National Park Week - week long events National Park Week (April 19-27) is a time to celebrate and enjoy our national parks, with many parks offering special events and activities. Feeding wildlife is strictly prohibited in national parks, as it disrupts their natural behavior and can be harmful. National Park Week Events: Free Entrance: Many national parks […]
The 2025 SD Izaak Walton League Convention will be held in Rapid City this year on April 25-27 , 2025 Convention will be held at the Rushmore Hotel located at 445 Mt. Rushmore Road downtown Rapid City. Link to agenda - https://phas-wsd.org/wp-content/uploads/IKEs-2025-State-Conv-Agenda.docx The deadline to register is 4/10/25. Registration is $75, which includes some meals. […]
Objection deadline for FONSI on North Sand Forest Management Environmental Assessment, BHNF is just before midnight on 4/29/25 https://usfs-public.app.box.com/v/PinyonPublic/file/1805706402518 For more information visit the project web page - https://usfs-public.app.box.com/v/PinyonPublic/folder/246546688222
Field trip to La Creek National Wildlife Refuge. We meet folks at the Refuge Headquarters at about 10 am. A car pool departs from Rapid City's Eastside Family Fare (used to be Family Thrift) at 7:30 am. It takes about 2.5 hours to drive from Rapid City to Refuge & sometimes the car pool stragglers […]
International Bird Day Event Celebration for Western SD This event is at Bear Butte State Park - Bear Butte State Park Education Center, Sturgis, SD, 8 am - 3 pm MT It is organized/sponsored by Audubon Great Plains, American Bird Conservancy, Bird Conservancy of the Rockies, Black Hills Raptor Center, The Nature Conservancy, SDGFP, NRCS, […]