Last April, two companies notified the U.S. Forest Service of their intent to begin exploring for minerals near Sheep Creek where they hold hundreds of mining claims. On its website, one of the companies promotes Sheep Creek as “one of the highest grade rare earth projects in the United States.”

Author Archives: Nathan Boddy
Nathan Boddy was born and raised in western Montana and is currently a writer and journalist based in the Bitterroot Valley. His varied background includes Peace Corps service in Guatemala, a master’s degree in environmental land use planning, and homeschooling of he and his wife’s two boys.