May 06, 2026
A South Dakota federal judge has temporarily paused a graphite drilling project near a site that tribes consider sacred, finding that Indigenous tribes and conservation nonprofits will likely show the U.S. Forest Service avoided a full environmental review by treating the multi-year project as a short-term one.
May 04, 2026
The U.S. Forest Service is fighting three Indigenous rights and conservation nonprofits' bid to undo its streamlined approval of exploratory drilling within Black Hills National Forest that they say will harm a sacred worship site, arguing to a South Dakota federal court that the groups' allegations are just speculation.
April 03, 2026
A group of Indigenous rights and conservation nonprofits is asking a South Dakota federal court to vacate the government's decision to greenlight an exploratory drilling project within the Black Hills National Forest, arguing it will directly impact a sacred Lakota site used by countless generations.