HAPPY CAMP, Calif. — Small-scale miners still drawn to California to chase dreams of striking it rich will have to find their gold nuggets the old-fashioned way for awhile, with shovels and pans. Gov.
A bill that aims to improve water quality and protections for endangered salmon by restricting suction dredge mining met with the Senate’s approval Thursday. The bill, HB 1261, would prohibit suction ...
Federal law allows Oregon’s ban on suction dredge gold mining in rivers where salmon spawn, according to a Ninth Circuit ruling on Wednesday against a group of miners who challenged the restrictions. ...
EUREKA — After years of fighting, the Karuk Tribe feels it got a major win Thursday that will help protect vulnerable fish populations. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill Thursday authored by ...
SACRAMENTO, Calif.— A coalition including environmental organizations, fishermen and the Karuk tribe submitted a formal petition to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife today asking the ...
Recreational gold mining using suction dredges along Northern California’s Klamath River must be reviewed by federal wildlife officials if threatened coho salmon might be harmed, a federal appeals ...
A miner who admitted to using equipment to suck up gold from the bed of a 62-mile-long river in north-central Idaho has been fined $150,000 by a federal judge for failing to receive the proper permits ...
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Situated in Oregon's Blue Mountains is a once-thriving mining town with a restored dredge and historic railroad
Ride a historic railway, explore hiking trails, and visit a massive antique mining dredge in this former gold rush town in ...
OLYMPIA, Wash.— Conservation groups filed a notice of intent today to sue the state of Washington for allowing highly destructive suction dredge mining in rivers and streams critical to endangered ...
The big ideas get the most attention, but they aren’t the only solutions that are required. A draft of a long-awaited federal report on a proposal to remove four dams on Washington’s portion of the ...
Doling out more than $4.5 million for numerous historic-preservation projects across Colorado, the State Historical Fund has earmarked $163,275 for a matching grant to stabilize a piece of ...
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