Protect the Klamath River from Suction Dredge Gold Mining

Suction dredge mining uses a gasoline powered vacuum to suck up river and stream bottoms, extract the gold, and release everything else back into the river. The practice puts public health at risk by mobilizing sediment and toxic metals including mercury left behind from historic gold mining. It also harms salmon and other fish by damaging spawning beds critical to these species survival. Finally, the practice harms cultural resources of California’s Native American tribes who suffered genocide at the hands of California gold miners from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s.
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