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
Endangered Species Chalk Art Competition The competition will occur from Thursday, May 1, 2025 to Sunday, May 18th. Friday, May 16th is Endangered Species Day https://www.endangered.org/endangered-species-chalk-art-event/ People draw pictures of Endangered Species on side walks, parking lots , roads, garage floors etc. you take a photo of your chalk art and post to https://form.jotform.com/250779081878069 There […]
Upcoming Meetings 05/01/2025 | May Special Meeting Start Date/Time: 05/01/2025 10:30 AM End Date/Time: 05/01/2025 01:00 PM Time Zone: Central Standard Time Description: Location: DANR - Foss Building - Matthew's Training Center Documents: Description File Type Upload Date Agenda Agenda 4/24/2025 2:52:06 PM Full Packet Document 4/24/2025 2:52:23 PM Links: Listen Live Audio Files*: There […]
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 […]
May 3 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm UTC-6 IMPEACH, CONVICT, REMOVE Rally City Hall 300 6th St, Rapid City, SD, United States Indivisible Facebook page writes: "Visit Rapid City" is hosting an event at the Elks Theater for the unveiling on the newest City of Presidents statue, Trump. Yes, they are putting up a […]
Idea Wild Auction at Journey Museum This event starts at 5 pm, we don't know when it ends 30th Anniversary benefit auction ideawild@ideawild.org https://ideawild.org/events/
Written Comment Deadline for SDGFP Commission's May Meeting It is before midnight MT on Sunday night 5/4/25 - the web site to post comments to is: https://gfp.sd.gov/forms/positions/. Commission meeting is on Thursday-Friday at Custer State Park's Event Barn & Zoom. When closer to meeting we will post more info on our May 8th-9th notice - https://phas-wsd.org/event/sd-game-fish-and-parks-may-commission-hybrid-meeting-in-custer-and-zoom/ […]
Water Management Board Meeting May 5 2025 https://boardsandcommissions.sd.gov/Meetings.aspx?BoardID=106 05/07/2025 | Water Management Board Start Date/Time: 05/07/2025 09:30 AM End Date/Time: 05/07/2025 12:00 PM Time Zone: Central Standard Time Description: May 7, 2025 WMB Meeting Location: DANR - Foss Building – Matthew Training Center Documents: Description File Type Upload Date Agenda Agenda 4/28/2025 11:16:13 AM Board […]
Scoping comments due on Imlay West Allotment Improvement Project, NNF Quotes from Forest Service letter: " Project Area The proposed actions for this project would take place in the Imlay West Pasture of the Imlay West Allotment on the Buffalo Gap National Grassland (Figure 1). This pasture is located approximately 20 miles Southwest of Wall, SD. […]
SD Game, Fish and Parks May Commission hybrid meeting, in Custer and Zoom, When close to the date visit this page for agenda and documents presented to Commission: https://gfp.sd.gov/commission/information/ Agenda: https://gfp.sd.gov/UserDocs/nav/Commission_Agenda_Public_May_2025.pdf Date and Time: May 8, 2025, from 1-5 pm MT | May 9, 2025, from 8 am-12 pm MT Meeting Location: Custer State Park […]
West River Spring Migration Count The annual West River Migration Count (WRMC) dates are May 9-12, 2025 and Vic Fondy will be coordinating the count. Similar to the Audubon Christmas Bird count, the WRMC is conducted during the second week of May to count both species and numbers of birds migrating thru Western South Dakota. […]
Protecting the Black Hills from Mining Summit, Follow up Meeting, May 9th, 10 am-4 pm MT, Check-in starts at 9:30 am Space is limited you must pre-register to attend Go to https://wp.me/P8vQtg-4H5 or https://bhcleanwateralliance.org/summit_followup_may2025/
May 9th was the former deadline to send comments. . THIS DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED A WEEK to Friday the 16th Pete Lien and Sons Rochford Mineral Exploratory Drilling Project. https://cara.fs2c.usda.gov/Public/CommentInput?Project=67838 The scoping comment period for this project is April 9, 2025 - May 9, 2025. Electronic comments are preferred and must be submitted to the […]
International Migratory Bird Day is the second Saturday in May. May 10th A local event is planned to celebrate IMBD, but will likely be on the third weekend, at Bear Butte State Park. PHAS has a field trip to La Creek NWR every May, it is usually on the first or second Saturday in May.
The 2025 Native American Fish and Wildlife Society Annual National Conference, hosted by the Eastern Shoshone & Northern Arapaho Tribes of the Wind River Reservation, will be held from May 12 to 15, 2025 at the Wind River Hotel and Casino in Riverton, WY. Agenda: https://www.nafws.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2025-National-Conference-Agenda.-DRAFT-4.24.25.pdf Early Bird Registration Fees (Until March 28, 2025): Non-member – […]
Deadline to comment on SDGFP proposed Beaver Action Plan. This plan provides for direction on beaver management in the Black Hills, allowing for a beaver trapping/hunting moratorium until various population and distribution goals are reached, at which point hunting season on private land will be reintroduced and then later with even more increased distribution and […]
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT COMMENT OR INTERVENE IS MAY 14. Deadline to submit letters to South Dakota DANR’s “Minerals, Mining, and Superfund Program” to intervene, comment, and/or push for a change of venue to Fall River County are due in Pierre no later than Wednesday, May 14th, 5:00 PM CST or post marked on that […]
PHAS May 2025 Board meeting, 6:30 pm Wed. 5/14/25 Contact Nancy for info. 605-787-2806, phas.wsd@rapidnet.com, Open to members - others by invitation
Climate Watch Spring Season Climate Watch is sponsored by the National Audubon Society (NAS) & takes place during two distinct seasons—winter (January 15-February 15) and summer (May 15-June 15). Below is the alert for any season (winter or summer) . Like the Christmas bird count this is a chance to help create “citizen science” for birds. Climate Watch focuses […]
SD GFP Parks Free Weekend: Free Entry & No Fishing License Required (May 16–18) This Friday through Sunday (May 16–18, 2025), you can visit any South Dakota State Park for free. No entrance license needed! You can also fish without a license all weekend long throughout South Dakota! That’s right: it’s the perfect time […]
SD Ornithologist Union Biennial Spring Meeting This will be a tri-state joint meeting with our fellow birders from Iowa and Nebraska, hosted the weekend of May 16-18 at the Salvation Army Western Plains Camp in South Sioux City, NE. There is a fantastic array of field trips scheduled in all three states, a Friday […]
Friday, May 16th, 2025 Every year we have an Endangered Species Day Celebration, where multiple groups sponsor presentations on federal and state listed endangered or threatened (T & E) species. In recent years it has been a Zoom meeting. It is normally from 6 pm to 9 pm on the eve of Endangered Species Day, […]
May 9th electronically sent before midnight or postmarked , is the deadline for scoping comments on. THIS DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED A WEEK to Friday the 16th Pete Lien and Sons Rochford Mineral Exploratory Drilling Project. https://cara.fs2c.usda.gov/Public/CommentInput?Project=67838 The scoping comment period for this project is April 9, 2025 - May 9, 2025. Project web page and […]
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, […]
5/17/25 Pennington County Master Gardener's Annual Plant share, at 8am, Walter Taylor building - Central States Fairground We are not sure how long it runs have guessed at 8 am- 5 pm
Deadline to Comment on Grizzly Bear ESA listing Rule, Sat May 17th, 2025 For info. visit https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/15/2025-00329/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-grizzly-bear-listing-on-the-list-of-endangered-and The USFWS writes "After a review of the best scientific and commercial data available, we affirm that the currently listed grizzly bear population meets our requirements for consideration as a distinct population segment (DPS) under the Act and […]
Our statement that the deadline to comment on USFWS rule change on Endangered species is 5/17/25 was wrong - it is really May 19th, 2025. We were off by 2 days. This is an extremely bad rule proposal & must be opposed. For more than 40 years, the harm definition has protected endangered species […]
Deadline for an extended comment period on Monarch Butterfly's ESA listing proposal Deadline of new comment period on monarch butterfly proposed listing, is May 19th, On March 18th, the USFWS extended the previous comment period for another 60 days. Officials say the proposed rule includes species-specific protections and flexibilities to encourage conservation of the […]
We had posted that the deadline to comment on rescinding the definition of "harm" for ESA was May 17th, that was a mistake, --- it is really Monday, May 19th. This is the link to the sign on letter that the National Audubon Society offers. (You go on-line and submit a pre-fab letter) https://act.audubon.org/a/protect-esa-2025 This […]
Black Hills National Forest, National Forest Advisory Board, Wednesday, May 21st Meeting Times: Begin at 1 p.m. and end no later than 4:30 p.m. Location: Mystic Ranger District Office, 8221 Mount Rushmore Road, Rapid City, SD 57702 The public can attend, but can't speak unless ask to speak 3 days in advance Written comments and requests for time for […]
Deadline May 23 @ 10:59 pm MT, 11:59 CT South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) is seeking comments on the draft “North American River Otter Action Plan, 2025-2029.” The River Otter Action Plan, 2025-2029, is a document that will be used by GFP to guide river otter management in South Dakota through identified […]
This is a direct quote from the DANR's Notice: Notice of Recommendation on an Application for a Groundwater Discharge Plan Renewal "Notice is hereby given that the South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources(Department) has received a renewal application for an existing Groundwater Discharge Plan from Wharf Resources’ (USA), Inc. for the American Eagle Spent […]
Black Hills Photo Club Contest deadline - For the Birds Friday, May 30, 2025 12:00 AM 9:00 PM June - The summer will be "For the Birds" For info https://www.blackhillsphotographyclub.com/events/winter-wonderland-p286k-tctac Competitions are for club members only, but guests are welcome to check out BHPC themes and attend meetings where submissions are shown! The club meets monthly on […]
Deadline for scoping comments on proposed parking lots near agate beds BGNG,NNF is May 30th Buffalo Gap National Grassland's Cherry Stem Parking Project Scoping Use of a categorical exclusion is planned. Forest Service writes: "The purpose of this project is to designate parking areas near high-use recreation sites. The need that is driving this […]