suction dredging

About California suction dredge permits

We were going to announce to the small miners tomorrow about a meeting we had scheduled with the Executive Director of the California Water Board, Eileen Sobeck.   We were going to get some answers for you on the delays of the permitting program they have already said they would perform but have delayed and […]

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I hope you are waking up to what the states are doing to small mining

You all hear us talking about the Bohmker case in Oregon and know we are supporting this one with everything we have.  You need to support this case. This……….is why. If the states are allowed to circumvent federal law, expect mining to be banned, all forms except digging with a spoon and tiny pan. We […]

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Supreme Court Moves to Overturn Conviction of Joe Robertson, Fined and Jailed for Digging Ponds on his Rural Montana Property

Justice is finally served in Montana. (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that the Supreme Court of the United States has overturned a lower court decision affirming the conviction of Joseph Robertson, a 78-year-old veteran now deceased who was sentenced to prison for digging ditches on his rural Montana property to protect the area […]

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Bohmker v Oregon – Everything you need to know

Miners, this is a very, very important post.  The Bohmker case in Oregon has extreme potential and ramifications if it gets to the Supreme Court.  We highly encourage you to read this article (link below) written by the GPAA explaining everything you need to know about it.   For the complete article, click Bohmker V […]

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Turbidity by suction dredges? Look at this….hypocrisy

So Idaho Conservation League, the USFS, the EPA and many others claim a tiny little plume from a tiny little suction dredge creates so much turbidity that it harms fish. These pictures were taken yesterday on the same river (South Fork Clearwater in Idaho) they claim are damaged by plumes from dredging.  Let that sink […]

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Who funds the radical environmental groups? Read this….

While George Soros is known to heavily fund progressive agendas, there is another billionaire whose goal is to fund environmental causes, Hansjörg Wyss.  A native of Switzerland who now lives in Wilson, Wyoming, Mr. Wyss made his fortune in medical research and his medical device manufacturer Synthes. Mr. Wyss created the Wyss Foundation for philanthropy, […]

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New Videos about to be released!

New videos: Tomorrow we begin editing several new videos after months of filming. We shot a video with our buddy Dave Varabioff from Gold Bay who owns the Colorado mine in the south motherlode and found some pretty amazing gold metal detecting his contact zone in his mine. The second video is one we’ve been […]

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Trump administration sues CA over water plan

  Turning the tables on California, the Trump administration sued Thursday to block the state’s ambitious plan to reallocate billions of gallons of river water to salmon and other struggling fish species. The lawsuit by the U.S. Department of Interior injects the Trump administration into one of the biggest California water controversies in years — […]

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California suction dredge update

From the President of AMRA on California suction dredging;   First of all, we would like to apologize for the length of this write up, but it is necessary.   We are pretty sure if you are like us, you’re fed up with over-regulation, dishonest politicians, state agencies delaying their duties under the law and […]

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New case on dredging being presented to the Supreme Court

We have been talking about the Bohmker case in Oregon for some time now which is being presented to the United States Supreme Court. We had the privilege of meeting Josh Bohmker and his two children this past weekend at the Fresno GPAA gold show and would like to introduce him to everyone.   Josh […]

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