No Smith Mine

Scoping Comments on Proposed Black Butte Mine DEQ has begun the process of drafting an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Black Butte Copper Project.   We recently submitted comments regarding scoping (the initial process of determining what issues should be studied…

Smith Mine Update

This November 2016 Tintina Resources – the Australian backed company proposing a new copper mine in the headwaters of Montana’s famed Smith River – applied for a Clean Water Act Section 404 Permit (AKA, a dredge and fill permit) to…