WHEN: Friday February 13th, Saturday the 14th and Sunday the 15
th 2026
https://quartzsitegoldshow.com/
Once again, we’ll have metal detecting hunts Friday and Saturday, XRF instant assays, gold bags, PLP T-Shirts, Memberships and more! Renew or sign up at the show and get bonus Grand Raffle tickets and pick up your T-shirt right there. We’ll be answering mining rights questions, talking about PLP’s accomplishments in the last few years and other controversial topics. Come say hello and learn more about things like how successful Reclamation Dredging has been the last 5 years. We’ll also have 2026 Grand Raffle tickets on hand. Prizes include thousands of dollars worth of gold, silver, a mining claim, Garrett gold detector, Riverdance Jig, Alaska trip at Skookum Gold Camp, Gold Cube and so much more!
QUICK NOTES:
Well, the lockup of 624,000 acres creating the Chuckwalla National Monument is not going unchallenged. PLP President Ron Kliewer recently joined several other key people in the fight to keep public lands open to multiple use in a meeting to brainstorm strategies and meet with the miner and their attorney who is challenging this fake monument in court. Godspeed my friend!
Once again the move is afoot to annex 17,000 acres of the mineral rich Eagle Mountains into Joshua Tree National Park (JTNP). The area was left out of any new land designations last year, but Congressman Alex Padilla has a bee in his bonnet to close this area besides the already massive closures such as the Chuckwalla, Sand to Snow and other recently formed national monuments by the stroke of out-of-control presidential pens. The area is home to the nearby historic Kaiser steel mine and some mining claims, both patented and unpatented. The only access is on a very primitive 4×4 dirt road. There isn’t much human activity there now except a few miners working their claims, and many are Veterans using the activity as therapy for PTSD. The bighorn sheep are thriving. They hang out near the miners without a care in the world. If you want to prospect a little-known area, get out there and file your claims now before the National Park takes any more steps to annex this area into the JTNP.
This week we learned that the Mojave road closure plan finally cleared the court system after 5 years. This affects 2,200 miles of unpaved roads. We’ve known for years that they won’t stop the land and road closures until everything is closed, PERIOD. We must not give up the fight! PLP’s legal team is reviewing the documents to inform PLP members of the best way to proceed. View the court order here: Federal Court Orders OHV Route Closures in Mojave Desert – Friends Of Jawbone Get involved or you will lose your rights!
Ron Kliewer
President
www.PublicLandsforthePeople.org
Mission Statement: Dedicated to Preserving the Rights of the Public to the Access and Use of Public Land
Come see us at the Quartzite Gold Show Feb. 13th, 14th and 15th 2026 https://quartzsitegoldshow.com/
P.S. 2026 Raffle Tickets are now available! Supporting PLP’s Grand Raffle also helps us continue to fight for your rights. A book of 12 tickets is STILL only $10! We have a lot of great high value prizes. You can’t win if you don’t enter! Tickets will be available in January to purchase by phone for the 2026 Grand Raffle Drawing. The growing list of the prizes for the 2026 Grand Raffle is published on our PLP Facebook site. You can call our toll-free number (844)-PLP-1990 which is (844) 757-1990 or Mail a Check (to the address below) and specify the number of ticket books you wish to have mailed to you. The drawing date and location is October 10th at the 2026 PLP Fallfest event.
PLP…The original. No compromise. Standing 36 years strong for Multiple Use on Public Land “RIGHTS”!
