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!”
We are happy to provide you with our printed report: LITHIUM MINING AND THE CLIMATE CRISIS IN THE BLACK HILLS: THE "GREEN ENERGY REVOLUTION" HITS HOME! This report came from our November 4 & 5, 2023 conference that we held in Rapid City where over 30 people attended from various organizations and concerned citizens. We … Continue reading HOT OFF THE PRESS – LITHIUM MINING AND THE CLIMATE CRISIS – CONFERENCE REPORT IS HERE!
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.
The South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) issued information yesterday on a lithium mining drilling project proposed by SDO Services LLC (SDO). The project would involve drilling 55 exploration holes along Old Hill City Road about 2 miles west of Keystone and about a mile from Mount Rushmore National Monument. In South … Continue reading LITHIUM DRILLING PLANNED NEAR MOUNT RUSHMORE
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.
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