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#DeweyBurdock, A Renewed #Uranium Project, Threatens #SacredWaters in the #HeSapa

By NDN Collective • August 17, 2026

"As #Indigenous peoples, we are accustomed to generational battles. The fight to both return and protect the #ȞeSápa ( #BlackHills ) in #SouthDakota is one of those fights. Our #SacredSites and waters are constantly facing threats from new mining efforts.

"The Dewey-Burdock Uranium Project is a proposed mine covering approximately 10,580 acres across private and federal lands within the Ȟe Sápa. Individuals, organizations, and communities have been fighting against this uranium project for 20 years due to the radioactive waste it would generate, posing major threats to the health of people, animals, land, and water in the area.

History of Uranium Mining and Native Communities

"Native communities in South Dakota are no strangers to the risks posed by uranium mines. In 1962, about 200 tons of radioactive material from old #UraniumMines seeped through a broken dam at the #AngosturaReservoir and made its way into the #CheyenneRiver, upstream from #PineRidge. This meant that many living on the #PineRidgeReservation were exposed to #RadioactiveWater. Exposure to #radioactive materials is linked to #cancer, cardiovascular disease, neurological disorders, #AutoimmuneDisorders, #thyroid disease, and more. We know that even 50 years later, high uranium levels are still present in #AngosturaReservoir in the southern Ȟe Sápa.

"The Angostura Reservoir is not far from where the proposed Dewey-Burdock Uranium project is located. So it makes sense that the surrounding community opposes a project that risks leaking even more radioactive material into the local ecosystem and waters. It is important to note that the threat from radioactive waste does not lessen over human time scales. Waste from uranium mining remains radioactive at harmful levels for hundreds of thousands of years.

"We have seen the impact on Native communities when radioactive waste from uranium mining and processing is left behind. Today, over 500 abandoned #UraniumMines are scattered across the #NavajoNation, causing numerous health disparities. We also see how what was once a historical gathering place for #Yakama peoples on the shore of the #ColumbiaRiver is now a #Superfund site so contaminated that spending a few minutes in the soil underneath some of the buildings would expose someone to enough radiation to kill an adult."

Read more:
https://ndncollective.org/dewey-burdock-a-renewed-uranium-project/

#WaterIsLife #NoUraniumMining #NoMiningWithoutConsent #ProtectTheSacred #EnCoreEnergy #BLM #USPol #NativeAmericanNews #EnvironmentalRacism

A Canada goose mama leads her six goslings into the water for the first time - straight down. Soon after they hatch the goslings jump from their nest 25 feet above the water, but it's OK, they're supposed to do this and don't get hurt. I'm not sure which one is more adorable, the one doing a belly flop, the one going down sideways, or the one going down head first.

The photographs were taken by Jake Bonello at the Julia Butler Hansen Refuge for the Columbian White-Tailed Deer in southwestern Washington State.
#photography #NaturePhotograph #goslings #Washington #ColumbiaRiver

https://mymodernmet.com/jake-bonello-baby-geese-leaping-25-feet/

4 North American Wine Regions to Visit Next in the West, From Oregon to Mexico

#dining #cooking #diet #food #AmericanWine #America #Americanwine #BajaCalifornia #california #ColumbiaGorge #ColumbiaRiver #kylemaclachlan #Lodi #mexico #michaelsavage #Oregon #Portland #tastingrooms #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesWine #USWine #USAWine #valledeguadalupe #WallaWalla #Washington #Wine
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2674512/4-north-american-wine-regions-to-visit-next-in-the-west-from-oregon-to-mexico-2/

Water Velocity And Discharge From Tidal Freshwater Creeks In Forested And Herbaceous Wetlands
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-026-01690-w <-- shared paper
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#water #hydrology #tide #tidal #ecosystem #wildlife #fish #fisheries #nursery #nutrients #trophicenergy #discharge #ColumbiaRiver #Oregon #Washington #USA #fluvial #tidalfreshwater #TFW #habitat #restoration #flowregime # herbaceous #forested #wetland #marsh #aquatic #sediment #sedimentation #estuary #inundation #monitoring #measurement #velocity #discharge #volume #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #river #riverine #hydraulic #pluvial #precipitation #upstream #subtidal #wavelet #tidalcreek #AcousticDopplerCurrentProfiler #instrumentation #elevation #spatial #mapping

4 North American Wine Regions to Visit Next in the West, From Oregon to Mexico

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#dining #cooking #diet #food #AmericanWine #America #Americanwine #BajaCalifornia #california #ColumbiaGorge #ColumbiaRiver #kylemaclachlan #Lodi #mexico #michaelsavage #Oregon #Portland #tastingrooms #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesWine #USWine #USAWine #valledeguadalupe #WallaWalla #Washington #Wine
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2605211/4-north-american-wine-regions-to-visit-next-in-the-west-from-oregon-to-mexico/

Hype for the Future 146E: Sherman and Gilliam Counties, Oregon

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/03/26/hype-for-the-future-146e-sherman-and-gilliam-counties-oregon/

the mountain was out,
even though it’s always there,
it’s a treat to see

#WyEast #MtHood
#ColumbiaRiver
#Photography #Haiku
#MonochromeAndColor #WinterPhotography
#LandscapePhotography
#OregonPhotography #Oregon #PNW
#MakeArtEveryDay #MakeToEscape

The Columbia Icefield drains to the Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, and Pacific Ocean. Meltwater flows 2,500 miles via the Athabasca River and Mackenzie River  into the Arctic Ocean, via the Saskatchewan River 1,600 miles to Hudson Bay and the Atlantic, and 1,240 miles via the Fraser and Columbia rivers to the Pacific Ocean.

#ColumbiaIcefield #BritishColumbia #Alberta #ColumbiaRiver #AthabascaRiver #SaskatchewanRiver #PNW #Glacier #ContinentalDivide