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Who’s defending South Dakota?

1 public place under threat in South Dakota

12 groups have them in their care

The defenders

The groups doing the most work here

4 groups are on the record for South Dakota, in the order they carry the weight. Give directly; nothing routes through us.

8 more groups also work on South Dakota

The national muscle

Center for Biological Diversity20 live federal cases across all their workLegalSierra Club6 live federal cases across all their workAdvocacyEarthjustice4 live federal cases across all their workLegalDefenders of Wildlife4 live federal cases across all their workAdvocacyThe Wilderness Society3 live federal cases across all their workAdvocacyFriends of the Earth2 live federal cases across all their workAdvocacyNatural Resources Defense Council2 live federal cases across all their workLegalEarthworks2 live federal cases across all their workWatchdog

The places

Under threat in South Dakota

Each has its own page with the groups on the record for it. The most urgent first.

  1. Threat developingDewey-Burdock Uranium ProjectBLM approves in-situ uranium mining infrastructure

Your move

How to stand for South Dakota

GiveGive to Badlands Natural History Association

Their own site; they take gifts directly. Your dollar never passes through us.

Their site ↗SpeakComment and call

Open comment windows and call scripts for fights like this one, ready to send.

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Every threatened place in the country, tracked, with who stands for each.

Threatened Lands Map

South Dakota has defenders. It needs more.

4 groups on the record, Badlands Natural History Association with 10 staff + 9 volunteers. That is who is holding it. Find your way in.

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Sources and methodGroup crews and program ratios: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, latest filed year, EINs on each group’s profile. Which groups defend South Dakota, and their role: MTJP editorial curation, one verified link at a time, plus the federal court record and each group’s own footprint. Match ranges decompose into those signals on every row. Org-reported figures are always labeled. Data verified as of 2026-09-23. Nothing on this page is pay-to-play.