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Trump appoints judge to 9th Circuit in CA

9th Circuit gets another Trump-picked judge after White House bypasses consultation with Dems – birdpuk Posted on February 27, 2019 by Doug Knowles | No Comments The Senate on Tuesday confirmed President Trump’s nominee to be a judge on the liberal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in a party-line vote — and, in a historic snub, […]

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Landmark decision in Idaho on rule making by agencies

From Pacific Legal Foundation webpage          pacificlegal.org Unelected bureaucrats hold tremendous power over us, thanks to decades of Congress delegating evermore authority subject to the vaguest of constraints. However, Congress has imposed some checks on federal bureaucrats to ensure a modicum of democratic accountability over the administrative state. One of those checks […]

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Call to action: Dear President Trump

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 […]

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Another 1.7 million acres planned for closure in Arizona

OK, they are at it in Arizona again.   The Southern Arizona Congressman is expected to unveil legislation that seeks to authorize a permanent 1.7 million acre land grab in Northern Arizona and permanently prohibit mining and other multiple-use activities on this massive swath of land.   From our friend Marjorie at Free Range Report. […]

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Montana miner loses in court with USFS

This is an interesting story out of Montana as Kerby Jackson points out:   “Not really an unexpected outcome, unfortunately, as these are Post-1955 claims due to a relocation in the 1980’s. Based on my reading of the administrative record, Kornec got screwed by BLM back in the 80’s after their refusal to recognize the […]

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Montana fighting back against road closures

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. […]

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This is the definition of irony: Fishermen sue harbor for not dredging

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:  

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Research paper on suction dredging by an AMRA member and student

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 […]

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BLM moving to close 1630 miles of roads in Arizona

BLM is at it again attempting to close your roads in Arizona.   They have proposed closing well over a thousand miles of roads and ATV trails which will lock and block public land users from their lands yet again. We reported on their last attempt earlier this year and wrote a letter on your […]

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