ORGANIZATIONS
- Anthropocene Alliance: https://anthropocenealliance.org/
- Dakota Rural Action: www.dakotarural.org
- Great Plains Tribal Water Alliance: www.tribalwateralliance.org
- NDN Collective: ndncollective.org
- Earthworks: www.earthworks.org
- Honor the Earth: www.honorearth.org
- Earthjustice: www.earthjustice.org
- Western Mining Action Network: http://www.wman-info.org
- Haul No: https://haulno.com
- WISE Uranium: http://www.wise-uranium.org – Site might look outdated, but it’s updated monthly.
- Uranium Watch: http://www.uraniumwatch.org
- Nuclear Information and Resource Service: http://www.nirs.org
- Southwest Research and Information Center: http://www.sric.org
- New Mexico Environmental Law Center: https://nmelc.org/our-work/water/
- Colorado Citizens Against Toxic Waste: http://www.ccatoxicwaste.org
GOVERNMENT SITES
- Black Hills National Forest | Projects | Forest Service: www.fs.usda.gov/r02/blackhills/projects
- Environmental Protection Agency: www.epa.gov
- EPA’s Policy for Tribal Consultation https://www.epa.gov/tribal/forms/consultation-and-coordination-tribes
- U.S Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Generic Environmental Impact Statement for In-Situ Leach Uranium Milling/Mining: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1910
- U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission – General Information on Federal Uranium Regulation: http://www.nrc.gov/materials/uranium-recovery.html
- U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Information on EnCore Uranium (Previously Powertech Uranium) Application : http://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/idmws/ViewDocByAccession.asp?AccessionNumber=ML091200014
- State of South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources: https://danr.sd.gov/default.aspx
EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS
The New Rush to Mine America – Photography by Matt Black. Story by Justin Worland – Published by Time.com, August 4, 2026
More expansive than the island of Manhattan, Thacker Pass in northern Nevada is the biggest U.S. lithium-mining project developed in decades. And it’s been one of the country’s most visible flash points in the race to build new critical-mineral mines. While at first spurred by the clean-energy transition, the demand for critical minerals is now driven by their role as essential ingredients for AI data centers.
Click HERE for the entire on-line photo essay.
Reclamation: The party’s over, now what. 2025 Article by Peter Werner
Protecting land, water, and culture: How to use mineral withdrawals to safeguard federal lands from hardrock mining – A mineral withdrawal primer for communities, Earthworks, 2025
More information at earthworks.org.
Lithium Mining and the Climate Crisis in the Black Hills: The “Green Energy Revolution” Hits Home, BHCWA, 2023
South Dakota History of Mining Regulation – 1971-2018
In Situ Leach Uranium Mining and Water – What Do We Know? BHCWA, 2012
Uranium Atlas by Beyond Nuclear: Facts and Data about the Raw Material of the Atomic Age. 2020.
Link-https://beyondnuclearinternational.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/uraniumatlas_2020.pdf
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