CONTACT LEGISLATORS SAYING YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF HOUSE BILL 1273 BY 5:00 PM (MT) ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11 Please plan to contact a lot of legislators very quickly. We expect a hearing to be held on Thursday, February 12, at 6:45 am MT before the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee. Everyone needs to email … Continue reading JOIN THE SUPPORT FOR HOUSE BILL 1273 AND COME TO PIERRE
State Level Comment Notices URGENT! House Bill 1273 has been introduced and needs our support. A bill has been introduced in the South Dakota Legislature that would provide important protections for water, cultural sites, land, and communities. It is House Bill 1273, which would revise mining statutes to provide more protection from projects to mine … Continue reading SUPPORT HOUSE BILL 1273 — PROTECT THE BLACK HILLS
SECOND URANIUM EXPLORATION PROJECT THREATENS CRAVEN CANYON A Canadian company has applied for a second time to explore for radioactive uranium at Craven Canyon in the southern Black Hills. This project is named the October Jinx Project, which is on federal land. It is part of the larger Chord Project. The company is named Clean Nuclear Energy Corporation … Continue reading CALL TO ACTION: COMMENTS NEEDED TO PROTECT CRAVEN CANYON
January 7, 2026 Press Release Contact: Lilias Jarding, Ph.D. edbhcwa@gmail.com The large out-of-state – and often international -- mining companies operating in the Black Hills have a history of doing business here using a public front that is an entity that is organized in South Dakota. The local Powertech Uranium is a subsidiary of Texas-based … Continue reading DID LIEN SELL OUT?
Add your name to protect sacred site Pe’Sla: PROTECT SACRED SITE PE’SLA - DENY DRILLING PERMIT TO PETE LIEN & SONS THE PROBLEM: SACRED INDIGENOUS LAND AND RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK. In the sacred He Sápa, known in English as the Black Hills of South Dakota, the Lakota sacred site known as Pe’ Sla (“pay-SHLAH”) … Continue reading Sign the Petition! Help Protect Pe’Sla from Graphite Drilling
As someone who supports our work, we rely on you to help in many ways — staying informed, attending events, spreading the word, and writing public comments. And we also need your financial support. One of our billboards outside of Hot Springs. We are excited to have been given a matching grant of $10,000. Which … Continue reading Exciting news! Your generous contribution will be doubled — it’s a two-for-one!
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