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 ...

What is “sand mining” and why is it bad for the environment? – O.H., via email Answer: Sand mining, extracting sand from the ...

A bill that aims to improve water quality and protections for endangered salmon by restricting suction dredge mining met with the Senate’s approval Thursday. The bill, HB 1261, would prohibit suction ...

A bill that restricts motorized mining in salmon and trout streams advanced in the Oregon Senate Wednesday evening. Senate Bill 838 would place a five-year moratorium on suction dredge mining, the ...

Gold miner Shannon Poe’s suction dredge mining operation on the South Fork of the Clearwater in Idaho was found to be in violation of the Clean Water Act after the Idaho Conservation League brought a ...

Every summer, Mike Leslie and his wife load up their camping gear and gold mining equipment and head to the Middle Fork of the Yuba River for the weekend. Leslie is among dozens of locals and folks ...

In an echo of nugget-chasers past, a new gold rush is under way on some Northern California rivers -- one that’s generating a wealth of controversy. Wildlife proponents say the mining endangers salmon ...

CHULA VISTACHULA VISTA — The board of the Sweetwater Authority is interested in sand mining and material dredging opportunities in and around the South Bay water agency’s two reservoirs. The agency, ...

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, ...