Bat Festival at Mato Tipila/Devil's Tower "DEVILS TOWER, WY – On Saturday, July 22nd, the National Park Service and Devils Tower Natural History Association will host the Annual Bat Festival in the Picnic area of the Monument from 12 to 10 pm. This festival will include presentations and fun educational activities all about the amazing […]
Changes to Wyoming's cougar hunting are proposed: Wyoming is supposed to change its' mountain lion hunting seasons every 3 years, which it last did in 2022, however 1 year later it is proposing changes, which are off cycle. Wyoming is now proposing a significant increase in hunting, in four […]
6th America's Grassland Conference - Cheyenne Wyoming, the Great Plains Conservation Network's biennial meeting maybe piggy backed to this location/time-frame. We are not sure of exact start and end times of the meetings. For more information on the Conference: http://nwf.org/grasslandsconference
Comment Deadline on BHNF's Shotgun Timber sale was Monday, August 14th, 2023 The USDA Forest Service is conducting an analysis of the Shotgun forest management project. The project is on Bearlodge Ranger District, Black Hills National Forest, in three locations in the west-central Bear Lodge Mountains and northwestern Black Hills. The proposed action would […]
MKW - Mni Ki Wakan Summit - Indigenous Water Decade, - Theme: Indigenous Water Justice, Global Collaboration & Dismantling Water Colonialism. On August 15-17, the Mni Ki Wakan Summit will be held in Rapid City, South Dakota, United States, at the Holiday Inn conference space (505 North Fifth St, Rapid City, SD 57701). Breakfast, lunch, […]
It's Rapid City's 3rd Annual 5k Run/Walk for Clean Water and is being held on Saturday, August 26, 2023, at 8:00 am (MT). This special event is held to have some fun and laughs, meet new people, get some sunshine, and enjoy the beautiful, life-flowing Rapid Creek - Water Is Life. This event also helps bring awareness about the need to […]
Tentative BME meeting schedule for the remainder of 2023: August 17, 2023 September 21, 2023 October 19, 2023 November 16, 2023 Please check the Boards and Commissions portal a week to 10 days prior to the scheduled meeting to confirm & get exact start & end times. Here is the link for the BME:
The Mystic District of the Black Hills National Forest has initiated public scoping for the Triple R Vegetation Management Project. Comment deadline would be 8/19/23, but that is on a Saturday, so it will be Monday 8/21/23. Send to : <comments-rocky-mountain-black-hills-mystic@usda.gov> Scoping documents can be found at the following web address: https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/blackhills/?project=64487
Prairie Hills Audubon Society Annual Meeting - Hybrid This meeting will start at 6 pm MT on Thursday, August 31st. It will be hybrid >> by Zoom & face-to-face at the Piedmont American Legion Post 311 - 101 Pine St, Piedmont, SD 57769. The Post is located at the corner of Sturgis Rd and […]
Deadline to comment on the Draft Surface Water Quality Integrated Report is Saturday, As I understand it, if you have water quality information on a SD Surface water, this is your opportunity to send it to DANR so as to be included in the final report. DANR public notice page https://danr.sd.gov/public/default.aspx Public notice: https://danr.sd.gov/officeofwater/surfacewaterquality/pn/2024IRPublicNoticeletter1.pdf […]
