Topic: PHAS monthly meetingsTime: Late March meeting , Thursday March 31st, 2022, 6:30 pmSpeaker: Lori Brown of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) on Beaver and Beaver Dam AnalogsTo watch a recording of the meeting - "Riparian Resilience in Western SD Streams” and beaver and beaver dam analogs: https://vimeo.com/695026006 Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/85433920233?pwd=QmxYUDMvMGRrNW9yRmVON3VPU0dRZz09 Meeting ID: 854 3392 0233Passcode: 534620One tap mobile+12532158782,,85433920233#,,,,*534620# US (Tacoma)+13462487799,,85433920233#,,,,*534620# […]

It takes a while to review and write ordinances. In addition to Feb 9th hearing, it has also since been heard on February 28th and will be heard again on March 28th, then April 25th, then May 23rd at 9 am before the same Planning Commission. When Mon, , 9am – 1pm Where Commission Chambers, 130 Kansas […]

The 2022 Western South Dakota Hydrology Conference will be held on WednesdayApril 27, 2022 at the Monument (formerly “Rushmore Plaza Civic Center”) in RapidCity. This email serves as an abstract call (speakers and posters), vendor call, and fieldtrip leader call for the 2022 conference. Registration information:Registration information will be available in February 2022 at the […]

Thursday,  April 28th, 2022  6:30 pm MT - PHAS Zoom Meeting Update on Mining Threats to the Black Hills Lilias Jarding, Ph.D., Executive Director, Black Hills Clean Water Alliance.    There has been a lot of new activity around potential large-scale mining in the Black Hills.  There have been three new projects just in April!  This presentation […]

Izaak Walton League of America’s South Dakota Division’s State Convention Huron Events Center - April 29th – May 1st, 2022 Friday, April 29th 5-8 pm   CT          Social hour & brief SD IWLA Directors meeting Saturday, April 30th    8 am - 8 pm,  CT,  4  presentations on 4 topics, chapter reports, lunch […]

The SD Game, Fish and Parks May Commission Meeting will be both by Zoom and face-to-face at Custer State Park events Barn, Hwy 16 A, Custer, SD . The meeting will be 1 pm-5 pm MT on Thursday May 5th, and 8 am-12 am MT on Friday May 6th, Written comments can be submitted at […]

Saturday May 7th, 2022 –  Our annual field trip to Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge (near Martin, SD). Sierra Club & PHAS will be a co-sponsors of the field trip. We will meet at the Refuge Headquarter’s building at 10 am MT.  CARPOOL RAPID CITY  Some will also meet earlier for car-pooling in Rapid City at the East-side Family […]

May 10th, Meade County Commission Meeting -  malt beverage license renewals and temporary campground permits.  The hearings are expected after 10 am. Motion to set date for Section-line relocation (GFP proposed shooting range), to maybe ?June, 14th?, that discussion is before 10 am.  Prairie Hills Audubon Society has opposed selling of alcohol too close to Bear […]

Climate Watch is sponsored by the National Audubon Society (NAS) & will take place this spring: May 15-June 15  Climate Watch takes place during two distinct seasons—winter (January 15-February 15) and summer (May 15-June 15). Like the Christmas bird count this is a chance to help create “citizen science” for birds. Climate Watch focuses on these target species: […]

MAY 20th-22nd, 2022 National Endangered Species Day Chalk Art Contest W/ prizes In honor of Endangered Species Day, the Endangered Species Coalition is holding a nationwide, all-ages chalk art competition that anyone can participate in, from wherever you live. This event will help raise awareness of the importance of endangered wildlife, and the Coalition will […]