Legislation & Regulation
Legislative and Regulatory Update
December 2011 by Scott Harn
• Refunds coming to Nevada claimholders• More wilderness proposed
• Forest Service planning rule
Legislative and Regulatory Update
- PLF sues over critical habitat
- Attorney General ends EPA slush fund
Learning the Game and the Power to Change It
The one legal entity that can change the game and provide a path and template to protect landowners and public land users across the United States is the miner.
SB 838 and the Salem Witch Hunt
In every sense, this was a witch hunt with a preconceived agenda to heavily restrict or outright prohibit most small-scale mining in Oregon.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
- Zinke leaving office
- Property rights triumph over critical habitat says Supreme Court
- Water of the United States
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Oregon's attack on suction gold dredging
• New DOI Director nominated
• More Forest Service restrictions in the works
• California suction gold dredging
Legislative and Regulatory Update
- Reminder: Annual claim fees due September 1, 2017
- Update on California suction gold dredging
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Not so happy birthday
• Even more support for the PLP
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