Events

Deadline to submit comments to the SDGFP Commission for their review before  the December Meeting is - just before midnight CT on Sunday night. You must use the GFP public comment portal - https://gfp.sd.gov/forms/positions/ The December Commission Meeting will be held on December 4-5, 2025, starting at 1 pm CST at the Capitol Building, Room 414, […]

Deadline for Chapters to submit grant applications to National Audubon Society - has been extended from Sunday Nov 23rd to Monday December 1st.. Prairie Hills Audubon Society (PHAS)  is a chapter of the National Audubon Society (NAS). We share with them normally about 260 joint members and get an automatic grant award of $565 dollars […]

EPA SEEKS TO WEAKEN -"CLEAN AIR FOR PARKS" Comment Deadline: December 1, 2025 Tell EPA Not to Weaken the “Clean Air for Parks” / Regional Haze Rule EPA has released an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) titled:“Visibility Protection: Regional Haze State Plan Requirements Rule Revision.”This is the first step toward weakening the long-standing Regional […]

  Date and Time of Hybrid meeting: Thursday December 4, 2025, from 1-5 pm CST Meeting Location: Capitol Building, Room 414, 500 E Capitol Ave. Pierre, SD 57501 To view agenda and Commission Book (packet given to the Commission) visit https://gfp.sd.gov/commission/information/ ====== December Agenda (this has Zoom codes) : https://gfp.sd.gov/UserDocs/nav/Commission_Agenda_-_Dec.pdf Meeting ID: 912 6417 6710 Passcode: […]

Hello! Please join the Endangered Species Coalition (ESC)   on Friday, 12/5/25  to learn about the Endangered Species Act proposed rules (see comment deadline 12/22/25) and get tools helpful to engage in the public comment period. ESC will have time for questions and discussion. Endangered Species Act Proposed Rules Briefing Friday, December 5 at 12:30 […]

Rapid Creek Clean Up 12/13/2025 Saturday at 10:00 AM at Founders Park. Volunteers are going to brave the elements and haul away the human leftovers from the creek and surrounding banks.  For more information - Jeffrey Anderson <jrbk4349@aol.com> or Bill Young -guinnessmarsh@gmail.com

Prairie Hills Audubon Society 's December Board meeting is 12/10/25 Our board meetings are normally on the second Wednesday of the month at 6:30 pm MT by Zoom. Members are welcome at PHAS BoD  meetings, others (non-members)  by invitation. To get the Zoom codes ask Nancy at 605-787-6466, 787-2806 or e-mail phas.wsd@rapidnet.com,      

Join the Endangered Species Coalition and partners as we come together to talk about the Trump administration's wide-reaching set of proposed rules that would severely undermine implementation of Endangered Species Act (ESA). The proposed ESA rule changes are now open for public comment until December 22, 2025. In this Zoom webinar the Coalition explain ways […]

Deadline for written comments on amendments to Pennington County Alternative Energy Ordinance is 2 pm Friday 12/12/25 Notes on Pennington County Alternative energy ordinance (amendments), This is up for hearing on at Commission meeting on  Tuesday 16th of Dec. The written comment deadline was Wed 10th, but it has been extended to Friday, 12th at […]

Rep. Boebert’s bill, H.R. 845, which would delist gray wolves in the lower 48 states may be on the House floor for a vote next week (Dec 14th-21st). The Pet and Livestock Protection Act (HR 845), introduced by Representatives Lauren Boebert (CO-03) and Tom Tiffany (WI-07), is scheduled for a critical House Rules Committee hearing on Monday, December 15, […]

On Tuesday November 4th the Pennington County Commission continued the first reading of amendments to Alternative Energy Ordinance to December 16th, 2025. Notes on Pennington County Alternative energy ordinance (amendments), This is up for hearing on at Commission meeting on  Tuesday 16th of Dec.  It was continued till Jan 20th, 2026 and got sent back […]

ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT (ESA) ROLLBACK PACKAGE - COMMENTS DUE ON DECEMBER 22, 2025 Issue: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has issued four proposed rules to roll back Endangered Species Act protections. These proposals would:• allow economic impacts to influence listing decisions;• narrow the meaning of “foreseeable future,” limiting climate-related listings;• reduce critical habitat […]

Deadline to comment on Federal rules about reporting on PFAS Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Data Reporting and Recordkeeping Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); Revision to Regulation https://www.regulations.gov/document/EPA-HQ-OPPT-2020-0549-0311 Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2020-0549-0311 – Protect PFAS reporting requirements. Comment Period Ends:Dec 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM EST https://www.regulations.gov/document/EPA-HQ-OPPT-2020-0549-0311 ====================== Environmental Defense Fund alert and pre-fab letter […]