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Tight Budgets Force Forest Service to Cut Back
June 2002 by Associated Press
Seasonal wilderness-area rangers have been among the first to go as Forest Service managers juggle budget demands.Additional articles that might interest you...
The Bawl Mill
October 2017
- Those “dog-gone” fraud charges
- Fake news
Lightning Creek, British Columbia
September 2000
Lightning Creek is one of the famous placer gold streams in the Cariboo district of east-central British Columbia, Canada. It is 445 miles, by highway, north of Vancouver, some 50 miles east of the town of Quesnel (pop. 8,500).

Gold Hunters Hit the Web in Fight with Missile Range
July 1999
A group that hunted for gold for years on Victorio Peak on this restricted southern New Mexico test range has taken its legal battle against the Army to a website.
A group that hunted for gold for years on Victorio Peak on this restricted southern New Mexico test range has taken its legal battle against the Army to a website.
Ask the Experts: Big rocks or small cobbles?
January 2014
Legislative and Regulatory Update
November 2000
• More National Monument news
• Land-use advocates file another suit over National Monuments
• NWMA's Linda Skaer addresses EPA in northern Idaho
• More National Monument news
• Land-use advocates file another suit over National Monuments
• NWMA's Linda Skaer addresses EPA in northern Idaho
Ask The Experts - How do I recover gold in pyrite?
October 2018
The Art of Finding Coarse Gold Part II—Pocket Hunting for Residual Placers
January 2005
It is a fact that many of the well-known placer districts of the Western US have small veins that contain sparse pockets of coarse gold as their source. This is the main reason why many rich placer districts have seen little or no hard rock mining...

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