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Stunning hypocrisy, simply stunning.

The U.S. Forest Service acknowledged there isn’t much it can do about a “Rainbow Family” gathering expected to bring thousands of counter-culture types to the Malheur National Forest in Eastern Oregon over the next two weeks. The organizers don’t have a permit, and the Forest Service’s response to that has angered area residents such as […]

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Surprise………the EPA lies and covers up their involvement in the Gold King Mine spill

Once again, the EPA is covering up their ineptness in the Gold King Mine spill they created in 2015. http://freerangereport.com/index.php/2017/06/16/deluge-of-lies-epa-covers-up-the-truth-about-its-role-in-disastrous-gold-king-mine-spill/

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Trump’s Interior Department Secretary, Montana rancher and former Navy Seal Ryan Zinke, is proving to be more than just a dramatic contrast to Obama’s Interior chief, liberal Democrat recreation industry exec., Sally Jewell. Zinke’s getting to work unraveling her legacy–and that of previous progressive predecessors–in short order. Beyond the Obama monument land grabs, which are currently […]

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Obama’s midnight executive order on Bears Ears

The BLM’s resource management plan and maps of the region show that two-thirds of the land inside the 1.35-million acre monument is in some sort of protected status, withdrawn from mineral development. For the full article; http://freerangereport.com/index.php/2017/06/14/bears-ears-protected-restricted-from-development-before-national-monument-proclamation/

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AMRA Outing June 24th and 25th near Coulterville CA

Have you ever wanted your own gold claim?   How about a new 9mm handgun?   New mining supplies?   What if you could get these for just $1.00?   Well you can. Come to our public outing in just 8 days and these prizes could be yours. AMRA opens our 5 claims to the […]

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how-environmentalist-litigation-is-sending-our-national-forests-up-in-smoke

Rep. Tom McClintock, one of the few members of Congress who understands what we public land users face, has written a very good narrative on how litigation by the enviro groups affects our forests. Great article: http://freerangereport.com/index.php/2017/06/10/how-environmentalist-litigation-is-sending-our-national-forests-up-in-smoke/

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The culture change at USFS

Shortly after the Presidential election in November of last year, we posited that it would take about 6 months after Mr. Trump took office to start to change the culture in some of these regulatory and management agencies. Looks like it has begun to change: http://freerangereport.com/index.php/2017/06/11/nm-state-engineer-defends-ranchers-water-rights-from-illegal-forest-service-actions/

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And now for a little good news…

This article really needs no narrative from us: http://freerangereport.com/index.php/2017/06/08/justice-department-ends-government-bankrolling-of-liberal-groups-in-legal-settlements/  

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Legal update from our friends at Western Mining Alliance (WMA)

We were notified by Pacific Legal Foundation the U.S. Supreme Court has requested the opinion of the U.S. Solicitor General in the Rinehart Case. So what does this development mean? The U.S. Supreme Court accepts cases based on Rule 10 of the U.S. Supreme Court: Rule 10 “Review on a writ of certiorari is not […]

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Antiquities act and how it’s used against you

We have long held that the previous administration has abused the Antiquities Act.  We even know of a man who was metal detecting on public lands who was cited for finding a square nail and put it on a stump in his camp. This is a very good article on how that Act has been […]

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