Betty the Beaver needs our help to protect her, and others', watershed. Join us for our 2024 Comment Challenge to help generate 2,024 Comments supporting the Pactola Reservoir-Rapid Creek Watershed Withdrawal proposal by the US Forest Service. "The USFS requested 20,574 acres of NFS lands be withdrawn (closed) to all forms of entry, appropriation, and … Continue reading Betty the Beaver Pleas for Help “Protect My Watershed” – Joins our 2024 Comment Challenge.
The US Forest Service has issued a draft Environmental Assessment and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) in support of the proposed Pactola Reservoir - Rapid Creek Watershed mineral claims withdrawal that was proposed in March, 2023. This is the proposed 20,574-acre mineral withdrawal around Pactola Reservoir and along Upper Rapid Creek – the … Continue reading SAY YES! Support the Forest Service’s proposal to Protect 20,574 acres of the Black Hills.
A VICTORY for the Oglala Sioux Tribe and everyone who opposes uranium mining in the Black Hills! Powertech (now a subsidiary of enCore Energy) planned to start mining uranium in the southwestern Black Hills in 2009. Thanks to the Oglala Sioux Tribe, the BHCWA and its allies, and you -- they are not mining and … Continue reading OGLALA SIOUX TRIBE WINS LEGAL CASE SENDING POWERTECH DEWEY-BURDOCK URANIUM MINE PERMITS BACK TO EPA’S REGION 8 FOR FURTHER REVIEW!
By Miana Fey, Oglala Lakota Nation and Northern Cheyenne This summer, I was invited to represent Black Hills Clean Water Alliance as a panel speaker at the 18th Annual Protecting Mother Earth conference hosted by Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN). The panel I participated in focused on critical mining. We talked about what mining is like … Continue reading BHCWA Represented at the 18th Annual IEN Protecting Mother Earth Conference
The two-and-a-half-day Protecting the Black Hills from Mining Summit, held on August 20 - 22, was a huge success and received rave reviews. Over 90 people registered to hear 18 speakers give presentations about the past, present, and future of the Black Hills and how we must work together to protect our region as … Continue reading Protecting the Black Hills from Mining Summit was a Huge Success!
Dear Friends of Black Hills Clean Water Alliance: We need your help to protect water and stop mining in the Black Hills. Today, Dakota Gold will tell you why. You can read the investor pitch for yourself, here. Mining companies are telling investors all over the world that the Black Hills is “pro mining.” But … Continue reading Do You Think South Dakota Is Pro Mining?
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