Betty the Beaver needs our help to protect her, and others', watershed. Join us for our 2024 Comment Challenge to help generate 2,024 Comments supporting the Pactola Reservoir-Rapid Creek Watershed Withdrawal proposal by the US Forest Service. "The USFS requested 20,574 acres of NFS lands be withdrawn (closed) to all forms of entry, appropriation, and … Continue reading Betty the Beaver Pleas for Help “Protect My Watershed” – Joins our 2024 Comment Challenge.
The US Forest Service has issued a draft Environmental Assessment and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) in support of the proposed Pactola Reservoir - Rapid Creek Watershed mineral claims withdrawal that was proposed in March, 2023. This is the proposed 20,574-acre mineral withdrawal around Pactola Reservoir and along Upper Rapid Creek – the … Continue reading SAY YES! Support the Forest Service’s proposal to Protect 20,574 acres of the Black Hills.
Last year, many of you commented on the proposed mineral claims withdrawal that could protect an area around Pactola Reservoir. A mineral withdrawal can stop exploration drilling and mining in a specific area by "withdrawing" the mining claims in that area, so they're no longer in effect. While the US Forest Service and the US Bureau … Continue reading UPDATE: PROPOSED PACTOLA MINERAL CLAIMS WITHDRAWAL
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.
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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