by Shannon Poe | Jun 2, 2017 | All About Mining, News & Events
AMRA President Shannon Poe has one of his mining claims illegally top-filed. A claim AMRA President Shannon Poe (and three others) picked up in 2009 was top-filed by another miner in 2010. This has resulted in a myriad of angry phone calls and is a prime example of...
by Shannon Poe | Jun 2, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events
The Travel Management Plan/Rule was designed to keep roads open for the public…who owns the lands. What it has morphed into is a restrictive tool to keep us out. Plumas News has a good article on how this was created and where it is today: USFS Travel...
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...
