Take action in solidarity with People of Red Mountain and groups across the region who are pushing back on proposed mining projects in Southeastern Oregon in the McDermitt Caldera.
Oregon is on the verge of approving a permit for the proposed HiTech lithium mining exploration project in southeastern Oregon - and Governor Tina Kotek has the power to stop it. The project would build an extensive new road network and 168 drill sites across 7,200 acres of public lands, threatening irreplaceable cultural resources, water conservation, and prime sage brush habitat. The Trump Administration has already approved federal permits, so it's critical that Oregon deny state permits for this project.
Can you call Governor Kotek's office at 503-378-4582 today and demand she stand up to protect the McDermitt Caldera from HiTech’s lithium exploration project against the HiTech lithium mine?
The proposed McDermitt Exploration project by HiTech minerals is one of a slew of proposed mining projects in the McDermitt Caldera, which straddles the border of Oregon and Nevada and is the ancestral homelands of the Paiute-Shoshone peoples. You may have heard of the Thacker Pass mine, which is unfortunately already under construction at Peehee Mu'huh in so-called Nevada, destroying 6,000 acres of sacred land and sensitive desert ecosystems, threatening water resources, and exacerbating the climate crisis.
People of Red Mountain, a group of traditional knowledge keepers and descendants of the Fort McDermitt Paiute, Shoshone and Bannock Tribes working to protect their ancestral homelands, says:
"We have seen the immense impact that mining projects inflict on the land. The destruction of our cultural resources, wildlife habitat, and the contamination of our ground water are unacceptable consequences of these projects. While offers made by mining interests can be tempting in a small community with limited economic resources, there is nothing in the material world that can replace our clean drinking water, our first foods, or our reciprocal relationship with the land."
Learn more about the threat these proposed lithium mines pose to the Paiute, Shoshone and Bannock tribes and their ancestral lands here, and follow People of Red Mountain on Facebook and Instagram.
Take action in solidarity with People of Red Mountain and groups across the region who are pushing back on proposed mining projects in Southeastern Oregon in the McDermitt Caldera.
Oregon is on the verge of approving a permit for the proposed HiTech lithium mining exploration project in southeastern Oregon - and Governor Tina Kotek has the power to stop it. The project would build an extensive new road network and 168 drill sites across 7,200 acres of public lands, threatening irreplaceable cultural resources, water conservation, and prime sage brush habitat. The Trump Administration has already approved federal permits, so it's critical that Oregon deny state permits for this project.
Can you call Governor Kotek's office at 503-378-4582 today and demand she stand up to protect the McDermitt Caldera from HiTech’s lithium exploration project against the HiTech lithium mine?
The proposed McDermitt Exploration project by HiTech minerals is one of a slew of proposed mining projects in the McDermitt Caldera, which straddles the border of Oregon and Nevada and is the ancestral homelands of the Paiute-Shoshone peoples. You may have heard of the Thacker Pass mine, which is unfortunately already under construction at Peehee Mu'huh in so-called Nevada, destroying 6,000 acres of sacred land and sensitive desert ecosystems, threatening water resources, and exacerbating the climate crisis.
People of Red Mountain, a group of traditional knowledge keepers and descendants of the Fort McDermitt Paiute, Shoshone and Bannock Tribes working to protect their ancestral homelands, says:
"We have seen the immense impact that mining projects inflict on the land. The destruction of our cultural resources, wildlife habitat, and the contamination of our ground water are unacceptable consequences of these projects. While offers made by mining interests can be tempting in a small community with limited economic resources, there is nothing in the material world that can replace our clean drinking water, our first foods, or our reciprocal relationship with the land."
Learn more about the threat these proposed lithium mines pose to the Paiute, Shoshone and Bannock tribes and their ancestral lands here, and follow People of Red Mountain on Facebook and Instagram.