Current Legislation

Utah Republicans plan to counteract Obama’s move on Bears Ears

An excerpt from this article states “A president has never before rescinded a previous monument designation, although in a few instances, presidents have shrunk the boundaries of a previous president’s proclamations” Just because it has not been done, does not mean it should not be done, or that there is legal precedence for it not […]

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Mr. Trump, put the small miners back to work

Mr. Trump is expected to have a deep impact on mining in general, but should have a positive impact on the stunning over-regulation us small miners have seen. Mr. Trump, please put us small miners back to work, it’s been 8 years of what can only be described as a tyrannical government run amok. http://freerangereport.com/…/reversal-of-fortune-small-min…/

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Mr. Zinke, Trump’s pick for the Secretary of the Department of the Interior

It is important for all to understand just what our Federal Government is doing with your public lands and how their decisions impact real property mining claims. This is a great explanation of how our government takes our lands, and gives us a bit of insight into what Mr. Zinke (Trump’s pick for Dept of […]

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Reminder of upcoming California Water Board meetings on suction dredging, mark you calendar

REVISED NOTICE OF PUBLIC WORKSHOPS SOLICITATION OF INPUT REGARDING POTENTIAL ACTIONS TO PROTECT WATER QUALITY FROM SUCTION DREDGE MINING Tuesday, January 17, 2017 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Falls Event Center 4105 W Figarden Drive Fresno, CA 93722 Tuesday, January 24, 2017 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Karuk Community Room 39051 Highway 96 Orleans, […]

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Reminder, if you make one phone call today, make this one

Have you made the call to your Senator yet? Don’t just get angry, make the call and share this post today. PLEASE SHARE THIS POST NOW OK folks, we have asked you to speak out and oppose horrible bills when they come up and here is one which must be opposed immediately. First, let us […]

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Highbanking in CA and the CA Water Board release

This is the CA Water Board stance on highbanking in California. Needless to say, we believe there are so many flaws with the language, it will and must be challenged.   CA Water Board highbanking FAQ

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Obama Administration perverting the ESA

Now they are perverting the endangered species act to include areas which don’t have endangered species.   18 States sue feds over expanding critical habitat

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OPPOSE SB 2 (new Senate bill in CA)

PLEASE SHARE THIS POST NOW OK folks, we have asked you to speak out and oppose horrible bills when they come up and here is one which must be opposed immediately. First, let us ask you a question: Are you sick of our politicians coming up with new schemes to tax the crap out of […]

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AMRA dinner and the EPA

As many of you know, we are working on the Idaho suction dredge issue where the USFS has ignored the people and restricted the number of dredges on the SF Clearwater to just 15. We learned of a few things about how this process was brought about and decided to do a FOIA (Freedom of […]

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Feds to weigh yet another withdrawal of MILLIONS of acres in the west

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The federal government is using a new assessment of mineral resources on 10 million acres in six Western states to decide whether to ban potential mining on the land to protect an imperiled bird. At some point, any reasonable human being has to admit that there is something much, much more […]

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