Protect Thacker Pass
We are an independent, grassroots collective of people resisting the Thacker Pass lithium mine. We work in solidarity with regional indigenous people. Thacker Pass, or Peehee mm’huh, is sacred land to the Northern Paiute and Western Shoshone, and critical wildlife habitat. We invite all people with good hearts to help us stop the greenwashing!
JOIN US TO DEFEND THIS LAND!
The History of Thacker Pass
Forty days ago, my friend Will Falk and I launched a protest camp here at Thacker Pass. Situated between the Montana Mountains and Double H Mountains in northern Nevada, Thacker Pass is part of the “sagebrush ocean.” Big sagebrush plants, the keystone species here,...
Species of the week: Common Raven
Ravens are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, and yet the State of Nevada spends tens of thousands of dollars annually to poison thousands of ravens. Because ravens do well in human habitats, feeding on our garbage, roadkill, and the dead bodies of...
Executive Orders on Supply Chains and Critical Materials
Two recent executive orders, one by the Trump administration in September 2020, and now one by the Biden administration today, February 24, 2021, will cause a massive increase in mining in the United States in the years to come unless we can stop them. These executive...
Photos from Thacker Pass
