by Shannon Poe | Apr 8, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events
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...
by Shannon Poe | Apr 5, 2017 | Current Legislation, News & Events
https://www.pacificlegal.org/releases/release-4-5-17-granat-1-1449 Pacific Legal Foundation press release, click here
by Shannon Poe | Mar 6, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events
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...
by Shannon Poe | Mar 1, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
We have received an overwhelming response to our post yesterday about President Trump’s Executive Order eliminating the WOTUS (Waters Of The United States) power grab by the EPA. Let’s clear a few things up here; First, the EPA did not have the...
by Shannon Poe | Feb 28, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
With the stroke of a pen today, President Trump just neutered the EPA’s totalitarian dream of controlling every river, lake, mud puddle, ditch and rain gutter in America. This will have positive effects for small miners. Many may recall we stood up to the EPA...
by Shannon Poe | Feb 25, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
Does a suction dredge grind fish? NO. We shot this very short video for our presentation during the California Water Board permitting scheme as a result of SB637. It was presented on behalf of the small mining community. A few things to remember: A suction dredge...