The Black Hills Clean Water Alliance is a diverse collection of citizens concerned about the health, environmental, and economic impacts that mining projects would have on our communities, people, economy, and natural resources. See our Partners.
How to submit your comment on the Mineral Withdrawal.
- SUBMIT YOUR COMMENT BEFORE JUNE 20th:
- Use the online portal at https://cara.fs2c.usda.gov/Public/CommentInput?project=NP-3479.
- Written comments may be submitted [via USPS Mail] to Bryan Karchut, Black Hills National Forest, 1019 N. 5th Street, Custer, SD 57730.
- Comments sent by email will not be accepted. This comment period will serve as the scoping period for the environmental analysis process.

Recent Blog Posts – Keeping you up-to-date.
The Black Hills Under Attack by Mining Companies! KNOW THE ISSUES!
Uranium | Gold | Lithium | Rare Earths
UPDATED CLAIMS MAP IS HERE. Over 228,000 acres of the Black Hills are under mining claims – or more than 18% of all the land in the Black Hills.
In the last several months, new mining projects have been announced – or discovered by local people – in the Black Hills. They join other projects that we already knew about. This demands coordinated community action – first by your donation, and second by giving your time right now to oppose the attacks of mining companies. Are you in? Contact us to see how you can help.
NEW PAGE ADDED.
MAPPING CLAIMS
Up date of our mining claims map in the Black Hills.
CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE.

GOLD MINING THREATENS THE BLACK HILLS – AGAIN!
GO TO THIS PAGE FOR UPDATES on Gold Mining that now lists six companies with mining claims in the Black Hills. … READ MORE.
