Buy some land, have water rights, then have a government agency divert your water. An Obama appointee, Judge Elaine Kaplan (below) will decide if this is the new normal. The latest clash between federal land managers and Sagebrush Rebellion-style critics played out in tense but buttoned-up proceedings yesterday in a quiet courtroom in Washington, D.C. […]
Nature is an amazing thing. It’s beautiful and amazing to study however the human race is, unfortunately, destroying it. Luckily, there are a few good souls out there trying to protect it. One man, in particular, Hansjörg Wyss. Many people have probably never even heard his name. That’s all about to change though. Who is […]
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 […]
Congress has unsuccessfully tried to reform the Mining Law of 1872 several times over the years, including a near-miss in 1994. It’s high time to try again. The Mining Law President Ulysses Grant signed was the work of Bill Stewart, Nevada’s colorful “Silver Senator,” then barely 40 years old but already, thanks to the hard-rock […]
This article is astounding in that Ms. Schumacher, the author researches the money to fund the radical environmental group ICL, Idaho Conservation League. It is an amazing read and it will likely make your jaw drop open….then the anger sets in. From the article: While George Soros is known to heavily fund progressive agendas, there […]