Tuesday, August 26th, 9 am Lawrence County Board of Adjustment hearing on Sand/Gravel Mine proposal - at the Lawrence County Public Safety & Services Center, on a new 10 acre (101 acre max) Sand and Gravel mine proposal - This is a hybrid hearing and can be attended remotely - https://meet.goto.com/152688557 Oral testimony is allowed, […]
USDA Opened a Public Comment Period on Department Reorganization Plan Link to plan - https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/sm-1078-015.pdf Quote from the Dept of Agriculture: "(Washington, D.C., August 1, 2025) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced today the opening of a 30-day public comment period for stakeholders to provide feedback on the Department’s reorganization plan, as outlined in the Secretary’s memorandum (PDF, […]
Earth Justice virtual town hall on Trump's threats to Roadless Rule "People for Public Land": Action hour to Protect The Roadless Rule, Earth Justice writes: "The most important land protection measure of our lifetimes — The Roadless Rule — is under attack. The Roadless Rule has protected 58 million acres of our forest lands for more than […]
PHAS Zoom meeting on Regional Predators, Wednesday August 27th, at 6:30-8:30 pm MT Zoom links are below - scroll down Agenda 1) SD biennial mt. lion season proposal,- - TAKE ACTION- written comment deadline 8/31/25, hybrid hearing 9/4/25 (remote testimony allowed) PHAS alerts written comments - https://phas-wsd.org/event/deadline-to-submit-written-comments-to-sdgfp-commission-for-their-september-mee/ oral testimony - https://phas-wsd.org/event/sd-game-fish-and-parks-september-commission-meeting-hybrid-meeting-in-rapid-city-zoom/ 2) Update on mt lion […]
On Sept 4th the Commission voted to approve the proposed season, as recommended by staff. Deadline to Submit Written Comments to SDGFP Commission for their September meeting was just before midnight MT on Sunday August 31st, Late comments are given to the Commissioners next month. Opponents to the Season got the most comments in - […]
Federal House of Representatives returns from August recess WE are not sure of time-of-day - so just guesses at 8 am https://www.house.gov/legislative-activity
Sept 4th, 2025 -Commission approved the hunting season proposed by staff SD Game, Fish and Parks September Hybrid Commission meeting in Rapid City and Zoom. It was at Outdoor Campus West as this is the normal location when they meet in Rapid City (please verify). For more info. visit this web site when close to […]
Comments are due on Rapid City Comprehensive Plan On Tuesday, Sept 9th, We are not sure of the time-of-day for the deadline, but assume just before midnight. https://www.rapidcitycomprehensiveplan.com/ Draft Plan: https://plan.konveio.com/rapid-city-draft-comprehensive-plan Commenting: https://plan.konveio.com/rapid-city-draft-comprehensive-plan-open-house-boards The draft document will remain on the web site till the 12th of Sept. It is sent for rewrite after that. […]
PHAS (Prairie Hills Audubon Society) September Board meeting by Zoom 9/10/25 PHAS has board meetings once a month and these are supposed to be on the eve of the second Wednesday . These are open to PHAS members and others by invitation. We anticipate a board meeting on Wednesday the 10th of Sept. by Zoom, […]
Clean up Rapid Creek volunteer event on Saturday September 13th. This clean up often happens on second Saturday of the month. The assembly location is often the parking lot behind Little Caesars off West Main in Rapid City and the time might be 9 am, but please verify with Black Hills Fly Fishers, Bill Young […]