Legislation & Regulation
Legislative and Regulatory Update
September 2011 by Scott Harn
• Salazar pushes wilderness• California Governor signs AB 120
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Salazar pushes wilderness
• California Governor signs AB 120
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• 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
Vindication for Montana Veteran Joe Robertson
Under the previous administration, the EPA declared the ditch was a federally-protected waterway, and Robertson needed a federal permit under the Clean Water Act.
Emergency Dredging Closures in Washington State
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) issued emergency rules without public comment just prior to our publication deadline.
Time to File Claims in Southern California
Bottom line for you fellow miners: file your claims now in these areas or risk being forever locked out!
Our Readers Say
Miners Fight Back When BLM Says 'Your Claim Is Too Long'
BLM stated we had 30 days to amend our claim so that it fit within one 40-acre square or we would forfeit the claim.
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• Our Readers Say
• Ask The Experts - Could I stake out a 20-acre claim with a waterway running through it just as I would a lode claim?
• Ask The Experts - Do I have any grandfathered rights that post FLPMA claim holders do not have?
• Q&A With Detector Designer Dave Johnson
• Dredging Tips From The Golden Rogue
• Understanding and Prospecting Benches
• Gold in the Slate Creek Basin
• Deductions: Get 'Em While You Can
• Endurance Is Golden
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes & Mineral and Metal Prices
• The Preacher of Sheeps**t Flats
