by Shannon Poe | Nov 11, 2022 | News, News & Events, Outings & Meetings, Top News
We cannot be more proud of Stacy, our Operations Manager here at AMRA for the past 7+ years. We are elated to announce that not only did she complete law school this past summer (top of her class) ……… as of yesterday at 6pm, she has passed the bar...
by Shannon Poe | Nov 11, 2022 | National, News, News & Events, Top News
A very simple and short message to our veterans out there, many of whom are AMRA members: Thank you, we are free because of you.
by Shannon Poe | Oct 11, 2022 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Facebook, National, News, News & Events, Outings & Meetings, Top News
Well this should piss everyone off… Most of you know AMRA’s President, Shannon Poe was issued a ridiculous and illegal citation while hosting a public event on one of our mining claims this Spring for “defrauding an innkeeper”. This citation...
by Shannon Poe | Oct 3, 2022 | All About Mining, Dredging, Highbanking, News, News & Events
By now many of you have likely heard the penalty phase of the litigation out of Idaho over suction dredging was decided by the judge. This does not mean this case is over. This stems from AMRA’s President standing up to the EPA on their requirement for an NPDES...
by Shannon Poe | Sep 29, 2022 | All About Mining, Facebook, National, News, News & Events, Outings & Meetings, Top News
ITALIAN BAR DISASTER UPDATE: Well folks, persistence pays off and after more than a year, we are finally going to clean up the disaster we’ve all been disgusted by down on Italian Bar along the Stanislaus river. The illegal occupiers are gone and man did they...
by Shannon Poe | Sep 13, 2022 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Facebook, News, News & Events, Top News
Back in May of this year we posted about how the USFS cited AMRA President Shannon Poe for “defrauding an inn keeper” over an absurd claim by them that a claim owner must pay a $7 fee to a third party garbage collection agency while on their mining claim....
by Shannon Poe | Sep 7, 2022 | News & Events
As most of you know, we receive calls, emails and messages almost on a daily basis now from members and other small-scale miners about problems with the USFS (Forest Service). Most can be categorized in two columns: 1) USFS telling the miner a Plan of Opertions (PoO)...
by Shannon Poe | Aug 29, 2022 | News & Events
We sure had a great time down in Roaring Camp this year at the AMRA outing. Honestly, we don’t know of anyone else more generous and kind than the Lague’s who own Roaring Camp. Like a dumbass, I was camping in my little cargo trailer and low and behold I...
by Shannon Poe | Aug 25, 2022 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Facebook, Highbanking, National, News, News & Events, Top News
Please excuse our absence, it’s been rather hectic lately with claims deadlines, deaths of personal friends, upcoming events and other personal issues. That being said, we have had a number of calls lately about NOI’s and POO’s. We wanted to explain...
by Shannon Poe | Aug 21, 2022 | News, News & Events, Top News
Does anyone still think the CA government isn’t attacking your 2nd Amendment rights? Want a CCW? Take a look at this bill which would restrict you from carrying just about everywhere. You need to read this bill being proposed by Sen. Anthony Portantino (D-La...
