by Shannon Poe | May 16, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events
That means virtually every revenue-producing, recreational and other activity is regulated, restricted, prohibited or under attack in courts and other venues. No timber cutting in national forests, fostering massive wildfires. No vehicles, wheelchairs, energy or...
by Shannon Poe | Apr 26, 2017 | Current Legislation, News & Events
It looks as though the Trump Administration is focusing on reversing some of the Obama era National Monuments: http://freerangereport.com/index.php/2017/04/26/making-local-voices-heard-will-be-central-to-trump-monuments-review/ For the full article,...
by Shannon Poe | Apr 12, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, News & Events
Oregon: Note the language written by the Statesman Journal in this article about the recently passed bill banning dredging. They use the term “hobbyist”. Suction dredging is not a hobby. We do not practice catch and release gold mining and toss the gold...
by Shannon Poe | Apr 10, 2017 | All About Mining, News & Events
“…over a decade, eight environmental groups filed more than 3,300 cases in federal district courts across the country. In the last two years of the Bush Administration, seven groups filed 253 lawsuits; in the first two years of the Obama Administration, those groups...
by Shannon Poe | Apr 8, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events
As most of you know, we have had our fair share of issue’s with the US Forest Service. Issue’s like restricting the number of miners who can dredge their claims in Idaho, a Taser being pulled on people panning in creeks, random and illegal stops of...
