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RAPID CITY, S.D. (KEVN) - Published: Aug. 2, 2020 at 8:18 PM MDT
Despite having to park elsewhere and walking a mile to the meeting point at the already full North Boat Launch parking lot, the Rapid Creek Watershed members were ready for an activity to address their cause combined with recreation. ... Read More. More news on the Rapid Creek Watershed Action: https://www.kotatv.com/2020/07/28/rapid-creek-watershed-action-kicks-off-petition-drive-to-ensure-watershed-protection/ https://www.blackhillsfox.com/2020/07/28/rapid-creek-watershed-action-kicks-off-petition-drive-to-ensure-watershed-protection/
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 Rapid Creek & Aquifers Featured on South Dakota Standard - Dr. Lilias Jarding writes:
Mniluzahan (Rapid Creek) is the source of Rapid City’s and Ellsworth Air Force Base’s water supply. It also supplies water for reservations, rural areas, and irrigation systems along its route to the Cheyenne River and eventually the Missouri River. Rapid Creek is critical to the economy, health, and very survival of South Dakota’s second-largest city and other western South Dakota communities. Some of the water that Rapid City uses flows directly down the Creek and into a City water treatment plant. At the plant, it receives treatment and is piped out to the community. Other water takes a detour – it comes down the Creek as far as Dark Canyon, just west of town. It then drops through the open rock layers at the bottom of the Creek and flows into underground aquifers. (Think of an aquifer as a giant underground lake that flows.) The two aquifers the water flows into are called the Madison aquifer and the Minnelusa aquifer. The City has wells drilled into these aquifers, which then pump the water back to the surface for residents to use. (See Drawing above) Read more on SDStandardnow.com  Mr. Donald Trump Jr. fishes for trout on Rapid Creek That’s why they call it “fishing” and not “catching.”
It’s an old angling cliche, used sometimes to soothe the wounded spirit of an angler skunked. But it’s true, too. There’s no guarantee when a fly — even one astutely selected and artfully cast — settles gently on the water of a moving stream that a fish will rise and take it. Nor should there be such a guarantee. Read more.  6/16/20 - Press Conference to Launch RCWA. Justin Herreman, Spokesperson. Photo by Carla Rae Marshall Rapid City Journal: A group of clean water advocates and outdoor enthusiasts joined together Tuesday to announce their intention to get the Rapid Creek watershed west of Rapid City designated as a federally-recognized recreation area.
The group — Rapid Creek Watershed Action — made the announcement at a news conference Tuesday. "Our purpose here today is to call on our federal representatives to legally designate the Rapid Creek Watershed upstream from Rapid City as a recreation area," group spokesperson Justin Herreman said. "Outdoor recreation is the main activity and a major economic driver in that area, and it should be protected by a congressional designation, as other similar areas are." From South Dakota Public Radio:
A coalition of several water-focused organizations in the Black Hills wants the Rapid Creek watershed west of Rapid City designated as a National Recreation Area. |
Rapid Creek Watershed Action
P.O. Box 9482 Rapid City, SD 57709 PH: 605-484-8840
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Photo by Carla Rae Marshall
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