Hoser John
Gold Member
Gold dredging has already been studied to death.
The ink was not even dry on the 1994 environmental impact report before it was being contested. The ink was not even dry on the final report of the 10-year, $50 million studies on the Sacramento River Cantara spill when it was rejected. The biologists in the creeks and rivers ran their tests behind, and adjacent to, our dredges, and their request for the reinstatement of dredging the Sacramento dredges was also rejected.
Why? Easy one, both studies stated specifically that dredging, within the already codified seasons and restrictions, does not damage the environment.
Want more local proof? Think back to a much-ballyhooed rejuvenation of Clear Creek to dredge the creek to loosen impacted gravels. This was done with a dredge with no recovery system as a gold dredge has to remove trash. A dredge box retains the lead bullets, sinkers, copper wires, mercury and the trash left by locals and tourists alike.
The EPA (only one of hundreds) has conducted massive studies on dredging and its effects. And the toughest government agency came to the same conclusion: that dredging does not damage the environment but removes toxic metals and loosens impacted gravels to increase spawning yields. The EPA has partnered with many states' environmental agencies to conduct mercury retrieval buybacks from miners as the only safe method to recycle recovered mercury.
Now California DFG is studying the studies on the studies of the studies ad nauseam. Until the radical environmental movements and Karuk consortium have driven the miners from the Klamath, this insanity will continue. The state can ill afford this waste of taxpayers' dollars.
SB670 is the second attempt in two years to violate the CEQA process that specifically separates (with good reason) biology and politics to protect both the people and the enviromnent of California from political tampering. This illegal rerun around CEQA proves that the process and procedures contained within the CEQA text are indeed tried and true. Their failure to accept this fact is proof that with dozens of lawsuits in many counties and more money than Midas, you can't hide the sick truth.
Dredgers are the smallest user group in the forests. So it would make sense to kick us out first. Next are kayakers; read your article about closing the Pit River. Then rafters? fishermen? hunters?
There never has been and never will be any reason to close any sport, recreational activity and business to conduct a study of the studies of the studies on the studies.
John R. Oates lives in Redding.
This bill will give all states a precedent to hang their kill dredging hat on so please email/fax/call the governator to help stop the insane bill-thanx-tons a au 2 u 2 -John If there was a political section this would be there instead of here-sorry
The ink was not even dry on the 1994 environmental impact report before it was being contested. The ink was not even dry on the final report of the 10-year, $50 million studies on the Sacramento River Cantara spill when it was rejected. The biologists in the creeks and rivers ran their tests behind, and adjacent to, our dredges, and their request for the reinstatement of dredging the Sacramento dredges was also rejected.
Why? Easy one, both studies stated specifically that dredging, within the already codified seasons and restrictions, does not damage the environment.
Want more local proof? Think back to a much-ballyhooed rejuvenation of Clear Creek to dredge the creek to loosen impacted gravels. This was done with a dredge with no recovery system as a gold dredge has to remove trash. A dredge box retains the lead bullets, sinkers, copper wires, mercury and the trash left by locals and tourists alike.
The EPA (only one of hundreds) has conducted massive studies on dredging and its effects. And the toughest government agency came to the same conclusion: that dredging does not damage the environment but removes toxic metals and loosens impacted gravels to increase spawning yields. The EPA has partnered with many states' environmental agencies to conduct mercury retrieval buybacks from miners as the only safe method to recycle recovered mercury.
Now California DFG is studying the studies on the studies of the studies ad nauseam. Until the radical environmental movements and Karuk consortium have driven the miners from the Klamath, this insanity will continue. The state can ill afford this waste of taxpayers' dollars.
SB670 is the second attempt in two years to violate the CEQA process that specifically separates (with good reason) biology and politics to protect both the people and the enviromnent of California from political tampering. This illegal rerun around CEQA proves that the process and procedures contained within the CEQA text are indeed tried and true. Their failure to accept this fact is proof that with dozens of lawsuits in many counties and more money than Midas, you can't hide the sick truth.
Dredgers are the smallest user group in the forests. So it would make sense to kick us out first. Next are kayakers; read your article about closing the Pit River. Then rafters? fishermen? hunters?
There never has been and never will be any reason to close any sport, recreational activity and business to conduct a study of the studies of the studies on the studies.
John R. Oates lives in Redding.
This bill will give all states a precedent to hang their kill dredging hat on so please email/fax/call the governator to help stop the insane bill-thanx-tons a au 2 u 2 -John If there was a political section this would be there instead of here-sorry
