Legislation & Regulation
Small Miner Beats Forest Service in Court
January 2013 by Scott Harn
Thomas Tierney has been a long-time subscriber to ICMJ’s Prospecting and Mining Journal and has read about the many battles between miners and overzealous regulators. Then he faced his own battle.Additional articles that might interest you...
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We can either surrender or draw a line in the sand and fight to hold the remaining mining rights we still have.
We can either surrender or draw a line in the sand and fight to hold the remaining mining rights we still have.
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December 2015
Bottom line for you fellow miners: file your claims now in these areas or risk being forever locked out!
Bottom line for you fellow miners: file your claims now in these areas or risk being forever locked out!
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January 2019
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• California suction dredging regulations
• Draft Coho recovery plan for Southern Oregon, Northern California
• Sage-grouse
• California suction dredging regulations
• Draft Coho recovery plan for Southern Oregon, Northern California
• Sage-grouse
Legislative and Regulatory Update
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• NEDC Surrenders in Oregon
• The California saga continues
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Legislative and Regulatory Update
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