Peaceful protest and clean-up with the GPAA in California

by Shannon Poe | Oct 23, 2018 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events, Outings & Meetings

We are proud to announce we have partnered with the GPAA/Delta Gold Diggers on another project.   We will be performing a peaceful protest on over-regulation in California and are going to dispel the notion that small miners are just a bunch of knuckle dragging,...

Another USFS regulatory scheme

by Shannon Poe | Oct 8, 2018 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events

The USFS is proposing adopting a new regulatory scheme for suction dredging. Before we get into the nuts and bolts of this let us ask you a quick question:   Have you ever seen a management or regulatory agency adopt anything….ever which benefits the public whom...

What if we changed our strategy?

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,...

Challenging Obama’s WOTUS rule

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,...

A little note about the USFS

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...

California update:

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...