Black Hills Chapter

The Black Hills Chapter launched in June 2011 and has membership in Pennington, Meade, Fall River, Shannon, Custer and Lawrence counties. This quickly expanding chapter organizes around local food, community, renewable energy, natural resources, sustainable agriculture and land preservation issues.

Contact the Black Hills Chapter Organizer Jillian Anawaty, at 605.716.2200 or jillian@dakotarural.org, to participate.

 

Chapter Leadership:

Chairperson – Clay Uptain
Vice Chairperson – Ken Anderson
Secretary – Gena Parkhurst
Treasurer – Dahl McLean
DRA Board Reps – Andy Johnson and Kim Kelley

 

Current Campaign:

Stop Uranium Mining in the Black Hills

Chapter members protest at a Powertech Uranium Corp presentation in Custer on May 22, 2013

Take Action!

Sign our petition asking SD Tourism Secretary James Hagen to take a stand against the proposed mine and protect South Dakota’s reputation as a tourist destination. Then please share the petition with your friends – http://bit.ly/UraniumImpactsTourism

Chapter News & Action Feed

• Uranium Meetings Week of May 20-26
• Uranium Teach-in 2
• Black Hills Earth Day
• Uranium Teach-in
• Uranium Comments

Uranium Fact Sheet

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