th - contingent on weather (which looks good 5 days out). Jedediah will lead a birding trip at Canyon Lake Park in Rapid City. Birders are to meet at 8 am, at the bridge that leads to the gazebo. Canyon Lake Park is off Jackson Blvd in […]
Black Hills Clean Water Alliance dinner & meeting, with presentation on "Sacred Sites". In Rapid City at 5:30 - 7:00 pm 11/17/25 at the Minneluzahan Senior Citizen Center, 315 N. 4th St. We think the meal is free (but we are not sure) . It is suggested people bring dinner ware so as to minimize […]
Piedmont Board of Trustees meets on Tuesday, 11/18/25 at 6:30 pm MT Piedmont City Hall, 102 Walnut St. - Opportunity to Comment on pending Sand/Gravel mine. Public will be given 3 minutes each There is a point near the start of the meeting ---- at Item #4 for public comment on pending mine and Item #13 […]
BHNF Forest Service Advisory Board meeting might happen Please verify when close to the date
PHAS had a Zoom member's meeting on the Nest Predator Bounty Program (NPBP) on Wed. Nov. 19th. It started at 6:30 pm MT. To join PHAS membership Wednesday Zoom meeting November 19th on the Nest Predator Bounty Program visit link (this will be a repeated link for our future meetings) : https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85433920233?pwd=QmxYUDMvMGRrNW9y RmVON3VPU0dRZz09 Meeting ID: […]
Board of Minerals and Environment Telephone Conference Meeting 11/20/25 Board of Minerals and Environment , Telephone Conference Meeting DANR Large Conference Room 523 East Capitol Avenue , Pierre, SD November 20, 2025 10:00 a.m. Central Time The public may participate in-person or via telephone by dialing 1-605-679-7263 and entering Conference ID 424 209 532# The full board packet and the […]
Here is a link to Protect Piedmont's Future Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php/?id=61582808211903 Just below are excerpts from NewsCenter 1 article found at this link: https://www.newscenter1.tv/news/local/protect-piedmonts-future-to-hold-special-q-a-meeting-on-new-proposed-limestone-mine "Protect Piedmont’s Future, a group opposing a new proposed limestone mine, will be holding an open forum Q-and-A for concerned residents. The meeting is set for 6 p.m. on Thursday, […]
The South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) has received a request for the modification of a Surface Water Discharge (SWD) permit from the following applicant: APPLICANT NAME: Homestake Mining Company PERMIT NUMBER: SDP000119 FACILITY LOCATION: Blacktail Water Treatment Facility: Located in Central City at 11457 Bobtail Gulch Street, in the Northeast ¼ […]
Deadline to Comment to Dept of Interior on Oil/Gas Leasing in Western Arctic is Nov 21st, but midnight in Alaska occurs very early on the next day in SD (Nov 22nd) The Nov 21, 2025 deadline is for the NPR-A (Western Arctic) Call for Nominations & Comments. This is the western Arctic not just ANWR specifically. […]