Press Release: Bills to Curb Suction Dredge Mining Approved by Key Senate Committee


April 18, 2013 — Outdoor businesses, the commercial fishing industry, fisheries experts, and conservation organizations applaud the passage of Senate Bill 838 and SB 401 by the Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee last night. The legislation aims to protect water quality and salmon in Oregon’s iconic river systems from the impacts of harmful suction dredge mining.

Oregon Chapter of the American Fisheries Society on Suction Dredging


  On April 9, 2013 the Oregon Chapter of the American Fisheries Society issued the following documents relating to suction dredging.  Click once and then click again in the new … Continue reading Oregon Chapter of the American Fisheries Society on Suction Dredging