Thursday, February 8, 6:00 public Zoom meeting: Norbeck Society presents Martha Geores: “Community Ownership & Sustaining the Black Hills National Forest” (poster attached to email.  Martha’s book, “Common Ground: The Struggle for Ownership of the Black Hills National Forest” is available at the RC Library – 2 copies) Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88173621695?pwd=eVlRZ3lSQ1BhUzVGUmN3akE0bTJ4QT09  

February 16-19th, 2024, Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) This event repeats annually. This next year it is February 16th-19th 2024. In February the world comes together for the love of birds.  https://www.birdcount.org,    or https://www.audubon.org/conservation/about-great-backyard-bird-count The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is a free, fun, and easy event that engages bird watchers of all ages in counting birds […]

Foothills Area Hybrid Cracker Barrel, Piedmont, SD, 2/17/2024 When - Saturday, February 17th, 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm Where – Piedmont American Legion Post Who - Legislators for Districts 29 and 33 have been invited. What is a Cracker Barrel? - It's a moderated question and answer session where the public can ask their elected representative questions […]

SD Sierra Club Lobbyist  (Guy Larson) will report on 2024 legislature at a  Zoom meeting. Thursday evening, Feb. 22, at 7:00 PM Central / 6 PM Mountain.   You have to e-mail him for a link:  whiterabbetguy@gmail.com

PHAS February Member's meeting - National Audubon Society staff reports on their activities in SD, ND & NE Monday, February 26th, 6:30-9:00 by Zoom.  (Scroll down for Zoom details).   Audubon Great Plains (AGP) staff will join PHAS to update the group on AGP conservation programs across the three states of South Dakota, North Dakota […]

IACHR GRANTS THEMATIC HEARING ON IMPACTS TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ HUMAN RIGHTS FROM URANIUM EXPLOITATION Historic Hearing to be Held in Washington, D.C. Weds, Feb. 28th at 11am EST/9am MST  What: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights’ Thematic Hearing Where: IACHR/OAS, 1889 F St. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006 When: Wednesday, February 28, 2024 at 11am EST/9am MST Who: Members of the […]

Scoping comments  are due on Feb 28th, 11;59 pm on the Bluelead Vegetation Management Project, Mystic Ranger District,  Black Hills National Forest, for details and map visit https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/blackhills/?project=65527

The 2024 Black Hills Area Botany & Ecology Workshop will be Friday, March 1, 2024, at the Outdoor Campus West in Rapid City, SD. Emphasis will be on the in-person event, but sponsors will offer remote participation (via Zoom) to both speakers and watchers. Therefore, sponsors will ask you to register in advance in order […]

The deadline to send in written Comments to the SDGFP Commission before their March Meeting is just before midnight CT on Sunday night. You can still attend remotely and testify by Zoom on Thursday 3/7/24 or send comments to them individually. But to get them in the public record, you need to send about 3.5 […]

March 4th is the deadline to submit comments on USFWS proposed rule about predator hunting and other issues on National Wildlife Refuges.   We assume comments must be posted on-line  just before 10 pm MT, or midnight CT. Or if sending by postal mail, postmarked on 3/4/24. For the federal register notice ... https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/02/02/2024-02076/national-wildlife-refuge-system-biological-integrity-diversity-and-environmental-health  Quotes from […]