Closed area on Ark.? Options

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I was just talking to a gentleman about the Ark. river North of Beuna vista and they said that is has been closed by the BLM for any prospecting from the GPAA claims down to jump rock, has any one else heard this as well, I haven't had the chance to call the local office yet to confirm. I have fished spots along that stretch but was going to try a little prospecting there this year as well.

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Swizz, All,
I had another talk with John Morresey this past Thursday, He said that it would be better for me to talk to Meigan who is the land and mineral specialist, So, she called me back on Friday and we had a long talk as to why they closed this small area, and her answer was the same as last time just a little more in depth this time.

They had the authority to stop the mining/rec-panning activitys because of the mineral rights withdrawl, and the reason for closing this was the complaints of the locals and the degrading of the banks from it being dug up and noise issues, and it starting to look trashey, she said that by this action (mining) they will be able to see if some or all the issues go away and if not they will have to work on further restrictions if they can, but for right now they were focusing on the mining activitys and individauls that were over staying their welcome in the 40ac area.


I asked her if there were any other areas that was planned for closeing and she said no, as they didn't have the authority because there was no other areas that were withdrawn from mineral rights in the NF of that area, asked her if there were other areas and there was NO issues would they close it and she said she couldn't answer that question.

I have looked up the laws and Goverment rights, but couldn't find anything that made sense so I talked to a legal expert at the Co. school of mines and he said he believed that they were with-in there rights to close this small area, but he would look some other things up this next week and get back to me, I will keep you posted

Carl, If you could add anything about your conversation with John to this thread that would be great.