Comments on: Prospectors angry with new rules aimed at helping fish http://sportsyakima.com/2008/11/prospectors-angry-with-new-rules-aimed-at-helping-fish/ Sports Yakima -- Your source for Yakima Valley sports news, photos, videos, blogs and more Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:55:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Craig Rhodes http://sportsyakima.com/2008/11/prospectors-angry-with-new-rules-aimed-at-helping-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-535 Craig Rhodes Fri, 28 Nov 2008 06:32:05 +0000 http://sports.yakimablogs.com/?p=3203#comment-535 As a fisherman and a dredger/highbanker i am saddened by these contradictions to 1866 and 1872 laws. but hey, while im hiking upstream catching salmon this spring and summer, i will strive to NOT stomp down any redds i see. and when i go to my dredge/highbank site in the dead of winter, i will happily take my gold from a less overrun river. too many wannabe gold miners up in the hills. and as for the hunters takin a shot at me? i carry a stainless Magnum caliber hand gun at all times, so make the shot and hope its in my head, cause i been shot before and it didnt kill me. thanks for hearing me out. time will tell if the new rules will kill off prospecting. if its to cold, move to california. theres no rules down there. Arnold LOVES miniers!! Later!! As a fisherman and a dredger/highbanker i am saddened by these contradictions to 1866 and 1872 laws. but hey, while im hiking upstream catching salmon this spring and summer, i will strive to NOT stomp down any redds i see. and when i go to my dredge/highbank site in the dead of winter, i will happily take my gold from a less overrun river. too many wannabe gold miners up in the hills. and as for the hunters takin a shot at me? i carry a stainless Magnum caliber hand gun at all times, so make the shot and hope its in my head, cause i been shot before and it didnt kill me. thanks for hearing me out. time will tell if the new rules will kill off prospecting. if its to cold, move to california. theres no rules down there. Arnold LOVES miniers!! Later!!

]]> By: Jerry Hobbs http://sportsyakima.com/2008/11/prospectors-angry-with-new-rules-aimed-at-helping-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-385 Jerry Hobbs Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:12:38 +0000 http://sports.yakimablogs.com/?p=3203#comment-385 Greg from WDFW will soon find out that the attorneys he refers to on legal issues have given him some unstable advice, The Mining Act of 1866 and 1872 are not superceded by environmental laws and mining claims and mining are to be fostered and encouraged by federal law. The WDFW regs are prohibitive in their fundamental Character, you can not foster and encourage and prohibit at the same time. Jerry Greg from WDFW will soon find out that the attorneys he refers to on legal issues have given him some unstable advice, The Mining Act of 1866 and 1872 are not superceded by environmental laws and mining claims and mining are to be fostered and encouraged by federal law.

The WDFW regs are prohibitive in their fundamental Character, you can not foster and encourage and prohibit at the same time.

Jerry

]]> By: RON GIBSON http://sportsyakima.com/2008/11/prospectors-angry-with-new-rules-aimed-at-helping-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-382 RON GIBSON Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:14:48 +0000 http://sports.yakimablogs.com/?p=3203#comment-382 MAYBE THE WFWC SHOULD GO READ THE GRANT OF 1866, BY ACT OF CONGRESS. AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MINING LAW. LOOKS LIKE TIME FOR A LAWSUITE WITH DAMAGES TO ME! THANK YOU RON GIBSON MAYBE THE WFWC SHOULD GO READ THE GRANT OF 1866, BY ACT OF CONGRESS. AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MINING LAW.

LOOKS LIKE TIME FOR A LAWSUITE WITH DAMAGES TO ME!

THANK YOU RON GIBSON

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