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
Category: Important Updates
ATTENTION! PONDEROSA PROJECT COMMENT PERIOD BEGINS NOW!
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!
Gear Up! Recent Federal Actions Designed to Speed Up Nuclear Power and Uranium Mining
Two actions by the federal government over the last few weeks could impact our work in the Black Hills, particularly around uranium mining.
URANIUM EXPLORATION THREATENS CRAVEN CANYON AREA.
Public Comment Opportunity to protect this Seven Thousand Year old Archeological site sacred to the Oceti Sakowin and surrounding tribal nations -- Comments are Due May 14 “Clean” Nuclear Energy Corp. (CNEC), a subsidiary of Basin Uranium, has applied to the State of South Dakota to explore for radioactive uranium in Fall River County, north … Continue reading URANIUM EXPLORATION THREATENS CRAVEN CANYON AREA.
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.
Join us for World Water Day 2025 Celebration!
Join us on March 22nd for World Water Day 2025 from 1-4 pm at the Hay Camp Brewing Co. event space at 601 Kansas City St, Rapid City hosted by Black Hills Clean Water Alliance. World Water Day is a time to reflect on the importance of water throughout our world and is dedicated to … Continue reading Join us for World Water Day 2025 Celebration!
