There’s gold in them there rivers and streams of Oregon, but there are salmon, too – and state officials are on the side of the fish, not the prospectors. At issue is a technique known as “suction ...

(AP) – An Indian tribe, conservation groups and salmon fishermen filed a lawsuit challenging the return of suction dredges to mine for gold in California rivers. The lawsuit was filed late Monday in ...

IN a rush of crystal-clear water tumbling across boulders and logs before spilling into quiet pebble-bedded pools, Peshastin Creek is a classic North Cascades waterway that has long been home to ...

FRESNO, Calif. – A legal battle is brewing over whether California gold miners should be allowed to vacuum up the bottoms of rivers. The controversy is about a process called suction dredge mining, a ...

The California Supreme Court says a ban on the use of suction dredges to extract gold from rivers is legal and not overridden by a 19th century federal law that allows mining on federal land FILE - In ...

A federal court has upheld an environmental law that protects fish habitat from a certain type of gold mining in Oregon rivers and streams. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday affirmed ...

The practice has been controversial because of noise and concerns about harm to fish habitat and water quality. Suction dredge, or placer mining, is a kind of motorized in-stream mineral extraction.

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 ...

Even though the Gold Rush is long gone, the fight over the valuable mineral rages on in California. For over a decade, gold miners have been battling with the state government and conservationists in ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.— The California Supreme Court today upheld a statewide moratorium on recreational suction dredge mining for gold and said regulations protecting water supplies, fisheries, ...