Since July of this year, officers have cited four other individuals and seized their dredge equipment in Siskiyou County for ...

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 ...

Sen. Guy Palumbo (D-Maltby) has worked on several sustainability-focused bills this year as vice chair of the Environment, Energy and Technology committee, including clean fuels, solar power, electric ...

Five individuals have been caught illegally mining along several California waterways, state officials announced.

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— A coalition including environmental organizations, fishermen and the Karuk tribe submitted a formal petition to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife today asking the ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has cited five individuals in Siskiyou County for illegal suction ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— In response to an emergency request from a coalition of tribal, environmental and fisheries groups, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife proposed emergency rules today to ...

A miner who admitted to using equipment to suck up gold from the bed of a 62-mile-long river in north-central Idaho has been fined $150,000 by a federal judge for failing to receive the proper permits ...

Hundreds of Indonesian fishers have seized a dredging vessel from state-owned PT Timah in protest against offshore tin mining in what they say is their fishing zone. The incident on July 12 is the ...

Doling out more than $4.5 million for numerous historic-preservation projects across Colorado, the State Historical Fund has earmarked $163,275 for a matching grant to stabilize a piece of ...