We have been talking about the Bohmker case in Oregon for some time now which is being presented to the United States Supreme Court. We had the privilege of meeting Josh Bohmker and his two children this past weekend at the Fresno GPAA gold show and would like to introduce him to everyone. Josh […]
Friends of the Clearwater have produced their version of how bad suction dredging is, even though fisheries biologists, studies and science conclusively prove the benefits of dredging to fisheries and plan to show this video to the public. The meeting, open to the public is in Moscow Idaho on March 25th 7-9pm at the 1912 […]
We wanted to repost a video from our good friend Tom Kitchar from the Waldo Mining District up in Oregon. Tom is leading the fight with the Bohmker suction dredge case many of us are supporting and hopefully will be going to the United States Supreme Court. This is a great video and we encourage […]
We have penned another letter we are now sending again on a weekly basis to President Trump below. We are also including, along with the letter, a link to a webpage which lists all of the Congressmen in the country. All you have to do is enter your zip code and you can forward (copy […]
As many of you know by now, we get more complaints of closed roads coming out of Montana now than most other states. Most are because of the Forest Service.This is pretty remarkable and we are reaching out to Senator Jacobson tomorrow to discuss his bill which fines those who close (gate) their public lands. […]
Humboldt Bay Harbor is being sued by two fishing groups because they haven’t dredged it since 2006, even though they purchased a million dollar dredge for that very purpose. Read the story here:
We wanted to share a paper written by a college student and AMRA member we recently met in Sonora. Thank you Mariesa for your hard work researching and writing this paper! Suction Gold Dredges Benefit California’s Rivers and Streams Mariesa Yeoman Southern New Hampshire University Introduction Destruction, pollution, and a lack of respect for […]
The USFS is proposing adopting a new regulatory scheme for suction dredging. Before we get into the nuts and bolts of this let us ask you a quick question: Have you ever seen a management or regulatory agency adopt anything….ever which benefits the public whom they claim it works for, or is your experience […]
We have two new men we are working with on unbelievable cases in two different states. The first is a man who buys and sells used mining equipment out of his garage along with small samples of minerals he collects on his mining claims in CA. His vehicle was parked in his driveway, on his […]
Happy Constitution Day. We wanted to pose a few questions… What if we could all unite in the small mining community and become a powerful force like the NRA? What if we could all have access to up-to-date information on what is happening with regulations, litigation and other issues? What if we […]