by MBailey | Mar 26, 2026 | album, All About Mining, Blog, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, Lifestyle, National, News, News & Events, Outings & Meetings, Top News, Valued Partners
A few weeks ago we shared the USFS’s new proposal to streamline regulations as they pertain to Plans of Operations (PoO) and Notices of Intent (NOI) to mine on USFS managed lands. In this post is our response to this proposal and we ask you click on the SHARE...
by Shannon Poe | Oct 3, 2025 | All About Mining, Dredging, Facebook, Highbanking, News, News & Events
AMRA members: We have some sad news. We have lost 3 of our claims in Tuolumne County. Ours, Ibar and Albie 2. This is due to a computer problem within the BLM in paying for the annual fees in 2023. We were led to believe the transaction went through, when it did not...
by MBailey | Jul 21, 2025 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Giveaways, Highbanking, News & Events, Outings & Meetings, Top News
From the article Discovery Alert written by John Zadeh, “ExoSphere represents a revolutionary leap in subsurface imaging technology for the mining industry. This advanced geophysical platform has transformed how mining companies approach mineral exploration by...
by Shannon Poe | Sep 5, 2023 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, National, News & Events, Top News
5 years ago a lawsuit was filed by a radical environmental group out of Idaho against AMRA President Shannon Poe for legally dredging on his claim with a valid state permit. The suit alleged he polluted “their river” and destroyed fish habitat. As we all know, none...
by Shannon Poe | May 26, 2023 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, National, News & Events, Top News
Yesterday the Supreme Court ruled against the EPA and reigned in the massive power grab they have been doing for decades with the CWA (Clean Water Act) which really started under the Obama Administration and redefinitions of the WOTUS rule (Waters of the United...
by Shannon Poe | Dec 5, 2022 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Facebook, Highbanking, National, News, News & Events, Top News, Valued Partners
The big news and the 2022 AMRA dinner Another AMRA dinner is completed and we want to sincerely thank the AMRA staff, vendors and volunteers for making this event hugely successful. So how about our big news? Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF), one of America’s...
