Editorial: Mining protected as salmon dwindle
Saturday, January 31st, 2009
The California Department of Fish and Game said “no” to fish this week and “yes” to gold miners. Even though experts within DFG have said that suction dredge gold mining is having “deleterious effects on fish,” including endangered coho salmon, the department declined to further restrict gold miners who use giant dredges to vacuum up rock and sand from creek and river bottoms, likely killing fish in the process.In a petition to the state, the Karuk Indian Tribe and several environmental organiza
