Tuesday morning, with a light chill in the spring air and the babbling of Rapid Creek faintly audible in the background, members of the Black Hills Clean Water Alliance unfurled a banner reading "water: more valuable than gold."
Bonnie Gestring, Northwest Program Director for Earthworks, held a press conference with the Black Hills Clean Water Alliance along Rapid Creek Tuesday. Earthworks is a nonprofit that works with frontline communities, provides outreach and education, and advocates for policy change.Â
This updated claims map from the Black Hills Clean Water Alliance shows 261,000 acres of active mining claims in the Black Hills as of April 26, 2023 — an increase of about 33,000 acres since December 2022.
"This has been an authentic grassroots movement that has bubbled up because people love Rapid Creek, they love Pactola and they value clean dr…
Bonnie Gestring, Northwest Program Director for Earthworks, held a press conference with the Black Hills Clean Water Alliance along Rapid Creek Tuesday. Earthworks is a nonprofit that works with frontline communities, provides outreach and education, and advocates for policy change.Â
This updated claims map from the Black Hills Clean Water Alliance shows 261,000 acres of active mining claims in the Black Hills as of April 26, 2023 — an increase of about 33,000 acres since December 2022.
