Feds Sue California over Sales of Public Lands

May 2018 by Jonathan J. Cooper

They cited concerns that the Trump administration would allow more logging, oil drilling, mining or development on some of the 46 million acres controlled by the federal government in California.

Multiple Use Lands, Symbiotic Relations and Conflict Resolution

April 2016
The automatic discrimination and exclusion of man from nature, like his access and use of the land, presupposes man as a destructive force for change, absent a relative hard look at the natural forces of change. Setting aside lands for non-use does not encourage wise use symbiotic tenets, which man has traditionally formed in his coexistence with nature.

Legislative and Regulatory Update

June 2015
• California dredging update
• Favorable bills in Congress

MMAC & PLP Update

April 2016
The legislators soon came to the realization that Mining Districts and our proposed bill can solve many of the problems they currently face in their home states.

Legislative and Regulatory Update

August 2011
• California suction dredging
• House shows support for public land use

MMAC & PLP Update

June 2016
Each separate Mining District is a federally recognized entity. There are huge advantages—picture yourself going to an oversight meeting where 2, 3, 4, or even more Mining District representatives have obtained voting positions on the board. 

Legislative and Regulatory Update

January 2011
• California suction dredgers had better prepare for battle

We’re Still Thinking About It

April 2018

We have learned over the years, of course, that “previous development,” “roadless,” and “local support,” are in the mind of the beholder.

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