May 9th was the former deadline to send comments. . THIS DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED A WEEK to Friday the 16th Pete Lien and Sons Rochford Mineral Exploratory Drilling Project. https://cara.fs2c.usda.gov/Public/CommentInput?Project=67838 The scoping comment period for this project is April 9, 2025 - May 9, 2025. Electronic comments are preferred and must be submitted to the […]
International Migratory Bird Day is the second Saturday in May. May 10th A local event is planned to celebrate IMBD, but will likely be on the third weekend, at Bear Butte State Park. PHAS has a field trip to La Creek NWR every May, it is usually on the first or second Saturday in May.
The 2025 Native American Fish and Wildlife Society Annual National Conference, hosted by the Eastern Shoshone & Northern Arapaho Tribes of the Wind River Reservation, will be held from May 12 to 15, 2025 at the Wind River Hotel and Casino in Riverton, WY. Agenda: https://www.nafws.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2025-National-Conference-Agenda.-DRAFT-4.24.25.pdf Early Bird Registration Fees (Until March 28, 2025): Non-member – […]
Deadline to comment on SDGFP proposed Beaver Action Plan. This plan provides for direction on beaver management in the Black Hills, allowing for a beaver trapping/hunting moratorium until various population and distribution goals are reached, at which point hunting season on private land will be reintroduced and then later with even more increased distribution and […]
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT COMMENT OR INTERVENE IS MAY 14. Deadline to submit letters to South Dakota DANR’s “Minerals, Mining, and Superfund Program” to intervene, comment, and/or push for a change of venue to Fall River County are due in Pierre no later than Wednesday, May 14th, 5:00 PM CST or post marked on that […]
PHAS May 2025 Board meeting, 6:30 pm Wed. 5/14/25 Contact Nancy for info. 605-787-2806, phas.wsd@rapidnet.com, Open to members - others by invitation
Climate Watch Spring Season Climate Watch is sponsored by the National Audubon Society (NAS) & takes place during two distinct seasons—winter (January 15-February 15) and summer (May 15-June 15). Below is the alert for any season (winter or summer) . Like the Christmas bird count this is a chance to help create “citizen science” for birds. Climate Watch focuses […]
SD GFP Parks Free Weekend: Free Entry & No Fishing License Required (May 16–18) This Friday through Sunday (May 16–18, 2025), you can visit any South Dakota State Park for free. No entrance license needed! You can also fish without a license all weekend long throughout South Dakota! That’s right: it’s the perfect time […]
SD Ornithologist Union Biennial Spring Meeting This will be a tri-state joint meeting with our fellow birders from Iowa and Nebraska, hosted the weekend of May 16-18 at the Salvation Army Western Plains Camp in South Sioux City, NE. There is a fantastic array of field trips scheduled in all three states, a Friday […]
Friday, May 16th, 2025 Every year we have an Endangered Species Day Celebration, where multiple groups sponsor presentations on federal and state listed endangered or threatened (T & E) species. In recent years it has been a Zoom meeting. It is normally from 6 pm to 9 pm on the eve of Endangered Species Day, […]