Legislative and Regulatory Update

September 2018 by Scott Harn

• Forest Service to revisit 228 regulations
• WOTUS Executive Order suspended

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.

PLP Update

September 2018

We are in the planning stages for our next trip to DC. Clark and I are looking at returning after the mid-term elections, probably around the end of November or early December, to continue discussions with members of Congress…

Oregon Dredge Permit Litigation Update

October 2011
In other words, just like those that move next to an airport and then complain about the noise, Mr. Riskedahl deliberately went out of his way to “witness and document the effects of suction dredge mining,” and when he found some, he was annoyed by it!

Legislative and Regulatory Update

February 2015

• Comments needed on another BLM management plan

• AEMA joins with others in lawsuit asking court to set aside illegal settlement

Prospectors Protest San Gabriel Mountains National Monument

October 2015
More than 100 gold prospectors gathered at Azusa Canyon in the recently declared San Gabriel Mountains National Monument in southern California to voice their concerns…

California Destroys Another Prospecting Business

September 2011
His small business managed to pump millions of dollars over the years into the California economy.

Legislative and Regulatory Update

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

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