by Protect Thacker Pass | Mar 13, 2021 | Art, Reflection
Photo: Pictured here is the Foote mine, a large open-pit lithium mine in spodumene pegmatite, located on the south side of the town of Kings Mountain, North Carolina. The Foote mine project was initiated in 1938. This photograph was taken in 1983. 45 years later. The...
by Max Wilbert | Mar 3, 2021 | Resistance Updates
Last night I talked with a native family from Fort McDermitt Paiute-Shoshone Reservation and one (of many) major concerns with the Thacker Pass mine is the “man camps” that often come with major construction activities and bring hundreds of workers from...
by Max Wilbert | Feb 21, 2021 | Reflection
On January 15th, my friend Will Falk and I launched a protest on the slopes of the Montana Mountains (Northern Paiute / Western Shoshone territory) here in northern Nevada, aiming to stop a proposed $1.3 billion open-pit lithium mine that would rip open this wild...
by Protect Thacker Pass | Feb 16, 2021 | Art
Jackrabbits are actually hares, not rabbits. They used to be plentiful in the sagebrush-steppe across the US West but are declining in numbers due to over development and habitat loss. Jackrabbits are a sagebrush obligate species, meaning they need sagebrush to...
by Elisabeth Robson | 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...
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