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Local rivers named in petition
The Union of
Grass Valley
January 8, 2009
The North
Fork of the American River
and the Middle Fork of the
Feather River have been
named among other Northern
California waterways in a
petition to limit suction
dredging for gold.
The Tsi-Akim Maidu and the
Sierra Fund, both based in
Nevada County, have signed
onto the petition.
The Karuk tribe based on the
Trinity River, California
Trout, Friends of the North
Fork, Sierra Fund and
Pacific Coast Federation of
Fishermen’s Associations
have petitioned California
Fish and Game to restrict
the controversial gold
mining technique, according
to a press release from the
five groups.
The Klamath,Scott and
Trinity rivers and numerous
tributary creeks also were
named.
In addition to the Feather
and American rivers, Sierra
Nevada watersheds named
include: Lavezzola Creek in
Sierra County, Nelson Creek
in Plumas County and the
Rubicon River in Placer
County.
Their call to limit the
mining technique comes nine
months after California
banned commercial and
recreational fishing off the
coast for endangered salmon.
Scientists have been
documenting the drastic
decline recently of fish
species including Chinook
salmon
The petition is one more
measure to protect fish
habitat, which already is
endangered by development
and commercial and
industrial activities.
“Dredging disturbs spawning
gravels and kills salmon
eggs and immature lamprey
that reside in the gravel
for up to seven years before
maturing," said Toz Soto,
lead fisheries biologist for
the Karuk tribe.
"In a system like the
Klamath River, where salmon
can be stressed due to poor
water quality, having a
dredge running in the middle
of the stream affects the
fish’s ability to reach
their spawning grounds,”
Soto added.
The groups want Department
of Fish and Game Director
Don Koch to order emergency
restrictions on where and
when suction dredging can
take place — the same
authority used to restrict
recreational and commercial
fishing when fish runs are
low.
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