The next Executive Board Meeting will be:  To be determined

Current Newsletter (pdf format 1.19 MB)

The SDTWS Annual Meeting will be held February 27 - 29, 2012 at Cedar Shore Resort.    Reserve your room soon - click here for details.
2012 Annual Meeting Program Draft Agenda (pdf format 225 KB)

SDTWS is now on Facebook!  If you are currently not signed up for Facebook, you can use the following link and it will direct you to a page to sign up.  If you are already a member, the link below will take you to the SDTWS Facebook page, where you can join the group!
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=375605397459

Current newsletter for CMPS is available at http://joomla.wildlife.org/CMP/images/Documents/cmpsnov2011.pdf

Letter to Minnehaha County Commission Office regarding tile drainage
Coalition of Natural Resource Societies letter to Governor Rounds   

NDTWS Report regarding oil and gas development and impacts in North Dakota (pdf format 753 KB)

HB1087 (2012) (pdf format 11 KB)

USFWS Press Release on White-nose Syndrome in Bats (pdf format 109 KB)

TWS now accepting 2012 Leadership Institute Applications (pdf format 131 KB).

Consistent with the objectives of The Wildlife Society, the South Dakota Chapter Objectives are:

*  To develop and promote sound stewardship of wildlife resources and of the environment upon which wildlife and humans depend.

*  To undertake an active role in preventing human-induced environmental degradation.

*  To increase awareness and appreciation of wildlife values.

*  To seek the highest standards in all activities of the wildlife profession.

To aid in the achievement of these objectives, this chapter proposes to:

*  Provide opportunities for better liaison among individual members, their Section, and The Society.

*  Evaluate and respond to the principles involved in proposed or enacted societal actions that could affect wildlife or its habitats.

*  Recognize and commend outstanding professional achievements in maintenance, restoration and enhancement of habitats for wildlife.

*  Focus the aims and objectives of The Society and the Central Mountains and Plains Section upon professional wildlife needs, problems, and events in local situations.

*  Encourage communication between members and nonmembers to facilitate understanding and effectiveness of research and management of wildlife resources.

*  Evaluate the principles involved in proposed or enacted public or private actions that could affect wildlife and to make these evaluations known to the public and public officials.

 

Photo © Doug Backlund

Executive Board 2010-11

President
Rocco Murano
SD Game, Fish & Parks
SNP 138 Box 2140B
Brookings, SD  57007
(605) 688-4786

Past-President
Chad Switzer
SD Game, Fish & Parks
523 East Capitol
Pierre, SD  57501
(605) 773-4193

Current information from Central Mountains and Plains Section