Ask the Experts

June 2014 by Chris Ralph

Mining Districts and Community Outreach

December 2016
You have made your presence known with the BLM or Forest Service, placed Mining District signs along the entrance points to your district, and found support with other local miners. But how do you gain popular support?

Legislative and Regulatory Update

December 2015
• EPA rule blocked

Legislative and Regulatory Update

June 2015
• California dredging update
• Favorable bills in Congress

Suction Gold Dredge Miners Win On Federal Preemption

February 2015
Judge Ochoa went so far as to call the California permit scheme “unenforceable.”

Legislative and Regulatory Update

November 2015
• SB 637
• Public land users cry "fowl"

Oregon Dredge Permit Litigation Update

October 2011
In other words, just like those that move next to an airport and then complain about the noise, Mr. Riskedahl deliberately went out of his way to “witness and document the effects of suction dredge mining,” and when he found some, he was annoyed by it!

Government Takes Land for Open Space

March 2014
Rather than using the practice of government seizure of private property to promote economic development, the county is using it to preserve open space.

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