Legislative and Regulatory Update

January 2017 by Scott Harn

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

May 2012
• NEDC Surrenders in Oregon
• The California saga continues

Legislative and Regulatory Update

May 2014
• Bill to address Forest Service Travel Management restrictions
• Suction gold dredging challenge finally under way
• EPA nullification bill fails in Idaho
• Another bad bill

What Can I Do to Save My Mining Rights?

November 2014
We can either surrender or draw a line in the sand and fight to hold the remaining mining rights we still have.

MMAC Update

April 2017
We spent our evening at some informal get-togethers at two private residences in the DC area, which provided the opportunity to talk with staff members from Congress, other agencies, and a few consultants working on public land issues. We found common ground with many of them, and found a strong ally in a former Congressman turned consultant who agreed that Mining Districts provide the smartest legal route...

Colorado Mining Association Appeals Roadless Ruling

June 2012
The Colorado Mining Association is asking the US Supreme Court to review a 2001 rule that largely barred new roads on 58 million acres of roadless areas in national forests.

Legislative and Regulatory Update

June 2015
• California dredging update
• Favorable bills in Congress

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