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
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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
For those who hear us speak at public venue’s, we frequently talk about all the calls we get from Montana. Without doubt, we get more calls about road closures up in Montana than any other state. Here is why, they are closing 1/3 of the roads in Montana. 1/3, yes you read that correctly and […]
The long awaited news report was finally aired on KCRA 3 out of Sacramento on the incident where a USFS Law Enforcement Officer (LEO) pulled, and pointed a Taser at an AMRA member while he was panning for gold. http://www.kcra.com/news/why-9-ca-sheriffs-are-at-odds-with-federal-agents/41724438 KCRA REPORT
We are just 3 weeks away from the Miners Swap Meet and outing up on the NF Yuba! We’ve decided, instead of having a drawing for 1 mining claim, we are giving away 3 claims! Have old equipment you want to sell or trade? Bring it. Want to learn how to gold prospect and mine? […]
This is going to be a difficult road going forward and we have been preparing for this eventuality if Brandon’s case turned out the way it did today. We thought we’d give you PLF’s post today…….. From the Pacific Legal Foundation: http://blog.pacificlegal.org/ca-supreme-court-invites-stat…/
We have read the decision and while we are not shocked, we are surprised at much of the language they have used, and what they cite as the premise for their decision. In reading their opinion, primary in preemption for them is hydraulic mining. They claim since there was a defacto ban created by California […]