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...
by Shannon Poe | Feb 28, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
With the stroke of a pen today, President Trump just neutered the EPA’s totalitarian dream of controlling every river, lake, mud puddle, ditch and rain gutter in America. This will have positive effects for small miners. Many may recall we stood up to the EPA...
by Shannon Poe | Feb 25, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
Does a suction dredge grind fish? NO. We shot this very short video for our presentation during the California Water Board permitting scheme as a result of SB637. It was presented on behalf of the small mining community. A few things to remember: A suction dredge...
by Shannon Poe | Feb 21, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
This is our formal letter to the California Water Board on the SB637 permitting scheme. We presented 4 times for small miners during this required process of public comments. We want to thank everyone who attended these meetings and provided input. A special thank you...
by Shannon Poe | Feb 17, 2017 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
Jim Foley, a New 49’er and longtime miner and outspoken advocate for small mining delivers a fantastic speech up in Siskiyou County. Thank you Jim, well done. http://www.siskiyoudaily.com/article/20170216/NEWS/170219802 Jim Foley asks for help from...