by Shannon Poe | Sep 17, 2018 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events, Outings & Meetings
Happy Constitution Day. We wanted to pose a few questions… What if we could all unite in the small mining community and become a powerful force like the NRA? What if we could all have access to up-to-date information on what is happening with regulations,...
by Shannon Poe | Sep 4, 2018 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events
WOTUS, Waters of the United States was a horrendous over-reach by the previous administration and an attempt by the EPA to take over every mud puddle, rain gutter and ditch in America. It is being challenged by many states, as it should be. For the complete article,...
by Shannon Poe | Aug 28, 2018 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
Since we have returned from our trip to Idaho we have received an overwhelming number of calls from miners and public land users all across the west with documented problems with the USFS. Problems like ignoring Plans of Operation applications, in some cases for...
by Shannon Poe | Aug 23, 2018 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
Update on dredging in California: Yesterday we met with the California Water Board (CAWB) in Sacramento over the permitting of suction dredging for 2019 along with several other mining organizations here in CA. This is the second meeting in the past 3 weeks and...
by Shannon Poe | Aug 17, 2018 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
We have read on the internet that Idaho Conservation League has filed a lawsuit against AMRA President Shannon Poe for suction dredging on the SF Clearwater. ICL is well known for suing and settling lawsuits, especially with the USFS. We have not seen any documents so...
by Shannon Poe | Aug 11, 2018 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, News & Events
Update from the SF Clearwater, Idaho Last night two of the AMRA dredgers were cited for dredging without a PoO (Plan of Operations) by the Forest Service. Now, we will be able to present this case, along with the mountain of evidence we have obtained including...
