by Shannon Poe | Mar 5, 2018 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events
These days, Interior spends over $200 million a year buying land. That raises the perennial question: how much is enough? The government already owns 635 million acres, almost a third of the United States. That includes 250 million acres of BLM, 193 million acres of...
by Shannon Poe | Feb 28, 2018 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
CALL TO ACTION FOR ALL AMRA MEMBERS AND IDAHO RESIDENTS: We have long talked about RS2477 and the closure of your public roads by regulatory and management agencies. We have good news to report! Representative Priscilla Giddings of Idaho has introduced a new bill,...
by Shannon Poe | Feb 22, 2018 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Giveaways, News & Events, Outings & Meetings, Valued Partners
We are happy to announce our June 2nd dinner in Chino California. It will be held at the Planes of Fame and is going to be a blast like the previous 3 dinners we’ve had. Tickets go on sale today and can be purchased on the AMRA website by clicking on the 2018...
by Shannon Poe | Feb 20, 2018 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events
Environmentalist loses in court, jury awards Rock Mine 44 million
by Shannon Poe | Feb 18, 2018 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
I grew up in Oregon and loved that state. Over the past few decades, the state has changed politically and quite dramatically. They have effectively, like California, banned or are attempting to ban most methods of small mining in the state. Now they are requiring...
by Shannon Poe | Feb 17, 2018 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
This video is of an epic fight some ranchers on the Oregon/Idaho border have had with the BLM over water rights. This also brings up some very, very valuable points on small mining and water rights. We strongly urge you to watch this, see how this family won this case...
