Oregon miners appeal to SCOTUS on dredging

by Shannon Poe | Dec 23, 2019 | All About Mining, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events

We received this email from our good friend Tom Kitchar.  Tom has been leading the fight for dredging in Oregon for decades and because Oregon has ignored (in our opinion) federal laws for a long time, the miners are taking it to SCOTUS. Tom Kitchar, Waldo Mining...

What to do about rogue federal agents?

by Shannon Poe | Dec 13, 2019 | All About Mining, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events

We thought we’d remind some of you, and introduce some of you to some provisions in our laws which address what options you have with over-zealous federal employees which overstep their authority and violate your rights.   Say you are a mining claim owner and...

Permit denied?

by Shannon Poe | Oct 25, 2019 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events

We are working on a project involving permitting in California and are requesting your help.   We are looking for examples in any area (Ag, logging, farming, ranching etc…) where permits are required from a California agency, but not issued for over two years....

AMRA Update

by Shannon Poe | Oct 3, 2019 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Giveaways, Highbanking, News & Events

We’ve been pretty darn busy over the past several months. Jere Clements and Shannon Poe at the Walk4Liberty Rally at the capitol. We walked 312 miles in 13 days to bring many of the groups facing over-regulation together.  The entire length of highway 49....

Definition of “Waters of the United States” – Recodification of Pre-Existing Rules (Pre-Publication Version)

by Shannon Poe | Sep 17, 2019 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of the Army (“the agencies”) are publishing a final rule to repeal the 2015 Clean Water Rule: Definition of “Waters of the United States” (“2015 Rule”), which amended portions of the Code of Federal...

Newsom plans to veto bill that would have blocked Trump’s rollback of endangered species protections

by Shannon Poe | Sep 15, 2019 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events

Trump rolls back some of the over regulation Mr. Obama created and Newsome says not on his watch. SACRAMENTO —  Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to veto a bill passed by California lawmakers that would have allowed the state to keep strict Obama-era endangered species...