Unfortunately the PLP and the other recreational mining groups have been pursuing several uninformed legal theories for years and wasting huge amounts of money and support while consistently losing their cases in the courts and on appeal. If anything these recreational groups have created confusion and distress among small miners rather than helping them get back to mining.
There is considerable embarrassment now among professional miners about these clumsy efforts and their negative effects on the public perception of mining. Although professional mining companies could have been a big help in knocking down these ridiculous anti-dredging laws they have been ignored by the recreational mining groups. Many mining companies were eager to help in the beginning. After the many failed legal challenges by these recreational groups no professional miners want anything to do with them. The opportunity for their support has been lost.
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While it's nice you want to blame government overreach on mining clubs you were totally ignoring the honest truth about this and as far as the moderator say that you we can't post about politics on anything that has to do with government overreach on suction dredging is ignoring the reality of the issue all suction dredging post should be located in the politics forum so people can post honestly about the real cause of this problem instead of trying to separate another user group is to blame for something our government is clearly doing.
Contrary to what you stayed the mining Club could not use stupid theories or uninformed decisions they used honest-to-god legal precedent setting established in this country to the courts currently have refused to use or acknowledge including the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals including the Idaho District federal court to just found Shannon Poole guilty including the California state supreme court has ignored every bit of information you post in that link above and refuses to set precedents bajor to affirm that precedence.... that is the truth
