Audubon Great Backyard Bird Count Feb 18 to Feb 21, 2022

The 2022 integrated report on surface water quality is out for public review. As water quality standards are a combination of beneficial use and criteria for various pollutants (criteria specifically set for that beneficial use), if folks know of water bodies whose beneficial use has not been specifically assigned, might want to complain about that. …

2022 Integrated report on Surface Water Quality. Deadline for comments is March 6, 2022 Read More »

The USDA Forest Service welcomes your review and comments on the Spruce VegetationManagement Project, a forest-wide project to treat white spruce (Picea glauca) stands.  The Black Hills National Forest announced a scoping document for the “Spruce Vegetation Management Project,” which will involve the logging the largest spruce trees  up to 25,000 acres including via  40-acre …

USDA Forest Service Deadline for Spruce Vegetation Management Project March 25, 2022 Read More »

Nebraska Audubon Crane Activities March 1 to April 7, 2022  

 March 3-4  SD Game, Fish & Parks Commission meeting in Pierre/Zoom

Topic: PHAS Monthly Members Meetingearly March - Time: Thursday, March 10th, 2022 at 6:30 pm Speaker: Nancy Hilding will lead discussion, meeting to discuss proposed GFP Shooting Complex This meeting has happened - here is the link to the recording on the  Zoom Cloud Link to recording of our PHAS meeting on the shooting range: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/fzigSO30UXzwdpBtH-ZffibmOtVavO9AJH2LZJPtGHd-YDCfol2sehJd_LZW0BiB.iYuNRg2LdM8lsVwz  …

Prairie Hills Audubon Society Monthly Meeting – early March Read More »

 The Black Hills Area Botany & Ecology Workshop will beThe afternoon of Thursday, March 17 will be all online (via zoom) and will feature contributed talks.The morning of Friday, March 18 will be online and in-person at the Outdoor Campus West in Rapid City. It will feature a symposium on Climate Resilience and Adaptation and …

Black Hills Area Botany & Ecology Workshop Zoom on March 17 and Online and In Person March 18 Plus Call for Speakers Read More »

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) wants public input by Thursday, March 31st 2022 on DOE's plan to design, construct, and build-out a demonstration facility enabling domestic rare earth element (REE) and critical mineral (CM) supply chains . Under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), DOE is required to fund a Rare Earth Elements (REE) demonstration facility. The information being …

March 31st – Comment Deadline DOE – Rare Earth Elements demonstration facility. Read More »

Topic: PHAS monthly meetingsTime: Late March meeting , Thursday March 31st, 2022, 6:30 pmSpeaker: Lori Brown of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) on Beaver and Beaver Dam AnalogsTo watch a recording of the meeting - "Riparian Resilience in Western SD Streams” and beaver and beaver dam analogs: https://vimeo.com/695026006 Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/85433920233?pwd=QmxYUDMvMGRrNW9yRmVON3VPU0dRZz09 Meeting ID: 854 3392 0233Passcode: 534620One tap mobile+12532158782,,85433920233#,,,,*534620# US (Tacoma)+13462487799,,85433920233#,,,,*534620# …

Prairie Hills Audubon Society Monthly Meeting – Late March Read More »

It takes a while to review and write ordinances. In addition to Feb 9th hearing, it has also since been heard on February 28th and will be heard again on March 28th, then April 25th, then May 23rd at 9 am before the same Planning Commission. When Mon, , 9am – 1pm Where Commission Chambers, 130 Kansas …

ONGOING MEETINGS ON DRAFT HARD ROCK MINING ORDINANCE – PENNINGTON COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION Read More »