![]() ![]() There are many perspectives on Thacker Pass, and many ways the story can be told. I have struggled with how to tell these stories. Along the way, they will build vast mountains of toxic tailings, leaching heavy metals and uranium into what groundwater will still remain after they pump nearly 1.5 billion gallons per year into their industrial machinery.įor weeks now, I have been researching the true history of this place. ![]() Lithium Americas Corporation, and their subsidiary Lithium Nevada Corporation, plan to blow up this pass, extract millions of tons of stone, and build an array of infrastructure to process this into lithium with harsh chemicals like sulfuric acid. We are here in the bitter cold wind to oppose the destruction of this place. Cliffs and sagebrush protrude through the snow and provide habitat for wildlife: bobcats, mule deer, pronghorn antelope, sage-grouse, pygmy rabbits, burrowing owls, and countless others. Now, they shimmer bright white after winter storms. When we arrived, the mountains were auburn in the evening sun. Often, the only sound we can hear is the wind, the chirping of birds, the yips of coyotes. 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, roll away to the south and east of the camp. Forty days ago, my friend Will Falk and I launched a protest camp here at Thacker Pass. ![]()
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