Waters Of The United States (WOTUS)

by Shannon Poe | Mar 1, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events

We have received an overwhelming response to our post yesterday about President Trump’s Executive Order eliminating the WOTUS (Waters Of The United States) power grab by the EPA.   Let’s clear a few things up here;   First, the EPA did not have the...

Obama, with the stroke of a pen withdraws a hundred thousand acres in Oregon from mineral entry

by Shannon Poe | Jan 13, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events

Yet another move by the Obama Administration to remove a hundred thousand acres in Oregon from mineral entry. We are supposed to be a Republic, not a Kingdom. For the full article, click HERE

Pacific Legal Foundation and Water of the United States Supreme Court case to be heard!

by Shannon Poe | Jan 13, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events

Our friends at Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) have just announced that the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) will hear their case on the Waters of the United States. PLF has an impeccable record with cases at our Supreme Court and we are excited they are...

Can President Trump roll back the executive actions on national monuments?

by Shannon Poe | Jan 12, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, News & Events

There is much dispute over whether or not Mr. Obama should have designated millions and millions of acres of public lands as National Monuments.  Much of this was done without the majority of public support, but based on his ideology.   Trump “Open” To...

Obama Seized Enough Land and Water in 8 Years to Cover Texas Three Times

by Shannon Poe | Jan 5, 2017 | News & Events

Last week, in one of his final moves out of the Oval Office, Obama executively designated more than 1.5 million acres of land as national monuments, preserving their untouched façade while closing them to human expansion, development, energy use, ranching or state or...