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UPCOMING MEMBERS ACTIVITIES  LATE
SUMMER/FALL 2023

PHAS is  having an annual meeting at 6 pm August 31st, Thursday.  Erik Molvar is anticipated as speaker on the greater sage grouse, followed by the business meeting w/ election of board members. This meeting will be hybrid, with Zoom access and face-to-face meeting at the Piedmont American Legion Post 311, Piedmont, SD.  Folks wishing to serve on the Board this next year,  contact any of the current Board members:  Nancy Hilding – President, Jim Petersen – Vice-President, Doris Respects Nothing – Secretary,   Helen McGinnis – Treasurer, Jedediah Beadle – Board members (& field trip chair), Tonia Stands – Board member.  For more details on the Annual meeting visit our calendar page: 

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Annual forestry basics field trip. For the past 2 years the NGOs of Prairie Hills Audubon Society, The Norbeck Society and the Black Hills Group of the Sierra Club jointly sponsor a “Forestry Basics” field trip in the fall.  Dave Mertz a retired forester from the Black Hills National Forest leads a morning field trip in the Custer area to learn about how the National Forest plans and executes timber sales- we visit various sites to see how timber cutting is implemented in various ways. We are doing a head count to see if there is interest again this year – Contact Nancy for details – nhilshat@rapidnet.com or 605-787-6466 

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We are supporting the BHNF Northern Hills District’s beaver dam analog construction project on Friday Sept 8th-9th. We ask folks to volunteer with the Forest Service to help build these dams.  For more info: https://phas-wsd.org/event/volunteer-to-help-build-beaver-dam-analog-w-bhnf/

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We may plan a car pool to attend the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission meeting in Gillette in mid September (either Sept 12 or 13th) :  For more info: https://phas-wsd.org/event/wyoming-game-fish-commission-meeting-gillette/

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September  members meeting  is not yet scheduled, however we will likely have a conservation strategy meeting, sometime in September, likely after September 8th.. Sept Board meeting will likely be in the middle of the month of Sept. 

RECENT PAST MEETINGS 2023 

The board meeting in August 2023 was held on Tuesday August 15th at 6:00 pm.  PHAS members are welcome at Board meetings that are held on Zoom. Nowadays they tend to be mid-month in evening.  – Contact Nancy for details – nhilshat@rapidnet.com or 605-787-6466 

 ~PHAS had a Zoom conservation networking/discussion/strategy meeting Wednesday August 2nd,  4 pm – 6 pm MT. Topics will be: Wyoming and South Dakota lion hunting season 2023 proposals and maybe, time permitting, SD Nest Predator Bounty Program and beaver conservation or other topics.  Contact Nancy for details – nhilshat@rapidnet.com or 605-787-6466 for details on how to attend. We don’t post on-line Zoom links or the meeting records, when campaign strategy is discussed, as we reserve attendance to PHAS members and other folk with support for conservation & environmental/biodiversity protection.

~We had a board meeting on Wednesday July 13th, 2023,Members are welcome at Board meetings. They are held by Zoom, – ask Nancy Hilding for an invite – 605-787-6466

~ We had a conservation action strategy networking meeting Sunday night June 4th by Zoom, Contact Nancy Hilding to be invited. 605-787-6466.  This is where we discuss our conservation campaigns. Go to the events/deadlines calendar for details.

~ We had Zoom members meeting on Monday June 5th – on Mining threat in Black Hills w/ Lilias Jarding as speaker. Go to the events/deadlines calendar for details.

~ We had a Board meeting for Monday,June 12th,, Members are welcome at Board meetings. They are held by Zoom, – ask Nancy Hilding for an invite – 605-787-6466

~We co-sponsored (with other groups) the annual Endangered Species Day Celebration on the evening of May 19th

~We co-sponsored with the Sierra Club a field trip to La Creek National Wildlife Refuge on Saturday May 13th. Go to the events/deadlines calendar for details.
~We had a PHAS Board meeting on May 11th, at 6 pm by Zoom. Members wanting to come should contact Nancy Hilding – 605-787-6466 (LL) or phas.wsd@rapidnet.com. 

~We had a “working meeting” in late April on Sunday, April 30th at 6 pm, to discuss actions needed to move our various conservation campaigns forward. This was by Zoom. Go to events calendar page for details.
~Our previous meeting was Tuesday, April 4th by Zoom and will be on Black Hills National Forest Issues. Mary Zimmerman and Dave Mertz will talk on their mid-March trip to DC to lobby on Forest Issues. We normally meet in the last week of the month, but due to speaker availability, we moved forward in time by a week. Go to events page for details & contact Nancy for a link to the recording.

~We had a Zoom meeting at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, February 28th. Meghan Carter from the National Audubon Society office in Fargo, ND talked to us about Audubon’s staff’s activities & programs in the Dakotas. Details was posted to the events page and meeting was recorded and link to recording was posted to recordings page.

~PHAS co-sponsored the Piedmont (Foothills Area) Legislative Cracker Barrel on the afternoon of Saturday 2/18/23 at the Piedmont American Legion Post. See events page for details: https://phas-wsd.org/event/piedmont-foothills-area-cracker-barrel/
RECENT PAST 2022
~PHAS sponsored 2 Christmas Bird Counts in Dec./Jan.. See list of Christmas Bird Counts in Nature Study drop down menu.

likely W~Zoom  July meeting on BHNF Forest Plan Revision Assessments will be held from 6:30 pm to 9 pm, with Lou Conroy of the BHNF as speaker. The Norbeck Society and the Black Hills Group of the Sierra Club will co-sponsor the Zoom meeting with PHAS (Prairie Hills Audubon Society).

For information on BHNF Forest Plan Revision Assessments – https://phas-wsd.org/event/black-hills-national-forest-seeks-comments-on-forest-plan-revision-draft-assessments-by-aug-1-2022/