by Shannon Poe | Mar 17, 2018 | All About Mining, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
Last fall we took a reporter from KQED in the Bay area of California out to hunt for some gold. Here is his article: Right after we meet, Shannon Poe asks me if I’m a) allergic to poison oak and b) freaked out by ghosts. Because where we’re going, he says, there’s a...
by Shannon Poe | Feb 28, 2018 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
CALL TO ACTION FOR ALL AMRA MEMBERS AND IDAHO RESIDENTS: We have long talked about RS2477 and the closure of your public roads by regulatory and management agencies. We have good news to report! Representative Priscilla Giddings of Idaho has introduced a new bill,...
by Shannon Poe | Feb 18, 2018 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
I grew up in Oregon and loved that state. Over the past few decades, the state has changed politically and quite dramatically. They have effectively, like California, banned or are attempting to ban most methods of small mining in the state. Now they are requiring...
by Shannon Poe | Feb 17, 2018 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
This video is of an epic fight some ranchers on the Oregon/Idaho border have had with the BLM over water rights. This also brings up some very, very valuable points on small mining and water rights. We strongly urge you to watch this, see how this family won this case...
by Shannon Poe | Jan 20, 2018 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
When we post calls to action and request you to comment to BLM, USFS or whoever needs to hear your voice on an issue is the single most frustrating thing we here at AMRA experience. Making your voice heard is not just crucial, it is paramount in stopping the swamp...
