by Shannon Poe | Jun 1, 2016 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
Well, we just got done listening to the entire case for Brandon Rinehart at the CA Supreme Court. Our take: Mr. Melnick, the State’s attorney initially sounded nervous and unprepared. He argued Brandon could still mine using other methods, but argued that...
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...
by Shannon Poe | Feb 16, 2016 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
Update on California, SB637 and permits for any motorized mining in California: SB637 was passed and signed into law by Gov. Brown Jan 2nd. It states you need a permit from the CA Water Board who then states you need a 402 or 404 permit from the Army Corps of...
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...
