Supporters say it is harmless when done properly. Suction dredge mining, or placer mining, involves vacuuming riverbeds through a hose, using a motorized floating dredge. Silverton hiker: How Leslie Drapiza survived frigid nights in the Gorge wilderness Environmental impact debated No one at StreamSavers, which is based in Hubbard, could be reached for comment. But the group’s Facebook page calls it “our funding bill,” and urges members to testify and write letters of support. The bill doesn’t specifically name StreamSavers. “Penalties don’t fund DEQ programs,” spokeswoman Jennifer Flynt said. If passed, the bill would divert half of the fines the Department of Environmental Quality collects each year for water quality violations into a new Waterway Enhancement Fund, which would provide grants for removing debris in waterways.ĭEQ officials were unable to say what that money - averaging about $400,000 per year - is currently spent on. Know that we ARE working on things behind the scenes to address things just like this.A House committee will hold a public hearing on the proposal, House Bill 2737, Tuesday afternoon. Google “suction dredging to create fish habitat” and you’ll find states all over the country using this very sound and environmentally friendly method to create fish habitat. They care not about rights, benefits to the environment from dredging, they only care about their ideology to ask permission to use what they believe are “their” lands, not yours. I grew up in Oregon and over the past 30 years, this state has moved further and further left politically. We dredge with the intent to make money, money from a valuable mineral deposit on our real property mining claims. We do not practice catch and release gold mining and toss the gold back into the stream. Note the language written by the Statesman Journal in this article about the recently passed bill banning dredging.
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