by Shannon Poe | Jan 3, 2016 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Giveaways, Highbanking, News & Events, Outings & Meetings
What AMRA is currently working on: We are writing a FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) on the USFS. We aren’t going to say which USFS office we are doing, nor are we going to outline what we are going to FOIA, we’d like that to be a surprise to them. But do...
by Shannon Poe | Dec 29, 2015 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
As you are undoubtedly aware, many management and regulatory agencies are going full speed to stop suction dredging. The USFS is no different and has proposed a new scheme to restrict the number of dredges they will allow in Northern Idaho down to just a...
by Shannon Poe | Nov 23, 2015 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
We gave an extensive interview for this article and they eliminated all of the statement where we talked about the over $6,000,000 Sierra Fund has received of the tax payer money to dredge while real miners are arrested and their equipment is confiscated. Fact: modern...
by Shannon Poe | Nov 12, 2015 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
Yet another attempt by activists running our government to eliminate small mining: Do you know how big 3.8 million acres is? It is nearly the size of Massachusetts. It is 3 times the size of Delaware. This is the size of the area that is being proposed right now to be...
by Shannon Poe | Sep 30, 2015 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
Small mining and the fight for freedom By: Mr. Shannon Poe President, AMRA, American Mining Rights Association Road closures, thousands of gates, Tasers being pulled on small miners, restrictions on using shovels to dig for gold, permits being required to drive to...
by Shannon Poe | Sep 29, 2015 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
In yet another stunning move by the current Administration, BLM is planning on and proposing closing 10 million acres to mining claims and mining even though the sage grouse did not get listed as endangered. For the article, click HERE
