The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (“Ninth Circuit”) in a November 20th Opinion addressed an issue involving the applicability of the Section 402 Clean Water Act National ...

(AP) – An Indian tribe, conservation groups and salmon fishermen filed a lawsuit challenging the return of suction dredges to mine for gold in California rivers. The lawsuit was filed late Monday in ...

LYON, France, November 5, 2025 (ENS) – In a blow to criminal organizations along South America’s Madeira River, law enforcement personnel have disabled 277 dredges used in illegal gold extraction ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Brazilian authorities destroyed 277 illegal gold-mining dredges on the Madeira River with Interpol support, ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has cited five individuals in Siskiyou County for illegal suction dredge mining in state waterways. Suction dredgers operate by creating a vacuum ...

BAKER COUNTY — Some of the most heavily mined ground in Baker County soon will be off limits to any future searches for gold. Baker County Commissioners voted 3-0 on Oct. 15 to repeal a 2017 ordinance ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has approved a dredge permit for a proposed mining operation in an estuary east of Nome, a plan that has generated widespread local opposition. The Corps’ Hawaii-based ...

Gold prices have surged in recent years, sparking a mining rush in the Amazon that accelerates deforestation and mercury ...

Ride a historic railway, explore hiking trails, and visit a massive antique mining dredge in this former gold rush town in eastern Oregon's Blue Mountains.

BOGOTA, Colombia — Brazilian police backed by Interpol have destroyed hundreds of dredges used in illegal gold mining along the Madeira River, in one of the biggest coordinated crackdowns yet on ...