As many of you know by now, we get more complaints of closed roads coming out of Montana now than most other states. Most are because of the Forest Service.This is pretty remarkable and we are reaching out to Senator Jacobson tomorrow to discuss his bill which fines those who close (gate) their public lands. […]
California dredging update:We recently put up a post asking for people to call the Senators who passed SB637 brought forth by Senator Ben Allen (D-Hollywood) called “the suction dredge bill”. It required the CAWB (California Water Board) to evaluate whether or not suction dredging should be permitted in the state by having them look at […]
HERE’S YOUR CHANCE TO HELP A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN THE RINEHART CASE LOST IN THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT, AND THEN WAS APPEALED TO THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT; THE UNITED STATES SOLICITOR GENERAL RECOMMENDED THAT THE RINEHART CASE NOT BE HEARD – PARTLY BECAUSE THERE WAS A CLEARER CASE OVER THE SAME ISSUES DEVELOPING […]
Oregon:This was sent by a friend of ours and after a little digging, we found the bill doesn’t currently name “fishing” but we believe it will morph into a ban on fishing tournaments like it is on hunting contests. This is what happens when you have a one party mega-majority running a state……just ask the […]
We are in the process of editing our last part in the Alaska dredge video series…and at the same time are editing the “How to file a mining claim” video series. The mining claim video is challenging, but after you view it, you can file your own claim from start to finish.
It is time the small miners of California to once again tell our elected politicians to get off their butts and follow the laws they passed. We have penned a letter to the Senate Natural Resource Committee about the California Water Board having their staff cut literally days before they were to go public with […]
Dredging California and permits: This may be one of the things the CA Water Board is working on and partially responsible for the delay. I finally got a call back from them yesterday and was told the NPDES permit department had their staff cut from 6 down to 2. Then they were told to focus […]
News from the Wilderness FrontHot off the press, courtesy of the Challis Messenger. The news story linked below was printed about a month after the December 13th meeting sponsored by the Forest Service to present their findings regarding areas under consideration for additional Wilderness designation. According to the 2012 Planning Rule, Forest Management Act and […]
We wanted to share a paper written by a college student and AMRA member we recently met in Sonora. Thank you Mariesa for your hard work researching and writing this paper! Suction Gold Dredges Benefit California’s Rivers and Streams Mariesa Yeoman Southern New Hampshire University Introduction Destruction, pollution, and a lack of respect for […]
