Asking permission from California

by Shannon Poe | May 20, 2019 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events, Outings & Meetings

Just had to fill out extensive forms for permission {a permit} to hold a peaceful protest at the state capitol.   Apparently you must ask permission to exercise your 1st Amendment right in California.

South Fork Clearwater tributary running like chocolate milk…but not from Mother Nature

by Shannon Poe | May 19, 2019 | All About Mining, Dredging, News & Events

From one of our mining buddies in Idaho: South Fork Clearwater confluence with Crooked River Oh my God! Will you look at that… Just another successful project by the Be a Perce Tribe. This is the turbidity level at the mouth of Crooked River this morning where...

Former WildEarth Guardians Staffer and Outside Contractor Caught Embezzling From Federal and State Restoration Grants

by Shannon Poe | May 18, 2019 | All About Mining, News & Events

It would appear as though this environmental group was embezzling grant money. Santa Fe, NM – Yesterday WildEarth Guardians transmitted to the U.S. Attorney’s office in Albuquerque a forensic auditor’s report which found evidence that the organization’s former...

EPA’s Secret And Costly “Sue And Settle” Collusion

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

Sue and Settle “ practices, sometimes referred to as “friendly lawsuits”, are cozy deals through which far-left radical environmental groups file lawsuits against federal agencies wherein  court-ordered “consent decrees” are issued based upon a prearranged settlement...

Montana miner back to mining after contacting AMRA

by Shannon Poe | May 16, 2019 | All About Mining, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events

We’ve just received a call from a small-scale miner in Montana we’ve been helping for the past few months on issues he’s had with the USFS not approving his Plan of Operations (PoO).   After several years of delays and outright deceptive tactics by...

WESTERN WATER: Judge on landowners’ plight: ‘I won’t say the word “screwed”‘

by Shannon Poe | May 12, 2019 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events

Buy some land, have water rights, then have a government agency divert your water.  An Obama appointee, Judge Elaine Kaplan (below) will decide if this is the new normal. The latest clash between federal land managers and Sagebrush Rebellion-style critics played out...