Federal law allows Oregon’s ban on suction dredge gold mining in rivers where salmon spawn, according to a Ninth Circuit ruling on Wednesday against a group of miners who challenged the restrictions. ...

Suction dredge mining is a recreational mining practice that vacuums up stream bottoms and riverbeds in search of gold, destroying vital wildlife habitat, increasing sedimentation and suspending toxic ...

Suction dredge mining is a recreational mining practice that vacuums up stream bottoms and riverbeds in search of gold, destroying vital wildlife habitat, increasing sedimentation and suspending toxic ...