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CA Water Board meeting videos

Here are the first 3 parts of the CA Water Board meeting in Fresno held on January 17, 2017:   Part one, Russell Norman, CAWB Part 2, Craig Lindsay, WMA, Western Mining Alliance: Part 3 Shannon Poe, AMRA

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Obama, with the stroke of a pen withdraws a hundred thousand acres in Oregon from mineral entry

Yet another move by the Obama Administration to remove a hundred thousand acres in Oregon from mineral entry. We are supposed to be a Republic, not a Kingdom. For the full article, click HERE

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Pacific Legal Foundation and Water of the United States Supreme Court case to be heard!

Our friends at Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) have just announced that the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) will hear their case on the Waters of the United States. PLF has an impeccable record with cases at our Supreme Court and we are excited they are presenting this one.  Under of the Obama Administration, […]

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Can President Trump roll back the executive actions on national monuments?

There is much dispute over whether or not Mr. Obama should have designated millions and millions of acres of public lands as National Monuments.  Much of this was done without the majority of public support, but based on his ideology.   Trump “Open” To Unprecedented Repeal Of Obama National Monument President-elect Donald Trump is said […]

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Urgent call to action for Washington State on bill to ban suction dredging

Critical small mining bill proposed in Washington State Urgent action required Washington State Democrats have reintroduced yet another bill to put a moratorium (ban) on small mining (dredging) in the state. House bill 1077 would impose over-regulation on suction dredging and adversely impact real property mining claim owners, gold clubs, rural communities and prospectors. We […]

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AMRA will be attending the CA Water Board meetings

Several of you have asked if we are attending the CA Water Board meetings coming up. Yes, we are and have posted several times that we will be there. The first one is in Fresno on Jan 17th. WMA, Western Mining Alliance will also be there and Craig and I are on the agenda to […]

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The EPA and extreme politics

“I have worked on EPA science controversies for 25 years,” Milloy told The Daily Caller News Foundation. “EPA doesn’t use science so much as it abuses it for its political ends.” We have been talking about how the EPA is (in our opinion) the single most dangerous entity within our government as it relates to […]

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More national monuments by the Obama administration

In the last remaining few weeks of the Obama Administration, we are witnessing a massive “taking” of public lands. This is one of those takings… Thank you Brad Jones for the information. Department of the Interior Seal U.S. Department of Agriculture Date: December 28, 2016 Contacts: Interior_Press@ios.doi.gov USDA Office of Communications (202) 720-4623, press@oc.usda.gov Secretaries […]

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Utah Republicans plan to counteract Obama’s move on Bears Ears

An excerpt from this article states “A president has never before rescinded a previous monument designation, although in a few instances, presidents have shrunk the boundaries of a previous president’s proclamations” Just because it has not been done, does not mean it should not be done, or that there is legal precedence for it not […]

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Mr. Trump, put the small miners back to work

Mr. Trump is expected to have a deep impact on mining in general, but should have a positive impact on the stunning over-regulation us small miners have seen. Mr. Trump, please put us small miners back to work, it’s been 8 years of what can only be described as a tyrannical government run amok. http://freerangereport.com/…/reversal-of-fortune-small-min…/

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