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Posts tagged as “Black Hills”

Sunday at Roughlock Falls

Despite the fact that we aren't paying back rent to the neighbors from whom we stole this land, the Madville Times family is really enjoying its new digs in Spearfish. On Sunday, I went for not one but two trips…

Forest Service Seeks Public Input on Black Hills Pine Beetle Plan

MPBRP—that's the sound I made last night after eating salads made with bacon, sausage, and salami. MPBRP is also the Mountain Pine Beetle Response Project the Forest Service is proposing to take care of those pesky pine beetles in the…

NRC Delays Review of Powertech Uranium Mining in Black Hills

Last year, State Representative and anti-environmental lawyer Lance Russell helped engineer a legal settlement under which his mother, Carolyn Fines, acquired a valuable chunk of Black Hills land that includes $95,000 worth of uranium leases with a Canadian company called…

USA Today Promotes Uranium Miner’s Organic Ranch for “Haycation”

Haycation? Try raycation. USA Today features Edgemont's Sunrise Guest Ranch as a great place for a rural vacation. Country Living editor Jourdan Crouch mentions the organic dude ranch's trail rides, buffalo and turkey hunts, and the nice view of the…

Powertech Uranium Losing Loonies for Canadian Hedge Fund

I guess you can't blame a big hedge fund wheeler dealer for not having a seismograph. But PowertechExposed.com, a Colorado website doing more to protect the Black Hills from the predations of irresponsible uranium mining than our own narrowly profit-minded…

Daugaard Opens Valhalla

How's that for a Viking headline of mythical proportions? Governor Daugaard, I'm still mad about your ax-murderer budget. I'm going to stay mad, especially if I end up on the school board having to deal with the mess you and…