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Application deadline extended for more than 300 temporary jobs LAKEWOOD, COLORADO – The Rocky Mountain Region of the USDA Forest Service announced today the availability of 300 temporary jobs in a variety of exciting and rewarding occupations for the 2018 field season throughout national forests and grasslands in Colorado, Kansas, […]
Black Hills National Forest Pile Burning Info: Forest Managers are working to reduce hazardous fuels across the Black Hills National Forest. Hell Canyon Ranger District (southern Black Hills) Hell Canyon fire will be igniting Hahn piles East/North East of Custer, if conditions warrant and around 50 Hahn piles, […]
Brief Heavy Snow Expected this Afternoon … At 330 PM…A line of brief heavy snow extends across western South Dakota from Lemmon to Union Center to Rapid City to Custer to Hot Springs. This snow squall was moving east at 15 mph and should only last for a […]
Skimming oil in the Gulf of Mexico during the Deepwater Horizon spill, May 29, 2010. NOAA , CC BY Donald Boesch, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science The Trump Administration is proposing to ease regulations that were adopted to make offshore oil and gas drilling operations safer […]
Scott L. Montgomery, University of Washington After decades of bitter struggle, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge seems on the verge of being opened to the oil industry. The consensus tax bill Republicans are trying to pass retains this measure, which was added to gain the key vote of […]
December 19, 2017 PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Department of Agriculture (SDDA) has approved Engenia, Xtendimax with Vapor Grip technology and Fexapan herbicides for use in South Dakota for the 2018 growing season. These labels expire Dec. 20, 2018. The SDDA will use the federal EPA stamped […]
November 29, 2017 WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, HOT SPRINGS S.D. – Holiday events this year at Wind Cave National Park begin Wednesday, December 13, with the park’s holiday open house followed by the 22 Annual Wind Cave National Park Christmas Bird Count on Sunday, December 17. The […]
November 7, 2017 PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) Commission did not adopt their proposal which would have expanded the use of hounds to hunt mountain lions. The initial request, through the citizen petition process, asked to remove the restrictions of the use of […]
October 30, 2017 Rapid City, SD, – The Mystic Ranger District on the Black Hills National Forest is planning to ignite 108 acres on the Silver Mountain project Tuesday, October 31, depending on weather. Smoke will be visible for several miles and could impact Highway 16, Hill City, Rapid City […]
October 16, 2017 Washington, DC – A Presidential permit has been issued to Enbridge Energy, L.P. (“Enbridge”) authorizing Enbridge to increase transport up to a full design capacity of approximately 890,000 barrels per day of crude oil and other hydrocarbons across a three-mile segment at the U.S.-Canada […]
