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.

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.

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.