The Kingsbury County Commission really wants to pull the plug on Lake Thompson, or at least on the top few feet of water that has…
Tag: Department of Environment and Natural Resources
The Board of Minerals and Environment is still trying to figure out what to do about deadbeat drilling company Spyglass, which abandoned forty natural gas…
Well, at least she didn’t appoint her other daughter. Last week Steve Pirner announced he’s retiring from his position as Secretary of the Department of…
After 44 years of public service, Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Steve Pirner is retiring: Earlier Friday, Pirner submitted his resignation letter to…
Yesterday’s flood-spawning rain in Sioux Falls put a damper on Sunday outings, but we can hope it also helped dilute some of the ammonia Smithfield…
Agropur plans to pump two million gallons of its cheese-plant wastewater into the Big Sioux River. The main health concern from that water is its…
Bob Mercer reports that the Department of Environment and Natural Resources is inviting public input on how to spend South Dakota’s $8,125,000 share of the $16.1 billion…
Last week Seth Tupper reported that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources want to allow Canadian…
The South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources hasn’t added any new information to its dossier on the TransCanada Keystone pipeline spill since November 30,…
As KOTA-TV reported on December 1, Governor Dennis Daugaard continues to support bringing the U.S. Department of Energy’s Deep Borehole Field Test to South Dakota…