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!
As a result of a uranium company press release issued yesterday, some area residents are drawing inaccurate conclusions about the status of a proposed radioactive uranium mining project in Fall River and Custer Counties. Regardless of an Executive Order and press release issued by the current Administration, the proposed Dewey-Burdock uranium mining project would need … Continue reading Clarification on Fast-41 and the Proposed Uranium Mining Project in the Black Hills
Ponderosa Exploration Drilling Project #64551 Scoping notice was published 7/20/25. Comments are requested through 7/21/2025 11:59:59 PM (Mountain Standard Time). https://cara.fs2c.usda.gov/Public/CommentInput?Project=64551 The Northern Hills District of Black Hills National Forest has released information for the proposed Ponderosa gold drilling project, with a 30-day comment period. Your comments are due by July 21, 2025, at 11:59 … Continue reading ATTENTION! PONDEROSA PROJECT COMMENT PERIOD BEGINS NOW!
NEWS FLASH! Ponderosa Project Comment Period Started today, 6/20/2025. Watch for details coming up. There are three new gold projects at various stages of development that have recently become active in the northern Black Hills. With gold prices at all-time highs, interest in new gold mining is also high. Gold is not a strategic or … Continue reading NEW GOLD PROJECTS ACTIVE IN NORTHERN HILLS
Two actions by the federal government over the last few weeks could impact our work in the Black Hills, particularly around uranium mining.
Black Hills Clean Water Alliance 