BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Prairie Hills Audubon Society - ECPv6.18.3.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Prairie Hills Audubon Society X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://phas-wsd.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Prairie Hills Audubon Society REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20230312T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20231105T080000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20240310T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20241103T080000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20250309T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20251102T080000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20241103T225000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20241103T225900 DTSTAMP:20241015T184200Z CREATED:20241011T165135Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241015T184200Z UID:15290-1730674200-1730674740@phas-wsd.org SUMMARY:Deadline to submit written comments to SD GFP Commission before Nov meeting DESCRIPTION:Deadline to submit written comments to SD GFP Commission before Nov. meeting. \nThe Commission normally meets on the first Thursday of the month\, unless holidays interfere (they normally skip meeting in August and February ). The written comment deadline is midnight of the Sunday before meeting\, in the time Zone the meeting happens in\, which is usually Central Time (more Commission meetings occur in Eastern than Western SD).  If they receive your comments after the deadline\, they are  include them in the batch of public comments sent to the Commission before the next month’s Commission meeting. \nYou can comment orally at the Commission meeting by Zoom or teleconference – or in person. This opportunity will be a 2 pm CT and you will be given 3 minutes for each rule finalization and 3 minutes for Open Forum. \nThey will be reviewing the Biennial Review of the States Threatened and Endangered Species list.  This will be an Open Forum item. Here is a copy of that review: https://gfp.sd.gov/UserDocs/nav/FULL_TE_status_reviews_2024.pdf \nWritten comments can be submitted at https://gfp.sd.gov/forms/positions/. To be included in the public record of the most immediate meeting\, comments must include your complete name and city of residence and meet the submission deadline of seventy–two hours before the meeting (not including the day of the meeting) (Usually Sunday night before midnight CT or MT depending on time zone of physical meeting)  If you miss that deadline it goes to the public record of the next meeting . \nUnless you want to communicate directly with each Commissioner  (those comments will not be in the public record)–  https://gfp.sd.gov/commission/members/  (no deadline). You can see phones and home address at this link.  Here are likely e-mails for them.\n\n“Stephanie.Rissler@state.sd.us” \, “Jon.Locken@state.sd.us” \,  “Travis.Bies@state.sd.us” \, “Robert.Whitmyre@state.sd.us” \, “Julie.Bartling@state.sd.us” \nThe three new commissioners  e-mails likely are: \nJim.White@state.sd.us\, \, Bruce.Cull@state.sd.us\, Travis.Theel@state.sd.us\, URL:https://phas-wsd.org/event/deadline-to-submit-written-comments-to-sd-gfp-commission-before-nov-meeting/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20241105T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20241105T190000 DTSTAMP:20241010T053345Z CREATED:20241010T053315Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241010T053345Z UID:15224-1730790000-1730833200@phas-wsd.org SUMMARY:Election Day - Vote for candidates and ballot measures - vote NO on Referred Law 21 DESCRIPTION:Election day is Nov 5th \nREFERRED LAW 21 \nAt our July 2024 Board Meeting\, the PHAS Board of Directors endorsed the referendum of Senate Bill 201. We opposed SB 201 during the legislature.  The referendum is called Referred Law 21.   This is related to the fight in eastern SD over CO2 pipelines and local control vs. state control over regulations about pipelines as they go through local counties. Some County ordinances are more protective and in such case the state’s more lax regulation would supersede the local ordinance.. Dakota Rural Action has a web page on the fight over C02 pipelines in South Dakota.  https://www.dakotarural.org/our-work/carbon  They also endorse the referendum have a web page on referred law # 21 – https://www.dakotarural.org/vote-no-on-referred-law-21/ \nVote No on SB 201 – the referred law 21 URL:https://phas-wsd.org/event/election-day-vote-for-candidates-and-ballot-measures-vote-no-on-referred-law-21/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20241107T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20241108T110000 DTSTAMP:20241015T182110Z CREATED:20240516T231043Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241015T182110Z UID:12740-1730980800-1731063600@phas-wsd.org SUMMARY:SD Game\, Fish and Parks November hybrid meeting - likely in Pierre\, DESCRIPTION:SD Game\, Fish and Parks November hybrid meeting – likely in Pierre\, \n  \nThere will be face-to-face and Zoom attendance. \nFolks can testify for 3 minutes at 1 pm MT (2 pm CT) in person or by Zoom or phone on rule finalizations and/or at the Open Forum . Visit this web page  for more details when close to the date: https://gfp.sd.gov/commission/information/ \nGo to our notice on October Commission meeting for more details\, as some items may be continued \n  \nIn October commenting on the Threatened  & Endangered Species Biennial  Review was continued for another month\, as they had not published the Review on line (you had to call for a copy).  It is  now up on-line to download \, visit: https://gfp.sd.gov/UserDocs/nav/FULL_TE_status_reviews_2024.pdf \n  \nPublic Input at the meeting: \nTo provide comments\, join the meeting in person\, via zoom\, or via conference call per the info above. To conduct the public hearing and/or open forum as efficiently as possible SDGFP asks those wishing to testify to register by 1:00 pm CT by email to Liz.Kierl@state.sd.us. Testifiers should provide their full names\, whom they are representing\, city of residence\, and which proposed topic they will be addressing. If you forget\, they are polite and normally ask if anyone who failed to register wants to testify. \nWritten comments can be submitted here. To be included in the public record of the November meeting \, comments must include full name and city of residence and meet the submission deadline of seventy-two hours before the meeting (not including the day of the meeting). Late comments will end up in December record. \n  \nUnless you want to communicate directly with each Commissioner  (those comments will not be in the public record)–  https://gfp.sd.gov/commission/members/  (no deadline). You can see phones and home address at this link.  Here are likely e-mails for them. \n“Stephanie.Rissler@state.sd.us” \, “Jon.Locken@state.sd.us” \,  “Travis.Bies@state.sd.us” \, “Robert.Whitmyre@state.sd.us” \, “Julie.Bartling@state.sd.us”   \nThe three new commissioners  e-mails likely are: \nJim.White@state.sd.us\, \, Bruce.Cull@state.sd.us\, Travis.Theel@state.sd.us\, URL:https://phas-wsd.org/event/sd-game-fish-and-parks-november-hybrid-meeting-likely-in-pierre/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20241113T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20241113T200000 DTSTAMP:20241112T155722Z CREATED:20241112T153556Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241112T155722Z UID:15561-1731522600-1731528000@phas-wsd.org SUMMARY:PHAS November Board meeting postponed DESCRIPTION:PHAS (Prairie Hills Audubon Society)  November Board meeting (Nov 13th)  is postponed. We normally meet the 2nd Wednesday evening by Zoom\, however a quorum could not be confirmed for November 13th so a new date will be chosen – hopefully within 10 days.  Members are welcome at PHAS Board meetings\, contact Nancy 605-787-6466 or phas.wsd@rapidnet.com for details. URL:https://phas-wsd.org/event/phas-november-board-meeting-postponed/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20241120T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20241120T163000 DTSTAMP:20241015T210838Z CREATED:20241015T210734Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241015T210838Z UID:15413-1732107600-1732120200@phas-wsd.org SUMMARY:Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board meeting DESCRIPTION:The Secretary of Agriculture has finally approved the appointments to the Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board. \nThey will have a meeting November 20th\, You can see more at this link Black Hills National Forest – Advisory Committees (usda.gov) \nTimes: Begin at 1 p.m. and end no later than 4:30 p.m. \nLocation: Mystic Ranger District Office\, 8221 Mount Rushmore Road\, Rapid City\, SD 57702 URL:https://phas-wsd.org/event/black-hills-national-forest-advisory-board-meeting-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20241121T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20241121T090000 DTSTAMP:20241120T205737Z CREATED:20241120T203714Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241120T205737Z UID:15574-1732179600-1732179600@phas-wsd.org SUMMARY:SD Mineral and Environment Board's November Meeting DESCRIPTION:SD Mineral and Environment Board’s November Meeting \nBoard of Minerals and Environment    Nov 21st\, 2024 meeting\nhttps://boardsandcommissions.sd.gov/Meetings.aspx?BoardID=67 \n\nAccepting Wharf’s reclamation surety and post closure financial assurance increases & conversion of limestone mines from permits to licenses  are on the agenda. \n\n\n\nAGENDA \nhttps://boardsandcommissions.sd.gov/bcuploads/Agenda November 21 2024.pdf\n\nBOARD PACKET\nis available on the Boards and Commissions website at\nhttps://boardsandcommissions.sd.gov/Meetings.aspx?BoardID=67\nInterested persons may participate via telephone or in the DANR Large Conference Room\, 523 East\nCapitol Avenue\, Pierre\, SD. To participate via telephone please contact DANR at (605) 773-3886\nor via email at brenda.binegar@state.sd.us no later than 4:00 p.m. Central Time on Wednesday\,\nNovember 20\, 2024.\n\nWe don’t know how long the meeting will run so have it lasting 8 hours – it will likely be shorter than that. URL:https://phas-wsd.org/event/sd-mineral-and-environment-boards-november-meeting/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20241122T235000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20241122T235900 DTSTAMP:20241118T203452Z CREATED:20241118T203232Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241118T203452Z UID:15567-1732319400-1732319940@phas-wsd.org SUMMARY:Scoping Comments Due on Ridgeback Vegetation Management - BHNF DESCRIPTION:Scoping Comments Due on Ridgeback Vegetation Management – BHNF Mystic Ranger District \nThe BHNF will treat approximately 2\,937 acres in an area about 3 miles east of Keystone \nDownload the scoping letter \nfile:///Users/mac/Downloads/Scoping%20Letter%20-%20Ridgeback%20Vegetation%20Managment%20Project.pdf \n  \nElectronic comments are preferred and must be submitted to the Comment Reviewing Officer online at\nhttps://cara.fs2c.usda.gov/Public/Commentlnput?project=67 l l 3. An automated response should confirm\nyour electronic comment has been received. Comments can also be sent via U.S. mail to Mystic Ranger\nDistrict Office\, Attn: Ridgeback Vegetative Management Project\, 8221 S. Mount Rushmore Rd.\, Rapid\nCity\, SD\, 57702 or by fax at 605-343-7134. Public comments will be accepted for 30 days following the\ndate of this Scoping Letter. Comments submitted\, including names and addresses of commenters\, are\npublic information.\nThe scoping documents can be found on the Black Hills National Forest website:\nhttps://www.fs.usda.gov/projects/blackhills/landmanagement/projects URL:https://phas-wsd.org/event/scoping-comments-due-on-ridgeback-vegetation-management-bhnf/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20241126T091500 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20241126T170000 DTSTAMP:20241204T202133Z CREATED:20241123T071508Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241204T202133Z UID:15595-1732612500-1732640400@phas-wsd.org SUMMARY:Lawrence County Commission 2nd Reading of Ordinance 24-05 - Place CUPs under Board of Adjustment DESCRIPTION:Lawrence County Commission 2nd Reading of Ordinance 24-05. –  Nov 26th @ 9:15 am. \nOppose Lawrence County Commission adopting Ordinance –  24-05. \nPOST MEETING UPDATE: \nThe Lawrence County Commission passed Ordinance 24-05 on Nov 26th. Local citizens are collecting signatures on a petition to refer the decision. Go to our post on Dec 18th\, for details on this referendum effort – https://phas-wsd.org/event/deadline-to-return-notarized-petitions-on-referring-lawrence-countys-zoning-ordinances-24-05-changes/ \nDISCUSSION: \nCurrently mines need a conditional use permit (CUP)  in Lawrence County.  Lawrence County’s section of their zoning ordinance that covers mining is called – “extractive industries “zoning.  Mine CUPs are reviewed by the Planning Commission and the County Commission. Here is a link to that section of the zoning ordinance: \nhttps://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/lawrencecounty/latest/lawrencecty_sd_land/0-0-0-3178#JD_TitleIIChapter20\n\n        This action that the Commissions plans to take on Tuesday (the Board of Adjustment vote) would place CUPs under the Lawrence County Board of Adjustment authority and the Commission would no longer have the final approval of a CUP. This would remove CUP approvals from public referendum\, which if I remember correctly – has  been used to oppose mines or mine ordinances in Lawrence County.  SDCL on County Referendum – SDCL 7-18A-15\n       If new ordinance is adopted then Lawrence County citizens will need to refer the proposed  changes to an ordinance to would give the Lawrence County Board of Adjustment the authority over CUPs. The objecting public will need to collect signatures over Christmas Holidays.  They will have 20 days after the minutes are published in the second paper of record to collect the required petition signatures\, which will be a period that is longer than 20 days but perhaps about 30 days – it depends on how fast they type up the minutes and how fast the papers publish them.\n       The members of the Lawrence County Board of Adjustment are currently the same as the Commission\, but they are appointed and the Commission in the future could appoint other\, not-elected people.\n\nLINK to A WELL WRITTEN ALERT YOU CAN DOWNLOAD AND COPY:\nhttps://phas-wsd.org/wp-content/uploads/Opposition_to_Ordinance_24-05_on_11172024.pdf\n\nPlease note the Lawrence County may be planning not to allow public comment\, but statute requires them to allow some public comment\, but they may limit the time for public comment – SDCL – 1-25-1 \nBELOW ARE EXCERPTS FROM A DAKOTA RURAL ACTION ALERT \n====================== \n*Call or write commissioners.* Let them know — before their TUESDAY\, Nov. 26 vote — that you oppose passage of Ordinance 24-05. E-mail: commissioners@lawrence.sd.us \no The ordinance (attached) exempts the commissioners from accountability for decisions on applications for Conditional Use Permits. \n§ HOW? It redirects these land-use planning decisions to the APPOINTED county Board of Adjustment\, noting the decisions will NOT be subject to citizens’ referendum initiatives. \n§ FYI: Incredibly\, the commissioners have appointed themselves as the Board of Adjustment! So they would keep the decisions entirely in their own hands\, but now\, beyond residents’ oversight. \n· *Attend the Nov. 26 Commission meeting* to show you are watching how each commissioner votes. \no No public comment is allowed since this is a second reading of the proposal. \n· *Carry a petition and ask others to do the same.* If the Commission votes in favor of the ordinance\, as is expected\, county\nresidents will need 60 volunteers\, preferably more\, to obtain at least 20 valid signatures each on the official petition to oppose it — within the very short time frame of 20 days after the vote. \n· *Circulate this call to action. Share it with your contacts. Vested interests are threatening the Commission with big money. *EXERCISE YOUR CIVIL RIGHTS! THIS IS A NON-PARTISAN ISSUE. THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE\nU.S. CONSTITUTION GUARANTEES THE RIGHT “TO PETITION THE GOVERNMENT FOR A REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES”. The Commission must not abolish that right. \no This call to action is not funded or sponsored by any political party or other organization. It is strictly word of mouth. \nSupporting materials for nerds: \nThe ordinance proposed —\nhttps://www.lawrence.sd.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Item/1168?fileID=19395 \nThe perspective —\nhttps://www.bhpioneer.com/local_news/lawrence-co-commissioners-approve-first-reading-of-ordinance-governing-conditional-use-permit-approval/article_9679637c-a394-11ef-8b34-03198b4089d2.html \n….To illustrate\, below are the Conditional Use Permits that may be allowed on land zoned (A-1) General AGRICULTURE: \n1. Kennels\, grooming\, boarding\, vet clinics and animal shelters\n2. Churches\, religious structures\n3. Schools\n4. Golf Courses\n5. Fairgrounds and community centers\n6. Fire stations\n7. Antennas\, microwave and communication towers\n8. Rental storage units\, garages\, buildings\n9. Temporary Second Residence as per Chapter 10-Additional Use Regulations\, Article 13 Temporary Second Residences (Amended ORD 11-01: 05/20/2011)\n10. Bed & Breakfast\n11. Specialty resort\n12. Organized group camps\n13. Commercial gun and archery ranges\n14. Fish hatcheries\n15. Water treatment\, purification\, storage\, pumping\, solid waste disposal sites\n16. Mineral exploration\n17. Mineral extraction\n18. Light manufacturing of agricultural products\n19. Commercial indoor/outdoor arenas\n20. Commercial outdoor recreation\, e.g. paintball\, dude ranch\, BMX track\, motocross\, and mud bogging\n21. Commercial sawmill/molding mill\n22. Campground\n23. Eating and drinking establishments\n24. Auto repair\, maintenance shop\, welding shop\, trucking\, drilling\, sheet metal\n25. Wildlife sanctuary\n26. Airports with FAA regulations\n27. Commercial feed lots\n28. Livestock auction yards\n29. Drilling for oil or natural gas\n30. Small and Large Scale Sand\, Gravel or Rock Extractive Industry Extraction (Amended ORD 16-03: 07/21/2017)\n31. Utility substations\n32. Small and Large Wind Energy System per Chapter 10\, Article 1-Small and LargeWind Energy System\n33. Personal Use Airstrip/Heliport if the location of airstrip/heliport is at least 500’ from\nthe outer perimeter of the parcel(s) (Amended ORD 13-01: 05/02/2013)\n34. Restricted Use Solid Waste Disposal Facility (Amended ORD 17-02: 09/29/2017)\n========== \nEnd of quotes from Dakota Rural Action’s Alert . Their alert is longer. I did not quote it all. For more information download the PDF alert – LINK to A WELL WRITTEN ALERT YOU CAN DOWNLOAD AND COPY: \nhttps://phas-wsd.org/wp-content/uploads/Opposition_to_Ordinance_24-05_on_11172024.pdf\n\n  \nWe do not know how long the discussion at the Commission will be so we put the end time at 5:00 pm — we have no idea when \ndiscussion of this topic will end. \n  URL:https://phas-wsd.org/event/lawrence-county-commission-2nd-reading-of-ordinance-24-05/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR