An important week

by Shannon Poe | May 31, 2016 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events

This is an important week. Brandon Rinehart’s case goes before the CA Supreme Court: People v. Rinehart at 2:00 p.m. on June 1, 2016, in the Ronald Reagan State Office Building, 300 South Spring Street, Third Floor, North Tower, Los Angeles, California. We...

Update on dredging in Idaho

by Shannon Poe | May 17, 2016 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events

Many of us have received this letter from the USFS based out of Montana for the issue’s we face in Idaho. As many of you are aware, the USFS and Idaho Dept. of Water Resources (IDWR) is restricting the number of dredges on the SF Clearwater to just 15 this year...

AMRA writes letters to each of the Presidential candidates

by Shannon Poe | May 6, 2016 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events

AMRA has just sent this letter to Mr. Trump, Ms. Clinton and Mr. Sanders about where they each stand on our public land issues. As many of you know, we similar sent letters to all of the candidates several months ago and did not have one candidate respond. These are...

Update on Idaho suction dredge ban

by Shannon Poe | Apr 11, 2016 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events

Update on the illegal ban on suction dredging in Idaho:   As most of you know, we have been fighting in Northern Idaho for 3 years now with the EPA and USFS over suction dredging on validly held Federally filed mining claims.   Many of you sent in letters of...

Government colluding with enviro groups on Sage Grouse

by Shannon Poe | Apr 6, 2016 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events

http://elkodaily.com/news/local/laxalt-interior-s-grouseketeers-violated-law-in-sage-grouse-ruling/article_f1f26991-052e-5b66-9a5d-7575340b237b.html   For the article, click HERE

Joshua Tree Land Grab

by Shannon Poe | Apr 4, 2016 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events

Here is yet another land grab, this time by the Parks Service. We’ll put a quote from the proposal in here everyone can read and understand clearly: “The NPS has requested the withdrawal of public lands within the study area (approximately 22,515 acres...