On April 22, 2023 from 10am-4pm, the Rapid City Sustainability Committee, Dakota Rural Action, and Western Dakota Technical College will be hosting the 2023 Earth Day Expo and Celebration on the WDTC Campus. They are hosting this event as a part of an international sustainability partnership grant with Rapid City’s Sister City in Apolda, Germany. […]
April 26th, is John James Audubon's birthday. The National Audubon Society and our chapter are named after him. Link to learn about his life: https://www.audubon.org/content/john-james-audubon Link to look at his paintings in his book "Birds of America": https://www.audubon.org/birds-of-america
April 26th is the deadline to file as an Intervenor in the Wharf Mine's request to expand its' mining site. Intervention letters need to be sent postmarked April 26th to Wharf's attorney and sent to Roberta Hudson at DANR by midnight, I assume midnight CT. See SD Administrative Rule 74:29:01:18 for process https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules/Administrative/27571. The hearing […]
May 17 is the next Forest Service Advisory Board meeting, assuming they get the meeting notice published in the Federal Register on time. Please verify the meeting before going. Virtual attendance is an option. Meetings are open to the Public. The agenda will include time for people to make oral statements of three minutes or […]
Public Meeting on the PROPOSED Withdrawal for Pactola Reservoir-Rapid Creek Watershed; South Dakota The USFS and the BLM will hold a joint public meeting on Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 4-8 p.m., Mountain Time (MT), at the Best Western Ramkota Hotel, Conference Hall, 2111 N. LaCrosse Street, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701. For more info.: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/03/21/2023-05659/notice-of-application-for-withdrawal-and-notification-of-public-meeting-pactola-reservoir-rapid […]
Bear Butte Forum April 29th, 2023, Sturgis Time 8:30 till about noon. It's at the Sturgis Community Center on 1401 Lazelle St in Sturgis, April 29th @ 8:30am It is for for Native Americans concerned about management of Bear Butte State Park to talk with the Bear Butte State Park staff. Non-indigenous folks are also welcome. Bear […]
Prairie Hills Audubon Society (PHAS) April monthly meeting 4/30/23 Our meeting for Sunday eve 4/30/23 will be about discussing PHAS current campaigns that are active and what actions need to be taken to move campaign objectives forward. The SD GFP Commission meets in Custer State Park's Event Barn on Thursday and Friday May 4th and […]
The deadline to send written comments to SDGFP Commission for the public record for May meeting -- is Sunday April 30th, just before midnight MT. This is if you post comments to the Commission's public web site. https://gfp.sd.gov/forms/positions/ Late comments go into the public record of the next meeting. You can also send comments to […]
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm 4/2/23 is a leadership meeting with Bonnie Gestring. This is an opportunity for all of us working on mineral withdrawal in BHNF to regroup and share information after the April 26 public meeting -- and to get ready to move into the thick of the comment period. People should come […]
Bonnie Gestring of EarthWorks will speak on Mineral Withdrawal in the evening - * Bonnie Gestring Presentation -- "The Real Deal with Mineral Withdrawals" - 7:00 pm at Dahl Arts Center, Rapid City. Under the 1872 mining law, the Forest Service can't say "no" to a mining proposal unless the area is withdrawn from mineral […]