One of America’s richest environmental groups (they collect more than $10 million per month) is the Natural Resources Defense Council. Their website claims “Science empowers NRDC’s work,” but the NRDC is run by lawyers, not scientists, and many are anti-progress activists upset about “corporate greed.” NRDC spokesman Bob Deans told me that the NRDC isn’t […]
Despite thriving population, BLM pushes forward job-killing sage grouse plan. For the complete article, click
This weekend we honor our fallen heroes. We at AMRA hold this holiday in special regard as many of us have lost family members who fought for our freedoms. Many of our AMRA staff and AMRA members are veterans. Do you enjoy your right to carry arms? Thank a Veteran and thank the fallen. […]
Our good friends over at Western Mining Alliance (WMA) have created some very cool new maps which show mining claim density, critical habitat and more. They are free and a very handy tool. Check out the maps: http://www.theminingalliance.com/index-maps.html
Frustrated? Want to get away? Our claim(s) called “The Office” are cleared, cleaned and set up for the free and open to the public outing this weekend. Come up, find gold, have fun and you don’t have to endure the idiocy of drivers in the central valley. Signs are posted from Coulterville on highway 49, […]
Quick update on some happenings: Tuesday we took an L.A. Times reporter and his camerawoman mining for a story they are working on about how the floods this year have helped out small miners. Of note, he asked me where we stand politically and this is what I told him: “We are not Republicans or […]
That means virtually every revenue-producing, recreational and other activity is regulated, restricted, prohibited or under attack in courts and other venues. No timber cutting in national forests, fostering massive wildfires. No vehicles, wheelchairs, energy or mineral exploration in wilderness and many other areas. Even grazing and watershed management are under assault throughout the West. For […]
We have a very good friend who can answer a lot of your questions about what is happening in the world of “always attack Trump”. We start our day reading his posts and encourage you to as well. Getting Trump Dot Com http://www.gettingtrump.com/
Oregon: Note the language written by the Statesman Journal in this article about the recently passed bill banning dredging. They use the term “hobbyist”. Suction dredging is not a hobby. We do not practice catch and release gold mining and toss the gold back into the stream. We dredge with the intent to make money, […]
“…over a decade, eight environmental groups filed more than 3,300 cases in federal district courts across the country. In the last two years of the Bush Administration, seven groups filed 253 lawsuits; in the first two years of the Obama Administration, those groups filed 525 lawsuits…It is not only the sum; also outrageous is the […]