June 12-13 • Open House - Log Cabin Visitor Center at the Great Plains Botanic Garden, Friday & Saturday - June 12 & 13, at 9:am-4:pm Open House at the Great Plains Botanic Garden. Event will be cancelled in case of serious rain making our grounds muddy. We are a short distance east […]
Greenway Day Events, Rapid City, June 12-14th, The Journey & Founder's Park Go to Rapid City Parks web and Facebook pages for more information - Visit www.FriendsOfRCparks.com Thursday night - Teddy Roosevelt Event at the Journey, Friday June 13th is the kick off with a race at Founder's Park. Saturday June 14, Family Friendly activities, […]
The board packet and instructions for joining the meeting are available on the South Dakota Boards and Commissions portal at https://boardsandcommissions.sd.gov/Meetings.aspx?BoardID=67 AGENDA Board of Minerals and Environment - Teams/Telephone Conference Meeting DANR Large Conference Room 523 East Capitol Avenue Pierre, SD AGENDA June 18, 2026 10:00 a.m. Central Time Call to order and roll […]
The Gulf of Mexico is home to one of the rarest whales on Earth: the Rice’s whale. Found nowhere else in the world, this remarkable species is down to fewer than 100 individuals, with only 51 whales believed to remain in the Gulf. They need strong protections, and they need people like us to speak […]
Deadline to submit written comments to SDGFP Commission July meeting is just before midnight CT the Sunday before the meeting. When a state agency has hearings, the deadline may be 72 hours before the day of the hearing - it depends on the type of board it is. On our Calendar, go to the meeting […]
YOU are invited to a program, sponsored by the Black Hills Group of the Sierra Club, Monday, July 6th. at 6:30 p.m. at the SD GFP's Outdoor Campus - West in Rapid City. Attorney George Nelson will give an update on the Board of Minerals & Environment hearing on uranium exploration proposed for Craven Canyon, ancient […]
COMMENT DEADLINE: Rice's Whale ESA Status Review — July 6, 2026 NMFS has initiated a 5-year ESA status review of the Rice's whale — the world's most endangered great whale, with only ~51 individuals surviving, all in the Gulf of Mexico. This review follows the Trump administration's March 31, 2026 "God Squad" decision exempting all […]
A meeting is scheduled for the Water Management Board on 7/8/2026 9:15:00 AM. Please visit the Boards and Commissions Portal to learn more about past and upcoming meetings! Here is a link to the agenda: https://boardsandcommissions.sd.gov/Meetings.aspx?BoardID=106 We are not sure but now-a-days these meetings are normally broadcast on SD Public Broadcasting (see first link). A […]
A meeting is scheduled for the Water Management Board on 7/8/2026 9:15:00 AM. Please visit the Boards and Commissions Portal to learn more about past and upcoming meetings!