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.

Legislative and Regulatory Update

February 2016

• California suction dredging trial resumes

• USFS tries unique method to restrict gold dredging in Idaho

• Defiant dredgers tell State of Oregon to “drop dead”

PLP and MMAC Update

March 2018

Minerals and Mining Advisory Council (MMAC) founder Joe Martori met with Jim Scrivner, the Bureau of Land Management Deputy State Director of Energy and Minerals in Sacramento, California...

Legislative and Regulatory Update

October 2014
• California dredging update
• Study: Sage grouse does not need protection
• Tennessee enacts harsh new gold prospecting regulations

Feinstein Pushes for Million-Acre Land Grab

November 2015
Met by jeers and cheers from more than 1,000 people, US Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA) made another pitch to create three new national monuments in the deserts of southern California recently.

Legislative and Regulatory Update

January 2019

• Zinke leaving office
• Property rights triumph over critical habitat says Supreme Court
• Water of the United States

Legislative and Regulatory Update

November 2012
• BLM to raise fees again
• Roadless Rule stands
• Suit filed over dredging restrictions in Washington State
• NWMA lends support
• California suction gold dredging lawsuits progressing

Legislative and Regulatory Update

February 2012
• Our Federal Landlord
• One down, two to go
• Challenging timing windows in Washington State
• More roadblocks to mining

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