2024-11-09T01:34:21-07:00 2023-12-31 Cabin Fever Secretarial 109 Cottonwood Rd Heron MT 59844 990EZ 2023-01-01 820502603 ROCK CREEK ALLIANCE INC ROCK 2086104896 PO Box 2636 Sandpoint ID 83864 SANDRA BESSLER Secretary 2086109987 2024-11-09 1 1 Diane Mosley P01261242 4068472024 2024-11-09 X 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z X www.rockcreekalliance.org X X 60312 X 54914 0 0 1116 0 0 0 0 4282 0 4282 0 0 0 0 60312 0 0 41951 4254 3504 2982 5253 57944 2368 121092 0 123460 X 121425 123473 0 0 0 0 121425 123473 333 13 121092 123460 Education and environmental protection Line 28: Rock Creek Mine Project. Rock Creek Alliance, Inc.: (Alliance) has worked to increase awareness of the threats of the proposed Rock Creek Mine (on water quality, wilderness, fisheries & wildlife, and local communities) while garnering public support for its work in Idaho, Montana and beyond. This is accomplished by providing information to members, other organizations, businesses, public officials, agency decision-makers and the general public, via newsletters, brochures and the organization's website; radio interviews, news articles and print ads; educational presentations, events and meetings; and social media. The organization has acquired scientific & technical reviews of NEPA documents related to the mine plan in order to provide a critique of agency & industry-generated studies, and it has provided substantive comments pertaining to these documents and studies during public comment periods. Over the years, the Alliance has filed and prevailed in court appeals brought in Federal and State Courts, and, as a result, key permits and approvals have been rescinded with additional analyses and public input required. In 2023, the Rock Creek Alliance continued to pursue a case in State Court concerning the "bad actor" provision of the Montana Metal Mine Reclamation Act. Phillips Baker, the CEO of Hecla Mining, has ties to Pegasus Gold, which filed for bankruptcy in 1998. Under Baker's tenure, Pegasus Gold left tens of millions in ongoing cleanup costs at the Zortman-Landusky, Basin Creek, & Beal Mountain mines. Under the state's "bad actor" law, Hecla Mining, led by Phillips Baker, cannot open up a new mine in Montana until the company assumes liability and cleans up the pollution at those mines, while paying fees issued by the state. Our original Complaint was brought against Montana DEQ for its failure to enforce the bad actor law, but following a 2022 court decision, we amended our Complaint in 2023 to include Phillips Baker and Hecla Mining Company for violations of Montana's Bad Actor provision. Our goal was to obtain a court order that would bar Hecla from mining in Montana. 0 57762 Fiscal Agent for Save Our Cabinets: Rock Creek Alliance, Inc. is serving as Fiscal Agent for Save Our Cabinets, Inc., a Montana non-profit corporation. The mission of Save Our Cabinets is to protect the 94,360 acre Cabinet Mountains Wilderness Area in northwestern Montana, while conserving and restoring the wildlands, native fish and wildlife, and air and waters of the Cabinet Mountains Ecosystem. Save Our Cabinets works to increase awareness of the threats of proposed mining, including the Montanore Mine, on water quality, wilderness, fisheries and wildlife by providing information to the public and its supporters through newsletters, educational presentations, events and meetings, and social media. The organization has acquired scientific and technical reviews of NEPA documents related to water quality, fisheries and grizzly bears, and has been involved in submitting comments on various NEPA documents for the proposed Montanore Mine. A recent example is scoping comments submitted to the Forest Service in 2022 on a draft plan for an exploration adit. Past litigation has included successful challenges to a state-issued waste water permit, the Biological Opinion issued by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Record of Decision issued by the US Forest Service authorizing the mine's construction. Currently the Montanore Mine has no permits authorizing construction. 0 182 57944 SANDY BESSLER Secretary and Director 10 0 0 0 KEN VANDEN HEUVEL Vice President and Director 2 0 0 0 JOHN EDWARDS President and Director 4 0 0 0 DIANE MOSLEY Treasurer and Director 4 4254 0 0 ELLEN WEISSMAN Director 2 0 0 0 DEBBIE MENDE Director 2 0 0 0 PAT HOLLAND Director 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ID DIANE MOSLEY 109 Cottonwood Rd Heron MT 59844 4068472024 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 58976 40036 71532 53921 54914 279379 58976 40036 71532 53921 54914 279379 133929 145450 383 410 187 369 1116 2465 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6875 206 0 7081 288925 19414 0.50342 0.49099 X Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 Other Income: $7,081. 2021: $6,875 PPP loan; 2022: $206 Legal Fee Refund Award RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 0 57944 57944 11589 2897 0 0 10327 10775 13238 11589 45929 68894 0 0 0 0 0 2582 2694 3310 2897 11483 17225 0 0 0 0 0 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Form 990-EZ, Part 1, Line 16: Other Expenses: $5,253: Advertising, Event Expenses, Website & Database Expenses, Travel & Meals, Supplies & Bank Charges Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 Form 990-EZ, Part !!, Line 26, Total Liabilities: End of Year Bank of America Credit Card Balance: $13