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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

@nwsportland_bot #PDX #pdxtst #Oregon #WillametteRiver #ColumbiaRiver

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/

#SilentSunday #ColumbiaRiver

as:
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.. U.S. produced plutonium for Cold War nuclear weapons in Washington. Decades later, 56 million gallons of highly radioactive waste remain
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".. debate ..how much waste should receive that highest level of protection .. ongoing for years. .. potential long-term risks to groundwater and .. Columbia River."

https://en.as.com/latest_news/the-us-produced-plutonium-for-cold-war-nuclear-weapons-in-washington-decades-later-56-million-gallons-of-highly-radioactive-waste-remain-f202608-n/

5.8.2026

#Atomkraft #Atommüll #ColumbiaRiver #Hanford #HanfordSite #Kernenergie #NuclearWaste #Pollution #Plutonium #PU #RadioactiveWaste #TankFarm #USA #Water

Columbia River Log Rafts: Engineering Marvels of the Timber Industry

📰 Original title: Historical Photos of Columbia River Log Rafts From Between the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Users: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary https://en.killbait.com/columbia-river-log-rafts-engineering-marvels-of-the-timber-industry.html?utm_source=mastodon_world&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=killbait.mastodon_world

#history #columbiariver #lografts #timberindustry

The Hot Water Report provides real-time data in the lower Snake and Columbia river reservoirs and details the collective impacts of hot, stagnant, and toxic waters on already-imperiled salmon and steelhead.
#Salmon #ColumbiaRiver #SnakeRiver
https://youtu.be/NNStYq5KulM?is=CfyuhQdVDet8FQsV

#digitalphotography #photomanipulation #ontheroad #doubleexposure #photomontage #surreal #boat #motorboat #waves #fence #marinedrive #portland #deadgrass #portlandairport #deadgrass #grassfire #pacificocean #columbiariver #trailer #nogenerativeai

Marine Driving

#digitalphotography #sunset #redsky #horizon #clouds #telephonepoles #powerlines #trees #marinedrive #portland #highway14 #july #dusk #columbiariver #diptych #nogenerativeai

Two Sides of Dusk

Snowy Plovers And Persistence

I didn’t come to Oregon to find Snow Plovers, but once I was near them and knew they existed, I had to find them and add to my 2026 goal of finding 500 species.

It’s not exactly ‘Snowy Plover Season’

https://thecareyadventures.com/blog/snowy-plovers-and-persistence/

#Birding #NorthAmerica #OddInterestingAwesome #Oregon #PhotoOfTheDay #StatePark #USA #bird #birding #ColumbiaRiver #PacificOcean #PhotoOfTheDay #PlantainOcean #SnowyPlover #travel #USA

Bridge of the Gods

#SilentSunday #Oregon #ColumbiaRiver

📰💡 Oh, look! Yet another #newsletter that thinks it's cool to combine #microwaves and #megawatts for a history lesson nobody asked for. 📚🚫 Spoiler: Instead of making the Columbia River interesting, it made me wish for a power outage. 💥🙄
https://computer.rip/2026-07-04-microwave-and-power.html #ColumbiaRiver #poweroutage #historylesson #HackerNews #ngated

#silentsunday #digitalphotography #kelleypoint #kelleypointpark #columbiariver #willametteriver #confluence #portland #nopo #northwest #june #waves #wake #water #logs #poles #nogenerativeai

Kelley Point Confluence

#silentsunday #afternoondrive #lastcall #digitalphotography #seagull #sky #naturephotography #mthood #columbiariver #marinedrive #portland #clouds #205bridge #governmentisland #trees #june2026 #driving #pnwviews #ilivehere #nogenerativeai

Mt. Hood on a Sunday Afternoon in June

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/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7hJAefIkpg #Tri-Cities #PDX #Oregon #WashingtonState #ColumbiaRiver #Astoria #ColumbiaBar

#TextureTuesday #digitalphotography #photomanipulation #doubleexposure #marinedrive #portland #upsidedown #columbiariver #dock #marina #clouds #holeinthesky #surreal #pier #defyinggravity #reflection #nogenerativeai

Roll On Columbia

Dredging the #ColumbiaRiver at the expense of tribal and aquatic communities

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has transformed the estuary and robbed the river of sediment over the last century.

Josephine Woolington June 1, 2026
"Grand Ronde’s elected officials said they were not consulted during planning for the proposed dredge project, George said. In a written statement, the Corps did not acknowledge this but said that it is committed to “conducting robust, meaningful government-to-government consultation with all federally recognized tribes.”

Read more:
https://www.hcn.org/issues/58-6/dredging-the-columbia-river-at-the-expense-of-tribal-and-aquatic-communities/

#Riverkeepers #WaterIsLife #Chinookan #ChinookNation #Oregon #KellyPoint #PNW #WashingtonState #YakamaNation #CRITFC #IndigenousFoods #RiverPlants #ChinookSalmon #ColumbiaRiverkeepers #ColumbiaRiverBasin #nativeAmericans #NativeAmericanNews
#ConfederatedTribesOfGrandRonde

#USEPA: "There has been no visible damage to the #ColumbiaRiver from the #ChemicalSpill." Yeah, just ignore all those DEAD FISH! smh

https://www.npr.org/2026/05/28/nx-s1-5836672/2-dead-9-missing-in-washington-state-paper-mill-disaster

#PaperMillDisaster #LongviewWA #WashingtonState #EPAFail #USPol

two parts to a gorge: two by manyfires

https://tmblr.co/Z7VXvxjP29AOWu00

#film #analog #hikes #hike #hiking #hikesof2024 #columbiarivergorge #columbiariver #gorge #nwoutdoors #pnw #pacificnorthwest #landscape #spring #wildflowers #balsamroot #lupine #blossom #bloom #nikonfm #nikonf100 #washington #coyotewall #thelabyrinth #flickr #thingsdavidlikes

Salmon fishers in Washington State, USA, ~1920

https://piefed.social/c/historyphotos/p/2072247/salmon-fishers-in-washington-state-usa-1920

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

It's a whole lot of can kicking and subservience to corporations. We consumers are having to deal with higher energy costs due to decisions made by few people in largely rural counties.

#ColumbiaRiver #Drought #ClimateEmergency #Datacenters #PNW

Finished up attending a state preparedness conference this last week. The keynote speaker who has a PhD in '#AI in #EmergencyManagement'. What entailed was a nearly two hour-long ad for ai and robots. The what now feels old shtick of 'if you don't hop onto the planet-burning bandwagon, you'll be left behind. Robots will run shelters and do all #SAR.'

#ClimateEmergency #Drought #ColumbiaRiver

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/