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Five Convicted Of Illegal Occupancy On Federal Lands
Oregon's federal prosecutors are cracking down on gold miners who reside on government-managed lands without approval.U.S. Attorney Dwight C. Holton announced today the convictions of five people for unlawful occupancy on property managed by the U.S. Forest Service. The latest of the convictions came today, when U.S. District Judge Michael W. Mosman sentenced Michael Backlund to one year of bench probation and ordered him to pay a fine of $700. Map of federal lands. The gold *panning* is an excuse. The feds do not want the common man putting "footy prints" all over "their" land. The best of it is reserved for federally authorized purposes and persons only. Otherwise, the hoi polloi must pay use fees for what was once free. Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-08-26 |
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