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 […]
Above is a photo of an old growth ponderosa pine in the Sand Creek Roadless Area of the Black Hills National Forest Trump's Department of Agriculture working on rescinding Roadless Rule - the Comment deadline is Friday, Sept 19th. The Clinton Administration in 2001, after doing an EIS, passed an administrative rule to designate subsets […]
Visit to Beaver Dam Analog building project in the Northern Black Hills at Green Gulch/Silver Creek. There will be another group visit to the Beaver Dam Analog building project in Green Gulch on Saturday Sept 20th, 2025 with a car pool leaving Rapid City at 9 am. We believe the Black Hills Fly Fishers and […]
2025 Pennington County Conservation District 2nd Annual Conference Wednesday, September 24th, 2025 - Best Western Ramkota Hotel, Rapid City, 9 am-5 pm MT link to URL for the conference and view agenda: https://www.penningtonconservation.com/conference Registration ($25.00) https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pennington-conservation-district-conference-2025-tickets-1622946339189
The Black Hills Forum & Press Club will host Senator Thune on Friday, September 26, 2025 at 11:30 at the Double Tree by Hilton Rapid City Downtown Convention Center. Tickets include a luncheon. There might be a protest outside the hotel. We are not sure who is organizing that, if any, but Indivisible might know about […]
National Public Lands Day event - Join the nationwide celebration of National Public Lands Day (NPLD) on the fourth Saturday of September. This most extensive single-day volunteer effort for public lands, a signature event of the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF), unites individuals and communities to improve and enjoy our treasured outdoor spaces. Since 1994, […]
Presentation on America’s Public Lands, Joy Center, Spearfish, 9/29/25 September 29 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Presentation – “The History & Future of America’s Public Land”, by presenter Walt Dabney. In Spearfish, SD on the evening of Monday, September 29th, 2025 Walt is a retired National Park Service Superintendent and Director of Texas State Parks. He […]
Presentation - "The History & Future of America's Public Land", by presenter Walt Dabney. At Journey in Rapid City, SD on the evening of Tuesday, September 30, 2025 Walt is a retired National Park Service Superintendent and Director of Texas State Parks. He has a very strong base of knowledge, huge "street cred", and is […]