What is AMRA working on? We thought we would bring everyone up to speed on what we are working on. We are extensively researching the EPA on whether or not they possess the power to “regulate the pollutant discharge” from a suction dredge. Most will know we have a member in Washington who was threatened […]
Daily Caller News Foundation EPA preparing to unleash a deluge of new regulations 2:13 PM 11/27/2013 Happy holidays from the Obama administration. Federal agencies are currently working on rolling out hundreds of environmental regulations, including major regulations that would limit emissions from power plants and expand the agency’s authority to bodies of water on private […]
EPA Stealthily Propels Toward ‘Massive Power Grab of Private Property Across the U.S.’ Redefinition of “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act would give EPA jurisdiction over as little as a backyard ditch. by Bridget Johnson November 12, 2013 – 5:53 pm WASHINGTON — While the country is immersed in Obamacare headlines […]
Interior secretary says Obama may bypass Congress on monuments Interior Secretary Sally Jewell says she may advise Obama to act alone to create new national monuments if Congress doesn’t act. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell Interior Secretary Sally Jewell says she may recommend that President Obama act unilaterally to create new national monuments if Congress remains […]
Suction dredging cases move to appeals By David Smith dsmith@siskiyoudaily.com Siskiyou Daily News, Yreka, CA By David Smith dsmith@siskiyoudaily.com Posted Oct. 25, 2013 @ 9:24 am By David Smith dsmith@siskiyoudaily.com Posted Oct. 25, 2013 @ 9:24 am CALIFORNIA Two suction dredge mining suits in the California court system have been dealt serious blows […]
What this article fails to report is that dredging removes this mercury from the streams. Study: Gold Rush-Era Mercury Flowing Downstream An estimated 26 million pounds of mercury was used for gold recovery in the Sierra Nevada and Klamath-Trinity Mountains Monday, Oct 28, 2013 | Updated 1:46 PM PDT California’s gold rush may long be […]
URGENT ACTION NEEDED We received this from our friend Kirk McKenzie at DRA. The opposition to public lands is stuffing the comments on the frogs and toads listing so they can close 2.2 million acres of OUR land from you. We need you to be heard like never before. We’ve included a link in the […]
From our friends at Canada Free Press. They outline very clearly that all we are witnessing is for political gains and the American people are being used as pawns. Just what is a “public” park? National Parks Held Hostage By Gary Hunt (Bio and Archives) Saturday, October 12, 2013 Comments at bottom of page | Print […]
UPDATE 10/15/2013: WE WILL BE ALLOWING NON MEMBERS TO MINE THE CLAIM FOR A DAILY FEE OF JUST $10.00. We will have releases for them to sign at the claim. We will be having our first outing at the AMRA claim “Ours” located just out of Coulterville and Groveland CA on October 19th and 20th. […]
Idaho gold miners frustrated by new EPA permit 2013-08-24T13:30:00Z Idaho gold miners frustrated by new EPA permitBy BRIAN SMITH Times-News missoulian.com August 24, 2013 1:30 pm • By BRIAN SMITH Times-News (2) Comments TWIN FALLS, Idaho – Prospectors hoping to pluck gold from the bottom of Idaho’s rivers face many […]