Action Alerts

  • Join MTU and others to rally for the Smith River

    Sign up to catch a bus to Helena from Bozeman or Missoula to attend Montana DEQ Public Hearing on the Black Butte Copper Mine or tow your boat to the Capitol and join our boat procession and rally on the Capitol lawn.  Learn more and sign up here.

  • Montana DEQ adds additional public meeting in Helena

    Smith River supporters will have another opportunity to voice their concerns about Tintina Resource’s proposed copper mine on Sheep Creek.  Montana DEQ has announced a fourth public meeting to be held in Helena.  For more information about the scoping process or talking points for comments please visit smithriverwatch.org or refer to our October 16, 2017…

  • Smith River Mine Public Hearings

    Montana’s Smith River is renowned worldwide for its clean water, rugged canyon scenery, and incredible trout fishery. The Smith is Montana’s only permitted recreational river. A small Canadian mining startup, Tintina Resources, has partnered with Australian mining firm Sandfire, and has submitted an application to the State of Montana to build a massive copper mine…