u/Drkruler500

I was doing some research on a river that has a wild and scenic designation that I would like to prospect on. From what I can tell, that designation removes it from eligibility to be claimed, but in checking the blm mlrs it seems as though someone put a claim on it last year. The rest of the river is claim free despite having good gold, which leads me to believe that it indeed is not possible to claim. Is there a way to report this claim as invalid? Can the claim owner really restrict prospecting on this section of federally protected land?

Thanks in advance for the help!

I’ve recently been trying my hand at playing around in GCS to modify some existing gem designs and make my own designs. I’m really interested in learning how to optimize the cut as much as possible and I was wondering if there were any resources that teach what I should be looking for as far as light return, windowing, head shadows, different lighting types, etc.

I appreciate any help as I continue my learning journey!