Update on the hearing at the Capital on SB1222

by Shannon Poe | Apr 17, 2018 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events

From the desk of Shannon Poe, President, AMRA:   I’ll get to the meat of what transpired at the state capital yesterday shortly, but first of all would like to thank many who supported this bill and the immense amount of time which was put into it:   Uniting is...

California SB1222 hearings this Monday and Wednesday, you NEED to be there

by Shannon Poe | Apr 12, 2018 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events

SB1222, a clarification bill on small scale mining in California schedule to follow:   Click on share so people know the time(s) of these Senate hearings. Recently Facebook has been slow rolling out posts…..you can make your own decision on why.   Senate Bill...

BLM removes proposed withdrawal of mineral entry to public lands

by Shannon Poe | Apr 10, 2018 | News & Events

In a surprising move, the BLM has ended its plan to remove 1.3 million acres of land to mineral entry in the California desert.  This is the Trump Administration restoring our lands to the people who own it….you.   Cancellation of withdrawal...

A decade long study on logging in OR proves it doesn’t hurt fish habitat if done correctly

by Shannon Poe | Apr 2, 2018 | All About Mining, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events

This has some far reaching conclusions which should also impact small mining.  A 10 year study on the impacts of logging has concluded that it does not harm fish of fish habitat. For the complete article, click OSU study on trout

AMRA outing is just 7 days away!

by Shannon Poe | Apr 1, 2018 | All About Mining, Dredging, Giveaways, Highbanking, News & Events, Outings & Meetings

Our first outing of the year is just a week away.!  Remember, these outings are free, are open to the public and is for Saturday April 7th and Sunday April 8th. New to prospecting or curious? Let us know and we will teach you how to pan for gold. You keep whatever...

AMRA steps up to represent two miners in Nor Cal

by Shannon Poe | Mar 26, 2018 | All About Mining, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events

9 months ago AMRA was contacted by 2 miners who were on their claim in Northern California. One man was running a sluice upstream and one man was running a high banker downstream. A DFW (Fish and Wildlife) Law Enforcement Officer (LEO) approached them, took the foot...