Asking permission from California

by Shannon Poe | May 20, 2019 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events, Outings & Meetings

Just had to fill out extensive forms for permission {a permit} to hold a peaceful protest at the state capitol.   Apparently you must ask permission to exercise your 1st Amendment right in California.

EPA’s Secret And Costly “Sue And Settle” Collusion

by Shannon Poe | May 17, 2019 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events

Sue and Settle “ practices, sometimes referred to as “friendly lawsuits”, are cozy deals through which far-left radical environmental groups file lawsuits against federal agencies wherein  court-ordered “consent decrees” are issued based upon a prearranged settlement...

USFS permits to limit day, overnight use in 3 wilderness areas

by Shannon Poe | May 13, 2019 | Current Legislation, News & Events

Some things, like this expose the agenda of the USFS like no other. BEND, Ore. – The Deschutes and Willamette national forests issued a final decision notice Friday for the Central Cascades Wilderness Strategy Project, laying out plans to issue permits to limit...

WESTERN WATER: Judge on landowners’ plight: ‘I won’t say the word “screwed”‘

by Shannon Poe | May 12, 2019 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events

Buy some land, have water rights, then have a government agency divert your water.  An Obama appointee, Judge Elaine Kaplan (below) will decide if this is the new normal. The latest clash between federal land managers and Sagebrush Rebellion-style critics played out...

Wyoming Billionaire Plans To Buy Around 15% Of The Planet To Protect Its Nature

by Shannon Poe | May 10, 2019 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events

Nature is an amazing thing. It’s beautiful and amazing to study however the human race is, unfortunately, destroying it. Luckily, there are a few good souls out there trying to protect it. One man, in particular, Hansjörg Wyss. Many people have probably never...

About California suction dredge permits

by Shannon Poe | May 8, 2019 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events

We were going to announce to the small miners tomorrow about a meeting we had scheduled with the Executive Director of the California Water Board, Eileen Sobeck.   We were going to get some answers for you on the delays of the permitting program they have already said...