REVISED DREDGE REGULATIONS PUBLISHED FOR CALIFORNIA —PURE GARBAGE

摘要

We can't say it wasn't expected. The California Department of Fish & Game released revised suction gold dredging regulations on February 17, 2012, and it's obvious the agency wants to make life as difficult as possible for dredgers.If you were dredging on a waterway of six feet or less before dredging was suspended in September 2009, the agency wants to permanently prevent you from operating in thatlocation. Other waterways are closed or subject to shorter seasons and potential deposits are placed off limits if they are within three feet of a bank at the current water level. There could easily be 4,000 dredgers contributing to the economy of California at current gold prices, but the agency wants to limit the number of permits to 1,500 without citing any scientific justification for the reduced number.