Happy New Year! We had a great 2023 and look forward to 2024 as we continue working to protect the Black Hills from mining. Please check out Buffalo’s Fire reporting highlights some of our 2023 milestones! Thanks to all of you who made this possible. Keep up the good work! Please share this blog post on your … Continue reading Happy New Year! Buffalo’s Fire offers some of our 2023 Milestones
Originally Delivered at the Mni Kin Wakan Water Summit, Rapid City, SD The colonization of the Black Hills and the attempted genocide of its peoples is inextricably tied to mining. Mining was the catalyst for the military violence and land grabs that have forced us and the land to our present condition, wherein the United … Continue reading Surviving the Ecological Impacts of a Mining Industry that is Eager to Ravage Hesapa.
Did you see the good news? Our 3rd Annual Run/Walk for Clean Water will be held on Saturday, August 26 at 8:00 AM. Come join us for one of our most fun community-building events of the year! This special event is held to have some fun and laughs, meet new people, get some sunshine, and … Continue reading 3rd Annual 5K Run/Walk for Clean Water is Saturday, August 26th – Register Now!
SAPA, THE PAHASAPA MOUNTAIN SNAIL, IS HAPPY AND SO ARE WE! Thanks to everyone's hard work and help from our local organizations, and those national groups, such as Sierra Club and Earthworks, there were about 11,000 comments filed on the proposed mineral claims withdrawal around Pactola Reservoir and Rapid Creek! We are waiting for the final number. About … Continue reading CONGRATULATIONS! Close to 11,000 Comments Were Filed – About 85% are FOR the Withdrawal.
#HeSapaNext! SAY YES TO THE PROPOSED MINERAL CLAIMS WITHDRAWAL TODAY TO PROTECT WATER AND WILDLIFE TOMORROW. Here are some of our four-legged friends who are on the Endangered Species list - the Black-Footed Ferrets - letting you know about the Mineral Claims Withdrawal. They'll tell you why #HeSapaNext and how important this is to them, … Continue reading JOIN OUR FOUR-LEGGED FRIENDS AND SAY YES TO A MINERAL CLAIMS WITHDRAWAL IN THE BLACK HILLS.
One gold exploration project – the F3 Gold Jenny Gulch project -- is temporarily stopped in the central Black Hills. We want to keep it stopped for 20 years. Come to the public meeting and support the Forest Service’s proposal to protect an area around Lake Pactola from gold exploration and mining. From the 4/12/23 new release … Continue reading PROTECT THE PACTOLA AREA! ATTEND JOINT PUBLIC MEETING ON APRIL 26th.
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