by Protect Thacker Pass | Feb 3, 2021 | Art
By artist Travis London, @deepgreenarts Burrowing Owls have been declining in numbers for many years. Habitat loss and prairie dog and ground squirrel eradication have forced them to be considered endangered or threatened in many areas. They favor flat open ground,...
by Max Wilbert | Feb 2, 2021 | Reflection
The ecological foundations of life on this planet are crumbling, and more cars are not the answer. By Max Wilbert February 2, 2021 I used to believe that electric cars would save the planet. Like so many others, I saw the TV commercials. A family rolled smoothly...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Feb 1, 2021 | Resistance Updates
We need YOU at camp, NOW. The BLM has responded to Max and Will’s letter posted January 28, 2021 with a letter dated February 1, 2021 stating that Max and Will are in violation of the law, camping longer than permitted. The letter is official notification of...
by Max Wilbert | Feb 1, 2021 | Reflection
In Nevada’s Thacker Pass, will ancient stone become lithium become batteries become money? Will 16 million years of sacred silence be shattered? by MAX WILBERT February 1, 2021 I sit on a clifftop in northern Nevada, an hour into the desert from the nearest town...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Feb 1, 2021 | Reflection
By Will Falk January 31, 2021 I went searching for Brigid in Thacker Pass on Imbolc. I almost saw her pale face on the lingering morning moon. There was a brogue – I could have sworn – in the ravens’ song before they hushed at my approach. Then, I...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Feb 1, 2021 | Art
Thacker Pass is sagebrush steppe habitat, which is where sage-grouse nest. They prefer dense cover from big sagebrush, although they also use areas with rabbitbrush, and locate their leks on broad ridgetops, grassy swales and dry lakebeds. This perfectly describes the...
by Max Wilbert | Jan 31, 2021 | Resistance Updates
DAY 16 UPDATE —— Protect Thacker Pass Lithium is the new “white oil” and lust for profit is triggering a rush to stake mining claims around the world. Today we joined a panel with a group of people fighting lithium extraction in Argentina and Chile. Lithium extraction...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Jan 30, 2021 | Reflection
This video is an interview with Guillaume Pitron, the author of a recent book, Rare Metals War. His book is about the cost to people and the environment of mining for metals and minerals for “clean energy” technologies, like solar and wind and batteries,...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Jan 30, 2021 | Art
Crosby’s Buckwheat Eriogonum crosbyae is native to southcentral Oregon and northwestern Nevada. Crosby’s Buckwheat is named after botanist Virginia Crosby. The species is slow to spread, and grows only in tuff, soil composed of volcanic ash at elevations of...
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