Update on some current issues: We are packing today for our trip to Idaho and the South Fork Clearwater. We have been informed the USFS is not backing down on their ridiculous assertion that suction dredgers must pull a Plan of Operations (PoO). This is not, by law required and they are also claiming […]
A new article by the Desert Sun on the fight here in California. Please folks, post a comment on the Desert Sun and be heard: https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/politics/2018/06/29/suction-dredge-mining-advocates-foes-regroup-after-clarifying-legislation-grinds-halt/742999002/ Or simply click Suction dredge mining advocates foes regroup after clarifying legislation grind to a halt
We have finally recovered after our dredge trip to the 40 Mile River in Alaska at the Gold Fever Prospecting camp near Chicken. We are writing a story which documents our 2 weeks up there and will share it soon. We are very actively setting up our face to face meetings with CA Department […]
The long awaited post about Suction Dredging in California Simply put…….Dredging is coming back to California Spring of next year. Firstly, we know you are as skeptical as we are, after all, we’ve been told things over the past 9 years (like rulings from courts and such) which give us hope, but it always ended […]
Currently proposed Arizona road closures by BLM and what to do about them: We are currently in Arizona and spoke at the GPAA Gold Fever West Valley Chapter last night about a new proposal by the BLM to close 505 miles of of public land roads under their Travel Management Plan. Most of these […]
SB1222 update: We have been in daily discussions since the bill was brought to the CA Senate Natural Resources Committee nearly two weeks ago. The bill (SB1222) was “stayed” for further discussions after it was clearly shown that Ben Allen’s (D Hollywood) SB637 (the suction dredge bill) had language so vague it was causing […]
From the desk of Shannon Poe, President, AMRA: I’ll get to the meat of what transpired at the state capital yesterday shortly, but first of all would like to thank many who supported this bill and the immense amount of time which was put into it: Uniting is the key to any success. […]
SB1222, a clarification bill on small scale mining in California schedule to follow: Click on share so people know the time(s) of these Senate hearings. Recently Facebook has been slow rolling out posts…..you can make your own decision on why. Senate Bill 1222 (SB1222) schedule: Senate Natural Resources Committee Monday April 16, […]
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt plans to halt the “secret science” underpinning his agency’s regulations, opening a conversation about how studies can be weaponized in favor of onerous regulations without additional scrutiny and the transparency involved in determining how data and methodology are pursued or analyzed by outside researchers. For the complete […]