Mining issues closer to home...

CAVE JUNCTION -- Three years ago, Dave Rutan opened a gold mining retreat inside the Kalmiopsis Wilderness of southern Oregon, bringing in helicopters, gas-powered dredges and paying customers.

He did so without the permission county authorities say he needed.

Now he wants to commercially dredge miles of the Chetco, one of Oregon's purest rivers. He plans to helicopter in four-man crews to seek gold from the equivalent of nearly 50 truckloads of river gravel each season. Read more via Oregon Live...

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[WG]

this is a steaming pile. when you destroy what mother nature makes you are a "developer" and when you destroy what man makes you are a "vandal" . let's hope this "developer" gets shut down soon.

[Suckit]

F-that Shit. It's people like this that destroy ecosystems.