From our good friend Justin Karr in Washington: The average length of time it took BLM and the Forest Service to complete the first three steps of the mine plan review process and approve 68 mine plans from fiscal years 2010 through 2014 was approximately 2 years. However, the time varied widely, ranging from about […]
All the off-roaders, atv’ers and Jeep runners, fishermen and even hunters: This is what you are facing. Groups “posing” as sportsman’s clubs, fishing clubs and off road groups…all for their Utopian wet dream ideology. Trout Unlimited is against small scale mining, all forms, everywhere. Fight on Patriots……… Click the link here:
How cool would it be if all of us joined hands against the destruction of our access to public lands, the destruction of our rural communities and ridiculous laws passed to make you pay dearly for insane policies? California is rapidly becoming intolerable. Miners, ranchers, farmers, hikers, hunters, fishermen and other public land users. People […]
AMRA President Shannon Poe will be on Gold Prospectors Space Radio tonight talking about the Walk 4 Liberty and what is going on with the California Water Board, suction dredging and the state of mining. 4:30pm (Pacific) Sunday June 2nd. Tune in below, join us and call in with any questions Gold Prospectors Space Radio […]
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 (CAWB) to operate it in the state. The CAWB was mandated […]
This past weekend we took two winners of a 3 day mining trip with AMRA for an amazing mining experience. Day one……metal detecting Day two……placer mining Day three…lode mining Along with getting to keep all the gold we found, they get the entire trip filmed and a Youtube video. Congrats Rod Hall […]
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt announced the commitment of more than $106.8 million to support 47 public lands projects throughout Nevada and the California side of the Lake Tahoe Basin. These projects, which encompass a broad range of recreation improvements, wildlife habitat conservation, and hazardous fuels reduction and wildfire […]
WOW is our reaction to this article. We’ve long suspected unelected bureaucrats were making rules which have the same weight and force as law. Thanks to PLF, here’s the proof. This is really groundbreaking. From Issue Insights: Is the U.S. government under the control of a shadowy group of insiders, unseen by the […]
This could have both positive and negative effects. The positive is perhaps President Trump will cut much of the regulation and allow the many, many miners to actually mine these minerals here in the USA. The downside is, the price for them will go up while this fight is playing out. From Zerohedge: Back in […]
Just had to fill out extensive forms for permission {a permit} to hold a peaceful protest at the state capitol. Apparently you must ask permission to exercise your 1st Amendment right in California.