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A note about USFS from our friend Kerby Jackson in Oregon

Found out a little something while asking around town for help with fire donations… Home Depot gives out $1000 grants to people and charities to help in times of disaster.. it’s actually store credit and each store has a limited number to give out. The bend, Oregon store gave their’s out to none other than […]

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Logging Timber Auction Brings Protesters to BLM

We encourage you to voice your opinions. We have posted on this website our position. Thanks for the link Kerby. Logging brings protesters http://www.kdrv.com/story/36371709/logging-timber-auction-brings-protesters-to-blm

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Banned pesticides from illegal pot farms seep into California water.

This article about pot grows in the California Motherlode should infuriate everyone. I honestly cannot remember how many of these we’ve found over the years, it’s too many to count anymore. We just found one last week as a matter of fact.   The growers dump chemicals, batteries and trash all over our pristine creeks […]

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A word from AMRA’s President and Vice President

A word from the President and Vice President of AMRA   You may have seen us talking about our annual dinner lately. We host this dinner once a year as our major fundraiser to fund what we, as volunteers do at AMRA and that is to fight to retain access to your public lands, to […]

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AMRA is demanding a meeting with the USFS Chief over incidents

This is our letter to USFS Chief Tidwell, Congress, the committees which oversee the USFS, BLM and President Trump’s senior staff on behalf of the small miners and the issue’s we are hearing about now almost every day. We are demanding a face to face meeting to address these stunning revelations. We encourage you to […]

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Gun raffle to help our local community after the devastating Detwiler Fire

As most of you know, we had one helluva fire up near our home base close to Yosemite. Many of our friends lost everything in their fridge and freezer, some lost their pets, some lost their land and some even lost their homes. Many rely on the meat they had to carry them through the […]

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Highbanking and the DFW illegal confiscation of equipment………..twice.

A few weeks ago we brought you a story of 8 miners, one a claim owner allowing his buddies to mine with him and of a DFW (CA Fish and Wildlife) officer confiscating their foot valve on their highbanker alleging they were violating the 5653(g) section of the DFW regulations.  The miner was told he […]

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DFG confiscates highbanking mining equipment in CA

We have just learned today that a miner, on his mining claim was well, cited kinda……. by a DFG LEO (Dept of Fish and Game, Law Enforcement Officer) for running a small water pump to feed his perfectly legal highbanker. A highbanker is a small box which one shovels dirt into, introduces a little water […]

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Asking for your input

We are currently working on the speaking agenda and topics for our huge gold and great outdoor show in September in Auburn CA.   We are considering a speaker who will explain how to file a mining claim and then maintain it, how to keep it current and the paperwork requirements.   Would you be […]

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Stunning hypocrisy, simply stunning.

The U.S. Forest Service acknowledged there isn’t much it can do about a “Rainbow Family” gathering expected to bring thousands of counter-culture types to the Malheur National Forest in Eastern Oregon over the next two weeks. The organizers don’t have a permit, and the Forest Service’s response to that has angered area residents such as […]

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