How to successfully file a mining claim with both the county and state BLM office So, you have located a mining claim, put a stake in the ground, now what? T...

We recently performed a drone survey for a company over a large area of interest in Haiti. From high winds to beautiful beaches....

Drones now have multiple capabilities that can improve the modern-day Ag operation, and this is not limited to large-scale agricultural prop

What do some folks do when a river floods and overtakes a part of the town? Very little, evidently. The Little Bighorn River rose almost 4.5 feet above aver...

We've spent the last few years waiting for right union of unmanned aircraft ("UAV") capabilities for mineral mapping: the time has arrived!

Several decades' worth of discussion on the topic, and still governments and people disagree whether climate change is caused by people's actions, our cultur...

"The struggle of man against man produces jealousy, deceit, frustration, bitterness, hate.  The struggle of man against the mountains is different.  Man then...

"To those devoid of imagination a blank place on the map is a useless waste; to others, the most valuable part."  -Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac Drago...

Thank you, Nasa, for EARTH AS ART, for a free 'coffee-table' download featuring over one hundred incredible satellite images of our good 'ol planet, in full ...

xkcd nails it yet again.

Filson vs Patagucci It needs to be said.... Patagonia still will not kick out gear to be tested by people who actually WORK IN THE FIELD. Patagonia, NF, Arct...

Blast off from camp with your Martin Jetpack. With the Martin Jetpack we can avoid hazardous areas such as steep cliffs, avalanche shoots, crevasses, glacier...

Joselyn Mcphie et al. produced this amazing text on interpreting volcanic textures in the field.  No exploration geologist should be without. Volcanic Textur...