Pollution

If you were thinking about swimming in Spring Creek between Hill City and Sheridan Lake -- don’t.Spring Creek in the Black Hills feeds Sheridan Lake–and…

WHARF Resources is making an emergency discharge of water out of a containment pond at its surface gold mine in the Northern Black Hills this week. The…

A report submitted by state officials to the EPA cites 166 lakes and streams in South Dakota as polluted or impaired. The bodies of water fail to meet…

A measure that sought to create water restoration processes for uranium mining projects failed in the House Ag committee Thursday morning. House Bill 1193…

This year officials in the Black Hills issued several water quality alerts warning the public about high levels of fecal bacteria in a small section of…

Fecal bacteria found in a prominent Black Hills stream is raising concerns over water quality in Western South Dakota.Levels of bacteria in Spring Creek…

Scientists in Louisiana are reporting that this year may see the largest dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico ever recorded. The dead zone in the Gulf is…

A new study shows dangerous levels of arsenic contamination on parts of the Cheyenne River Reservation. Arsenic is known to cause cancer, and the study…