Exploratory drilling began this past week at the Rochford Mineral Exploration Project in the central Black Hills. This is an effort to mine graphite at Pe’ Sla, which is a significant cultural and ceremonial landscape that has been used by indigenous people for many generations – and that is still used for those purposes. Last … Continue reading GRAPHITE DRILLING BEGINS AT LIEN PROJECT AT PE’ SLA
Last night, NDN Collective, Black Hills Clean Water Alliance, and Earthworks filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service for their decision in February to grant a permit for exploratory drilling at Pe’ Sla, a sacred and protected Indigenous site. PeSla, Spring of 2025. BHCWA file photo. The lawsuit is partly based on the Forest … Continue reading LAWSUIT FILED TO STOP GRAPHITE PROJECT AT PE’ SLA
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
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
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
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!
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