Dirty Gold from is steelhead trout or salmon Watch Video
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Description: Learn about the harmful and controversial practice of suction dredge mining in rivers of North Central Idaho. Suction dredging uses a motorized pump mounted on a floating platform to suck up stream beds in the search for gold. Sand, gravel and silt are then discharged back into the stream.Heavy metals such as mercury, left in historic mine tailings may be remobilized and bioaccumulate in aquatic food chains.Negative impacts include damage to macro-invertebrate communities, riparian zones and
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