by Shannon Poe | Dec 23, 2019 | All About Mining, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
We received this email from our good friend Tom Kitchar. Tom has been leading the fight for dredging in Oregon for decades and because Oregon has ignored (in our opinion) federal laws for a long time, the miners are taking it to SCOTUS. Tom Kitchar, Waldo Mining...
by Shannon Poe | Jul 12, 2019 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
Last week saw a major victory for property rights and an end to another Endangered Species Act horror story. The saga began in 2012 when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determined that 1,544 acres of land in Louisiana was “critical habitat” for an endangered...
by Shannon Poe | Jul 1, 2019 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
Tom Kitchar (Waldo Mining District President) in Oregon is leading the charge on a petition to the Secretary of the Department of the Interior and to the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture. The petition is something AMRA signed onto immediately and we cannot...
by Shannon Poe | Jun 21, 2019 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
This is the line up of speakers for the Idaho Liberty Summit and we are humbled to have been asked to be a speaker at this phenomenal event. AMRA President Shannon Poe will be presenting on Saturday, July 27. If interested in going, click the link below and...
by Shannon Poe | Jun 1, 2019 | All About Mining, Current Legislation, Dredging, Highbanking, News & Events
Suction Dredging In California, Permits And Politics It has now been nearly 3 ½ years since the passage of Senate Bill 637 (SB637) which labeled anything mechanized or motorized as “a suction dredge” and therefore requires a permit from the California Water Board...
