Equal Access to Justice Act often aids those who frustrate forest restoration By Michael D. Boeck April 11, 2017 2:11 PM Recent articles’ illustrate the philosophical differences between those who support responsible forest management and those who are against logging. No matter where you may come down on the issue, it’s important to know […]
Barstow/BLM illegal road closures… We are home after a rather interesting weekend down in Barstow CA. We’ll take you through the time line of what happened with the BLM and their closure of the roads leading to the validly held mining claims of literally thousands of mining claim owners in the Mojave desert. June/July: AMRA […]
Update on the Barstow/BLM road closures. We spent much of today on the phone with attorney’s, County Supervisors, other elected folks, the media and our own staff. Not to mention dealing with an injured pup, our boy Charlie. He’s going to be OK, but man do I hate wasps. We are leaving for […]
Update on the Barstow/BLM road closure issue. We have not had our final conference with the BLM. We pushed the call to tomorrow so we can review some final legal documents. We have all of the management plans, the lawsuit filed by, you guessed it…Center for Biological Diversity which started this whole road and land […]
The picture here was taken today. This is in front of the Bear River sign at the entrance to the public area near Auburn CA. We drove there today and AMRA pressed to be included (on your behalf) in a meeting with Senatorial, Congressional, and Assembly staff members to hear how their policies and laws […]
Roasting marshmallows, not forests If you have fond memories of roasting marshmallows around the campfire, and making s’mores with the kids, you may be surprised to learn that you’ve been doing it wrong all this time. Fortunately, the U.S. Forest Service has finally published guidelines on the correct method for roasting marshmallows and making s’mores. […]
We’ve long held that the EPA is the most dangerous regulatory agency within government. They are attempting to be Congress by unilaterally rewriting the definitions of our laws so they can escape scrutiny by the very public who they are supposed to represent and answer to. Thankfully, we have groups like Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) […]
Many do not know this, but recently we have received a letter from Mr. Trump, yes, a personal letter in response to our weekly letters we have sent on your behalf outlining the troubles small miners have faced in America. We are communicating with Ryan Zinke’s office (DOI), will be communicating with Scott Pruitt’s office […]
Here is the latest newsletter from our good buddies at WMA: http://www.theminingalliance.com/newsletters/2017/September2017.pdf WMA September Newsletter
Update on the BLM putting up no “vehicles allowed” signs on the access routes to mining claims in the desert” I spoke with the BLM again today and provided them with several very important court cases which show they cannot lock and block mining claim owners from their claims and cause an “undue burden” […]