You all know of course, that they will delay the court proceedings until we go broke or they change the U.S. Mining Laws in congress.
This crap has started on the east coast also. I liked to dredge a river coming out of the Smoky Mountains called Little River. Now I can't. They say there aren't enough studies done to show how dredging affects the environment. They won't consider the California studies as legitimate. Sick of it all.
I guess they don't want us to stir up all of the mercury and other poisons that the politicians corporate supporters are dumping there. If this bill does not pass the next step will probably be a huge tax, which will somehow be diverted to the local politicians retirement fund. I don't hate politicians, it's pretty simple: if they show that they love me, I'll love them right back. Welcome to Amerigone folks.
There seems to be a huge push for this crap this winter.
Of all places MAINE is also considering a 'motorized prospecting' ban, not only on 87 currently banned streams, but now T.U. and some greenies are pushing to add 20 more to the list! This new list of 20 streams includes the complete list of 'gold bearing streams' as listed by the Maine Geological Survey Office.
Good luck out there guys!
They also can't have anyone being self sufficient and unaccounted for. They want us trapped in urban areas so they can control us
dieselram94, you're right of course, I was just being sarcastic and making the point that they'll allow other things to take place on Government lands. A great example for me is all of the green energy projects, solar, wind etc. I for one love the desert, every day now I have to look at this beautiful desert being turned into an ugly land full of towering giant wind generators. Some would say this hurts nothing but they don't have the facts; it's been verified that the illness Valley Fever has increased ten-fold since these projects began. Valley Fever lays dormant beneath the surface until it's dug up, then the constant winds of the desert spread it for miles. BLM has this data but it doesn't matter to them, they have a directive from the President they follow. When politicians say they want to save a fish on one hand and on the other hand allow things that hurt humans, something is very wrong.