OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) - The Karuk Tribe and nine environmental groups claim in court that the California Department of Fish and Game approved suction dredge mining in state rivers, again, without ...

A long-simmering conflict over individual versus public rights has converged on the banks of the rivers of southwest Oregon, stirring resentment between gold miners and environmentalists. In question ...

A coalition of commercial fishing groups, environmentalists and the Karuk Indian tribe are suing the state in an effort to prevent it from enacting new regulations on using suction dredging to mine ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) – Environmentalists say Oregon is letting gold miners abuse the environment by using suction dredging of riverbeds to further degrade waters that are already in bad shape.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a new permit and rules for recreational miners who use small-scale suction dredging equipment to explore for gold in rivers and ...

SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Suction dredge mining could be permanently banned from Western Oregon’s wild salmon habitat under a bill that has passed the Oregon House. The bill creating stream protection passed ...

the legislation brings Washington into line with other Western states that in recent years have banned or severely restricted the recreational sucking up of river sediments in hopes of finding ...

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 ...

This might be news to city slickers, but down in southwest Oregon there's still plenty of gold in them thar rivers. Dave McCracken, founder and president of The New 49'ers Prospecting Association, ...

Sacramento, Calif. — old dredging enthusiasts hoping for a light at the end of California’s moratorium tunnel may have yet another obstacle to overcome. On Tuesday, a coalition of organizations – ...