Deadline to Comment to GFP Commission for their October meeting is Sunday night 10/5/25 at just before midnight MDT. The hybrid meeting will be in Lemmon, SD & Zoom. Lemmon is in MDT. You can always postal mail comments, but for commenting digitally, you use their on-line commenting portal - https://gfp.sd.gov/forms/positions/ When we are close […]
Rescission of Conservation and Landscape Health Rule Public Comment Deadline: November 10, 2025. The purple line stretching across the Calendar days, indicates a comment period that ends at midnight EST on November 10th. Go to the posting on November 10th for details on how to comment and the issues involved - https://phas-wsd.org/event/deadline-to-comment-on-trumps-rescission-of-blms-conservation-and-landscape-health-rule/
PHAS board of directors meetings are by Zoom on the eve of the second Wednesday, These may be postponed if a quorum is found not to be possible. PHAS members are welcome at PHAS board meetings, others by invitation. Contact Nancy at 605-787-6466 or other board member if you wish to come and want Zoom […]
SD Game, Fish and Parks October Hybrid Commission meeting- by Zoom and in Lemmon SD. Also contested case hearing. Date and Time: October 9, 2025, from 1-5 pm MT Meeting Location: Beeler Community Center, 203 Main Avenue, Lemmon, SD 57638 Open Forum is at 2 pm MT. Please inform Gail Buus at gail.buus@state.sd.us by 1 […]
About World Migratory Bird Day World Migratory Bird Day is a global campaign that serves as a beacon for conservation efforts aimed at protecting migratory birds and their journeys across borders. Celebrated twice a year—in May and October—WMBD reflects the cyclical nature of bird migration and the varying peak periods in the northern and southern […]
Clean Up Rapid Creek volunteer event - is the 2nd Saturday of every month. We don't yet know the meeting location or start time. Please verify with Black Hills Fly Fishers - Bill Young at 605-391-1002, or guinnessmarsh@gmail.com, It might be 9 am, behind Little Caesars off West Main in Rapid City, as that is […]
Dakota Rural Action’s 2025 annual meeting is scheduled for October 17–18, 2025 in Spearfish, South Dakota, at the Snapper’s Club (venue address commonly listed as 416 S. Canyon St., Spearfish, SD 57783). For details - https://www.dakotarural.org/save-the-date-for-our-38th-annual-meeting/?utm_source=chatgpt.com Schedule of Events: Friday-Saturday ===================== Friday, October 17th The Snapper's Club, Spearfish 6:30 - 8:30pm Firepit Social Music, s'mores, & […]
Comments due on Sawbuck Timber Sale EA, Friday October 17th The Mystic District of the Black Hills National Forest has released the preliminary environmental assessment (EA) for the Sawbuck Forest Management Project. Documents can be found at the following web address: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r02/blackhills/projects/67518. The District says: "We are proposing conifer thinning, timber stand improvement, prescribed fire, […]
"No Kings II" protests in Black Hills Area No Kings II - Morning October 18 @ 11:30 am-1 pm Spearfish SD, United States North Main Street & West Jackson Street Spearfish, SD 57783 =============================== No Kings II - Midday October 18 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm UTC-6 Rapid City, SD, United StatesCity Hall 300 6th St, Quote from […]
Prairie Hills Audubon Society Objects to the House “Fix Our Forests Act” (H.R. 8446). CHAT GTP prepared the below report for us: None of our Senators are on Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, but Thune is head of the Senate. https://www.energy.senate.gov/ The “Fix Our Forests Act” (H.R. 8446) passed the U.S. House of Representatives in […]