FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2009 file photo, Matt Lauer of Portage, Wis., works a suction dredge to hunt for gold in the Klamath River near Happy Camp, Calif. The Karuk Tribe, conservation groups and ...

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 ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency is now requiring a permit for recreational miners who use suction dredges to explore for gold in Idaho's riverbeds. The agency unveiled the ...

The battle over suction dredge gold mining in northern California has taken a new turn as some miners have removed their sluice boxes and resumed mining in rivers and streams. California’s Department ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A suction-dredge gold miner from California who operated in an Idaho river containing federally protected salmon and steelhead without permits required by the Clean Water Act must ...

California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed into law Senate Bill 637 to protect California’s water supplies, wildlife and cultural resources from the damaging effects of suction dredge gold mining. The new ...