FYI/ACTION ALERT FOR HARD ROCK MINERS.

An experienced miner announced his contact with Attorney Siderius last night at Bedrock Prospector's meeting.  I called Mr. Siderius this morning and he wrote a letter of explanation.  For your action if desired.  I do not know of the reputation of Mr. Siderius but it seems on the up and up at this point.  He said that he could get on a plane in the morning and come and meet with you folks in Oregon.

Hope this will be useful for some of you.

Bruce Beatty

Link: Read Letter of Explanation

Frogs and Toads
Talking Points

Please forward to your lists

In follow-up to last night's call, the Western Mining Alliance generated a set of talking points. Additional points may be added at some point, but this is an excellent start. There are now four documents related to this issue that can be found on the DRA Endangered Species page, right panel.

Here are the direct links:
Overview
Talking Points (hint: habitat is not the problem and habitat restoration is not the cure)
Federal Register II: Notice
Federal Register III: Habitat Designation

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Please send this out to all. It is the Federal register notice on the yellow legged frog. It is the heart of the gold belt of california. For those who are interested if their claims are located within this area, there are maps of the proposed habitat.

People we need to get involved in this process as there are many other species proposed for listing on the ESA that are in the same a wider areas It is imperitive that the mining community get involved in this process to stop these ESA listings

Jerry Hobbs

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Status for the Sierra Nevada Yellow-Legged Frog and the Northern Distinct Population Segment of the Mountain Yellow-Legged Frog, and Threatened Status for the Yosemite Toad

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Sierra Nevada Yellow-Legged Frog, the Northern Distinct Population Segment of the Mountain Yellow-Legged Frog, and the Yosemite Toad

Task Force Members,

Please take 1 minute and let the people of Louisville KY know that you would like to see Metal Detecting allowed in the parks.  Click on this link,  http://www.louisvilleky.gov/metroparks/poll and check off "other".  Then type in "responsible Metal Detecting" or "Metal Detecting under permit" or anything similar.

Please do this today, you do NOT need to leave your name or email address.

Thank you for helping the hobby!

Interested Parties

The legislature and Governor have enacted SB 1018. A part of this legislation applies to suction dredge mining, and that excerpt is attached.

The law now requires the Department of Fish and Game to report to the legislature on or before April 1, 2013 on suggested legislative changes and a fee structure. The previously established date of June 30, 2016 for the end of the current moratorium on suction dredge mining has been removed.

The Department has not yet determined the exact steps or time-frame for meeting the requirements of this legislation. Further, You may already know there are also several existing lawsuits which are likely to affect the future of suction dredge gold mining. For these reasons, the Department cannot predict when, or if, suction dredge will be lawful in California or when permits may be available to interested miners.

Many miners have inquired about other methods of mining including, though not limited to, highbanking, power sluicing and gravity dredging. We have advised them on a case by case basis of potentially applicable sections of the Fish and Game Code, particularly sections 1602 and 5650. You should also know that these activities may be subject to the authority of the appropriate Regional Water Quality Control Board. Information on this topic is available at http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/cwa401/suction_dredge.shtml . If you have questions about the authority of the Regional Water Quality Control Board I suggest you contact them directly. You can determine the appropriate office at the following website http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterboards_map.shtml.

View SB1018 Section 5653

Mark Stopher
Senior Policy Advisor
California Department of Fish and Game
601 Locust Street
Redding, CA 96001

voice 530.225.2275
fax 530.225.2391
cell 530.945.1344
mstopher@dfg.ca.gov