Prospectors forge alliance to battle assault on mining The Western Mining Alliance has summoned miners and prospectors to a meeting to lay out the background and battle plan of how to organize independent miners and prospectors in California to overturn regulations that are strangling the small-scale and commerical mining community. The meeting, will be held following the regular Shasta Prospectors Club meeting in Redding on Wednesday, Jan 18 at 8 p.m. at Moose Hall, 320 Lake St. … Read entire article »

Public comment period extended until Feb. 13 Congratulations. Your calls and e-mails got a 30-day extension. You now have the time to get comments in opposing this huge land grab. Monday, Feb.13 s the new deadline for public comments on the massive San Gabriel Mountains National Recreation Area . Don’t fail to do your part. Please at least send a letter. Don’t forget the National Park Service is also doing the huge Rim of the Valley National Recreation Area study at the same time covering of the same area but far larger in size. Your comments on the San Gabriel Mountains NRA Study now are critical.   … Read entire article »

Park Service taking over two National Forests The public comment period on a proposed land grab to create create a huge new national park ecompassing two national forests in Southern California has been extended until Feb. 13. … Read entire article »

College professor unjustly attacks metal detectorists Professor Matthew Zembo has made offensive and irresponsible accusations regarding the conduct of people with metal detectors. Read this one-sided article: Professor wants battle site protected We suggest respectfully voicing your concerns regarding his irresponsible accusations and request that the professor retract his statements in a followup article. The article is shoddy journalism. It is is unfair and unbalanced with no representation from metal detectorists or examples to back up any of Zembo’s accusations. … Read entire article »

Back Senator Dan Seum’s bill Louisville, Kentucky needs your support starting today! This month a vote will be taken on the state senate floor in Kentucky regarding whether or not to open up state parks to metal detecting in designated areas. Please contact Senator Seum thanking him for proposing the bill to allow metal detecting while voicing your opinion on why metal detecting should be allowed. In your email or call, it is very important that you ask the senator to forward your correspondence as a group message so all the voting senators will receive your correspondence. The city of Louisville has all of their city parks closed and they base their decision on state policy. It is imperative that we all voice our concerns. Senator Seum can be contacted at (502) 564 … Read entire article »

By Chuck Cushman American Land Rights Association The National Park Service planned the comment period during Christmas and New Year’s Day hoping you would be asleep. Let’s show them. Attention all land rights activists nationwide: To be successful stopping land grabs in your area, all groups must support one another. Even if you live outside California, the giant land grab described below is important for you to help stop. Please take the time to send comments. It will make a big difference to you when they come for your area …  and they will. … Read entire article »