Sign the Petition! Help Protect Pe’Sla from Graphite Drilling

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

ATTENTION: Forest Service Extends Comment Period to Friday, May 16!

The comment period for Pete Lien and Sons' Rochford Mineral Exploratory Drilling Project #67838, graphite exploration, has been EXTENDED by one week. The new deadline is FRIDAY, MAY 16TH! Contact the Forest Service today. Scan the QR code provided below to comment online or use the mailing address below. (Phone calls or talking to a Forest … Continue reading ATTENTION: Forest Service Extends Comment Period to Friday, May 16!

BREAKING: Graphite Project – Public Comment extended through May 16, 2025. 

A NEW AND VERY TROUBLING EXPLORATORY DRILLING PROJECT HAS BEEN PROPOSED IN THE CENTRAL BLACK HILLS. We need you to send a public comment to the Forest Service today (see below). This is named the Rochford Mineral Exploratory Drilling Project (not the former Rochford gold project, now called the Bella project). It would involve exploration drilling for … Continue reading BREAKING: Graphite Project – Public Comment extended through May 16, 2025. 

EMERGENCY – NEED PHONE CALLS BY TUESDAY, FEB. 18!

The Pactola Reservoir-Rapid Creek Watershed mineral withdrawal was hard-won this past December.  Now it’s under threat (already).  We need people to call the Department of the Interior in Washington, DC, in the next couple days to defend the Pactola – Rapid Creek mineral withdrawal! DEFEND THE WITHDRAWAL! Call 202-208-3100, option 3.  Keep trying as they are being flooded … Continue reading EMERGENCY – NEED PHONE CALLS BY TUESDAY, FEB. 18!