by Shannon Poe | Jun 2, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events
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...
by Shannon Poe | May 31, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events
Despite thriving population, BLM pushes forward job-killing sage grouse plan. For the complete article, click
by Shannon Poe | May 19, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
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:...
by Shannon Poe | May 16, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events
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...
by Shannon Poe | Apr 26, 2017 | Current Legislation, News & Events
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,...
by Shannon Poe | Apr 12, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, News & Events
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...
