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You can make a difference in your community. We can help!Endangered Species Day Celebration in Rapid City
May 16, 2008
Surbeck Center Ballroom
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
501 E. St. Joseph St
Rapid City, SD 57701
Join Defenders on Friday, May 16th as we celebrate the many efforts of South Dakotans to save and restore the threatened and endangered species in the state. Cosponsored by several groups, a series of educational talks will run from 2-5pm, followed by a free catered dinner from 5-6:30, and finally a multimedia presentation from 6:30-8:45. Come for some or all of the day’s events.
Schedule
2:00-5:00 -- Mini-conference on efforts and issues around South Dakota
- 2:00 -- Welcome and Introduction to South Dakota’s threatened and endangered species (Jonathan Proctor, Defenders of Wildlife)
- 2:15 -- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Endangered Species Program (Steve Fairbairn, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
- 2:45 -- Threatened, Endangered, and Other Designations - Tools for Plant Conservation in the Black Hills and Surrounding Great Plains (Beth Burkhart, U.S. Forest Service)
- 3:15 -- Climate change and stream flow characteristics in the Missouri River Basin, 1957- 2006 (Mark Anderson, U.S. Geological Survey)
- 3:45 -- Break
- 4:00 -- Terns and Plovers and other Missouri River Threatened & Endangered Species (Michael Melius, author)
- 4:30 -- Conata Basin: Common Ground? (Bob Paulson, The Nature Conservancy)
5:00-6:30 -- Information booths and free buffet-style dinner*
*For dinner please RSVP
6:30-8:45 -- Evening presentations
- 6:30 -- Multimedia wildlife presentation by local author/photographer Dan Licht
- 7:15 -- Break
- 7:30 -- Species restoration on South Dakota’s tribal lands
- Trudy Ecoffey, Oglala Sioux Parks and Recreation Authority: Oglala Sioux Tribe Rare Animals Programs and Efforts
- Keith Annis, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Prairie Management Program: Black-footed Ferret Recovery Update
- Shaun Grassel, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Recreation: Black-footed Ferret and Swift Fox Recovery on the Lower Brule Indian Reservation: Highlights and Challenges
Sponsored by: SDSMT Environment Club, Prairie Hills Audubon Society, Izaac Walton League, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, Prairie Dog Coalition, Defenders of Wildlife, Sierra Club, Humane Society of the United States, Maka Foundation.
