![]() We're very happy with the outcome."Ī century and a half later, members of the Karuk Tribe have mixed feelings about the fight. ![]() "They kind of had us backed into a corner. "We offered up a compromise awhile back with some of the gold-mining folks out there," said tribal member Bob Goodwin, who still fishes the Klamath with the traditional nets tied to Douglas fir poles. Fish and Game spokeswoman Kirsten Macintyre said the study should be done by summer 2011.īesides altering the shape of the river and stirring up silt, there is evidence dredging can release toxic mercury locked in the riverbed, which can harm young salmon and lamprey, a jawless eel-like fish that is food for salmon as well as the Karuk, scientists say. The legislation brings an immediate halt. ![]() ![]() The California Department of Fish and Game last updated the rules in 1994 but have yet to revise them in compliance with a 2005 lawsuit brought by the Karuk and their allies.Īn injunction revised last month ordered the department to stop selling new dredging permits until the environmental review is completed. ![]()
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