Pete Lien & Sons Shooting Sports Complex in Meade County - The new South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (SDGFP) shooting range is scheduled to open to the public on Saturday, November 8, 2025. A ribbon-cutting ceremony is planned for November 7, 2025, to officially open the facility, located about 12 miles north of Rapid City. Official […]
Saturday, 11/08/2025, starting at 9:00 AM, location of Steele Avenue Park, 260 E Main Street N. - The Monthly Rapid Creek Clean Up. Every second Saturday morning there is a clean up of Rapid Creek, an event largely sponsored/organized by Black Hills Fly Fishers (BHFF), however other groups may help. Volunteers with Rapid City Chapter of […]
Proposed rescission (“Public Lands Rule” rollback) Document: Rescission of Conservation and Landscape Health Rule (BLM proposed rule)Citation: 90 FR 43990 (Document No. 2025-17537)CFR parts affected: 43 CFR parts 1600 & 6100RIN: 1004-AF03Publication date: September 11, 2025. Federal Register Comment deadline: November 10, 2025 (“Comments must be received by November 10, 2025.”). Regulations.gov also lists the […]
Federal Register Notice & Comment Submission Title: Rescission of Conservation and Landscape Health Rule Published: September 11, 2025 Federal Register Docket / RIN: RIN 1004-AF03 Federal Register Affected CFR parts: 43 CFR parts 1600 and 6100 Federal Register Comment deadline: November 10, 2025 Federal Register Addresses for submitting comments: • Mail / Personal / Messenger: […]
PHAS November board meeting should be by Zoom on second Wednesday of November. The meetings are normally at 6 or 6:30 pm MT. They can run 1-2 hours. Contact Nancy at 605-787-6466 (land line) or phas.wsd@rapidnet.com for details such as Zoom codes or agenda. These meetings are open to PHAS members. Non-members must specifically be […]
FORESTRY BASICS FIELD TRIP WITH DAVE MERTZ - Fri., November 14th (contingent on weather),- meeting at 9 am at Sugar Shack on Hwy 385. Every fall Dave Mertz, a forester, retired from the Black Hills National Forest (BHNF), leads us on a field trip in the Black Hills to learn about forestry basics and the BHNF logging program. Prairie Hills Audubon Society, […]
PHAS Mid November Birding Field Trip Saturday Nov 15th - contingent on weather (which looks good 5 days out). Jedediah will lead a birding trip at Canyon Lake Park in Rapid City. Birders are to meet at 8 am, at the bridge that leads to the gazebo. Canyon Lake Park is off Jackson Blvd in […]
Black Hills Clean Water Alliance dinner & meeting, with presentation on "Sacred Sites". In Rapid City at 5:30 - 7:00 pm 11/17/25 at the Minneluzahan Senior Citizen Center, 315 N. 4th St. We think the meal is free (but we are not sure) . It is suggested people bring dinner ware so as to minimize […]
Piedmont Board of Trustees meets on Tuesday, 11/18/25 at 6:30 pm MT Piedmont City Hall, 102 Walnut St. - Opportunity to Comment on pending Sand/Gravel mine. Public will be given 3 minutes each There is a point near the start of the meeting ---- at Item #4 for public comment on pending mine and Item #13 […]
BHNF Forest Service Advisory Board meeting might happen Please verify when close to the date