Santee Sioux Office of Environmental Protection

08/14/2026

07/01/2026

The SSN is closed today - no electricity do to Mother Nature reminding us she is still in charge 7/1/2026

07/01/2026

10 AM late start on Monday, July 1 for the Santee Sioux Nation tribal employees. Electricity hopefully will be restored soon but have some patience, we are not the only ones without power.

05/02/2026

That 95% accuracy comes from compound eyes containing 30,000 individual lenses and flight muscles that fire independently, letting dragonflies adjust each wing separately mid-chase. They calculate intercept courses the way fighter pilots do, predicting where prey will be rather than chasing where it is now. A single dragonfly patrols roughly a quarter-acre territory, methodically clearing it sector by sector. The math becomes personal when you realize what this means for evening barbecues and morning coffee on the deck. Create shallow water features, plant native sedges around pond edges, and avoid pesticides that eliminate their food source. A small garden pond becomes a mosquito-clearing station that works while you sleep. The most effective pest control never announces itself. [X4UZU]