Washington Senate Approves Legislation to Protect Salmon from Suction-dredge Mining… On to the Governor’s Desk! BY: Gabe Scott, Cascadia Wildlands In-House Counsel MARCH 5, 2020 | After a 37-10 vote … Continue reading Breaking Victory: Salmon Protected from Suction-dredge Mining in Washington State!
Lawsuit Launched to Protect Washington Rivers, Salmon from Destructive Suction Dredge Mining
Harmful Gold-mining Method Already Restricted in California, Oregon For Immediate Release, January 10, 2017 Contact: Gabriel Scott, Cascadia Wildlands (541) 434-1463 gscott@cascwild.org Jonathan Evans, Center for Biological Diversity, (510) 844-7118, … Continue reading Lawsuit Launched to Protect Washington Rivers, Salmon from Destructive Suction Dredge Mining
Cascadia Wildlands Joins Lawsuit to Protect Wild Salmon and Clean Water from Gold Mining
For Immediate Release, November 20, 2015 Contacts: Forrest English, Rogue Riverkeeper, (541) 261-2030 Nick Cady, Cascadia Wildlands, (314) 482-3746 Jonathan Evans, Center for Biological Diversity, (510) 844-7118 Glen Spain, … Continue reading Cascadia Wildlands Joins Lawsuit to Protect Wild Salmon and Clean Water from Gold Mining
The American Mining Rights Association: A Darwin Award Winner in the Making
By Bob Ferris “AMRA is different than all other non-profit associations, we don’t give you a T-shirt or a bumper sticker for a donation, we give you access to … Continue reading The American Mining Rights Association: A Darwin Award Winner in the Making
Ninkasi T-shirt: Art Imitates Life But Also Inspires Action
By Bob Ferris Our new collaborative T-shirt design with Ninkasi speaks symbolically and literally for rivers (at right). For instance, the river flowing out of us on the shirt and … Continue reading Ninkasi T-shirt: Art Imitates Life But Also Inspires Action
Interior Department: The Need for a Gumption Pill
By Bob Ferris gump•tion [guhmp-shuhn] noun Informal. 1. initiative; aggressiveness; resourcefulness: With his gumption he'll make a success of himself. 2. courage; spunk; guts: It takes gumption to quit … Continue reading Interior Department: The Need for a Gumption Pill
Pop Go the Weasel Words
By Bob Ferris When my wife and I lived in Santa Barbara our house was up a brushy canyon and we had trouble getting fire insurance. The real estate … Continue reading Pop Go the Weasel Words
Of Dynamite, Lead, Mercury, Storms and the Myths of Suction Dredging
By Bob Ferris About a decade ago I watched a giant front-end loader pull a metal culvert that was restricting fish passage out of a steelhead stream in Southern … Continue reading Of Dynamite, Lead, Mercury, Storms and the Myths of Suction Dredging
Governor Signs Bill to Protect Salmon Habitat by Reducing Impacts of Suction Dredge Gold Mining on Oregon Rivers
For immediate release August 15, 2013 Contact Forrest English, Rogue Riverkeeper, 541-261-2030 Josh Laughlin, Cascadia Wildlands, 541-844-8182 Erik Fernandez, Oregon Wild, 503-283-6343 x202 Jim McCarthy, WaterWatch of Oregon, 541-708-0731 … Continue reading Governor Signs Bill to Protect Salmon Habitat by Reducing Impacts of Suction Dredge Gold Mining on Oregon Rivers
Fantastic Fourth Float
To celebrate the recent passage of the suction dredging bill and in an effort to remove myself from the computer, a friend of mine Kyle who works for a local … Continue reading Fantastic Fourth Float