We have long held that the previous administration has abused the Antiquities Act. We even know of a man who was metal detecting on public lands who was cited for finding a square nail and put it on a stump in his camp. This is a very good article on how that Act has been […]
The Travel Management Plan/Rule was designed to keep roads open for the public…who owns the lands. What it has morphed into is a restrictive tool to keep us out. Plumas News has a good article on how this was created and where it is today: USFS Travel Management Rule continues to be controversial Or […]
Despite thriving population, BLM pushes forward job-killing sage grouse plan. For the complete article, click
Quick update on some happenings: Tuesday we took an L.A. Times reporter and his camerawoman mining for a story they are working on about how the floods this year have helped out small miners. Of note, he asked me where we stand politically and this is what I told him: “We are not Republicans or […]
That means virtually every revenue-producing, recreational and other activity is regulated, restricted, prohibited or under attack in courts and other venues. No timber cutting in national forests, fostering massive wildfires. No vehicles, wheelchairs, energy or mineral exploration in wilderness and many other areas. Even grazing and watershed management are under assault throughout the West. For […]
It looks as though the Trump Administration is focusing on reversing some of the Obama era National Monuments: http://freerangereport.com/index.php/2017/04/26/making-local-voices-heard-will-be-central-to-trump-monuments-review/ For the full article, click
Oregon: Note the language written by the Statesman Journal in this article about the recently passed bill banning dredging. They use the term “hobbyist”. Suction dredging is not a hobby. We do not practice catch and release gold mining and toss the gold back into the stream. We dredge with the intent to make money, […]
As most of you know, we have had our fair share of issue’s with the US Forest Service. Issue’s like restricting the number of miners who can dredge their claims in Idaho, a Taser being pulled on people panning in creeks, random and illegal stops of grandfathers and grandsons driving on public roads among others. […]
https://www.pacificlegal.org/releases/release-4-5-17-granat-1-1449 Pacific Legal Foundation press release, click here
We have long held to the belief that the EPA is the most dangerous government agency in America. They have lost numerous lawsuits for regulatory over-reach, have fined property owners $37,000 per day for digging ponds on their own private property (only to have that reversed by the courts) and have a 7 billion dollar […]