Events

  PHAS  Zoom meeting on Regional Predators, Wednesday August 27th, at 6:30-8:30 pm MT Zoom links are below - scroll down   Agenda 1) SD biennial mt. lion season proposal,- - TAKE ACTION- written comment deadline 8/31/25, hybrid hearing 9/4/25 (remote testimony allowed) PHAS alerts  written comments - https://phas-wsd.org/event/deadline-to-submit-written-comments-to-sdgfp-commission-for-their-september-mee/ oral testimony - https://phas-wsd.org/event/sd-game-fish-and-parks-september-commission-meeting-hybrid-meeting-in-rapid-city-zoom/   2) Update on mt lion […]

Federal House of Representatives returns from August  recess WE are not sure of time-of-day - so just guesses at 8 am https://www.house.gov/legislative-activity

Comments are due on Rapid City Comprehensive Plan On Tuesday,  Sept 9th, We are not sure of the time-of-day for the deadline, but assume just before midnight. https://www.rapidcitycomprehensiveplan.com/ Draft Plan: https://plan.konveio.com/rapid-city-draft-comprehensive-plan Commenting: https://plan.konveio.com/rapid-city-draft-comprehensive-plan-open-house-boards   The draft document will remain on the web site till the 12th of Sept. It is sent for rewrite after that. […]

PHAS (Prairie Hills Audubon Society) September Board meeting by Zoom  9/10/25 PHAS has board meetings once a month and these are supposed to be on the eve of the second Wednesday . These are open to PHAS members and others by invitation.  We anticipate a board meeting on Wednesday the 10th of Sept. by Zoom, […]

Clean up Rapid Creek volunteer event on Saturday September 13th. This clean up often happens on second Saturday of the month.  The assembly location is often the parking lot behind Little Caesars off West Main in Rapid City and the time might be 9 am, but please verify with Black Hills Fly Fishers, Bill Young […]

Monday, 9/15/25 is the Comment Deadline on Trump administration  revoking EPAs “endangerment finding” -. The “endangerment finding” is the EPA’s scientific and legal conclusion that the Clean Air Act requires regulation of greenhouse gas emissions to protect public health and welfare. The EPA issued the endangerment finding in 2009 pursuant to the Supreme Court’s decision […]

Board of Minerals Environment - It will meets for tours of mines or mine sites Deadwood To see the agenda and packet for the September 17, 2025 Board of Minerals and Environment meeting in Deadwood.  This information is available on the South Dakota Boards and Commissions Portal at https://boardsandcommissions.sd.gov/Meetings.aspx?BoardID=67 Agenda - https://boardsandcommissions.sd.gov/bcuploads/Agenda%20BME%20Sept%2017%202025%20mledits.pdf Meeting Packet https://boardsandcommissions.sd.gov/bcuploads/Packet%20BME%20Sept%2017%202025%20mledits.pdf Board […]

Black Hills Group of the Sierra Club 'smeeting on timber resources Outdoor Campus - West, Rapid City: Thursday, September 18 @ 6:30 p.m. - Mary Zimmerman will lead a discussion on "The Decline of the Black Hills Timber Resource" We are not sure how long the meeting will last, but everyone has to be gone  from […]