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Definition of “Waters of the United States” – Recodification of Pre-Existing Rules (Pre-Publication Version)

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of the Army (“the agencies”) are publishing a final rule to repeal the 2015 Clean Water Rule: Definition of “Waters of the United States” (“2015 Rule”), which amended portions of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), and to restore the regulatory text that existed prior to the 2015 […]

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Newsom plans to veto bill that would have blocked Trump’s rollback of endangered species protections

Trump rolls back some of the over regulation Mr. Obama created and Newsome says not on his watch. SACRAMENTO —  Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to veto a bill passed by California lawmakers that would have allowed the state to keep strict Obama-era endangered species protections and water pumping restrictions for the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Newsom’s […]

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AMRA Outing just a week and a half away! September 21st and 22nd

Our next “open to the public” outing is coming up fast.  September 21st and 22nd at our claims called “The Office” located out of Coulterville CA (directions are on the photo). Free to the public, you do not have to be a member and we have tons of prizes for the drawing!  If we have […]

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AMRA President Shannon Poe on the radio tomorrow night (September 4)

Well, we’ve taken a week to heal the feet and catch up on several things at home….but tomorrow will be on the radio, tune in, call in and laugh along with us!   Tomorrow night on West Coast Wednesday we are featuring Shannon Poe of American Mining Rights Association (AMRA). Live this Wednesday, 9/4/19, at […]

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The Democrats’ Plan To Nationalize Land, Democratic Socialism In Action

From Forbes: A Wall Street Journal editorial of July 10th lays out what the House Democrats’ most recent socialist scheme (H.R.3195 – Land and Water Conservation Fund Permanent Funding Act) is all about. In June, the Democrats who sit on the House Natural Resources Committee passed H.R.3195, which is currently winding its way through the […]

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Trump Administration to ‘Shed Light’ on Secretive Practice That Costs Taxpayers Millions

Outstandingly good news.  This is a must read from The Daily Caller: The Interior Department will publicly list attorneys’ fees paid out, often to environmental activist groups, for legal settlements, according to a recent memo from Principal Deputy Solicitor Daniel Jorjani. Jorjani’s memo states the Interior Department will develop a webpage within 30 days to […]

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The Forest Service: Exclude public comments

A snippet from the article: Now the Forest Service, manager of our nation’s 154 national forests, has decided that they could be much more “efficient” if they simply quit communicating with the public. Under their current proposal (open for comments until August 12), 93.3% of all Forest Service decisions will lose all the current advance […]

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Interior Appoints Champion of Giving Americans Access to Public Lands, Environmentalists Outraged

Department of Interior Secretary David Bernhardt announced this week that William Perry Pendley will be acting director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), a move ranchers and others in the west where the majority of federal land exists see as a positive development. Environmentalists are critical of Pendley’s appointment because of his belief public […]

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Off to Idaho…….

We are packing for our trip to Idaho tomorrow to speak at the Liberty Summit about over-regulation and uniting against the rural economy killing agenda of our political class. We are looking forward to spending a few days with the Lt. Governor of Idaho, several House Representatives, influential members of the public land community, media […]

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Conservative lawyer named to senior BLM post (great news!)

INTERIOR Conservative lawyer named to senior BLM post Scott Streater, E&E News reporter Published: Monday, July 15, 2019 The Bureau of Land Management has appointed William Perry Pendley, who until December was president of the conservative law firm Mountain States Legal Foundation, as deputy director of policy and programs.

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