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
On December 12, the Northern Hills Ranger District of Black Hills National Forest notified the public that they plan to issue the exploration permit that Solitario Resources (formerly Solitario Zinc) requested in 2022. This would be for the Golden Crest gold exploration project, which sits on nearly 30,000 acres on the west rim of Spearfish … Continue reading “They are back at it!”
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.
Last night – Monday, June 5th – the Spearfish City Council unanimously passed a resolution opposing Solitario Zinc’s ‘Golden Crest’ gold exploratory drilling. Additionally, they demanded an Environmental Impact Statement. This is exactly the kind of courageous leadership we need to bring these issues to the forefront as companies continue to move into the Black Hills … Continue reading A WIN IN SPEARFISH! Spearfish City Council opposes ‘Golden Crest’ gold exploratory drilling project.
Protect Spearfish Canyon from gold exploration and future mining. Comment now on the Golden Crest Project - The deadline is June 8th
THIS IS SOME GOOD NEWS FOR THE BLACK HILLS AND THOSE FEDERAL LANDS WITHIN THE RAPID CREEK WATERSHED, BUT THE FIGHT IS STILL NOT OVER!!!! Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the USDA Forest Service announced a proposal to protect cultural and natural resources in the Pactola Reservoir - Rapid Creek Watershed, including … Continue reading HEADS UP! Mining Impact Study can protect Rapid Creek Watershed
