Stop Destructive Streambed Mining in 25 Seconds (or Less)

by Tom Chandler on July 10, 2008 · 6 comments

It’s time for another Trout Underground Quick Alert, where we save the planet in one minute or less.

Today’s pick is CalTrout’s campaign to restrict suction dredge mining, where a big vacuum cleaner sucks up the streambed and spits it out again.

It’s not exactly a fund, Disney-esque ride for eggs, small invertebrates and newly hatched fish (in fact it’s pretty destructive), and it’s time Fish & Game had the authority to limit this practice in sensitive areas.

Schwarzenegger screwed this one up big time last year, so let’s help him make the right choice this year.

So here’s the 25 second gig:

Go to CalTrout’s action page here
If you’re already registered with CalTrout, you click a button (that’s all)
If you’re not, simply register, then click a button

Done. Fini. Stick a fork in it.

See you kicking butt, Tom Chandler.

Technorati Tags: caltrout, fishing, Fly Fishing, suction dredge mining

Tagged as: caltrout, fishing, Fly Fishing, suction dredge mining

{ 6 comments… read them below or add one }

1 WT July 10, 2008 at 6:37 am: That was easy, it’s already set up with TC’s email and registration. Tom will be sitting down with the guhvenor soon enough.

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2 WT July 10, 2008 at 6:38 am: Doh!

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3 Tom Chandler July 10, 2008 at 7:07 am: Damn. Another edit.

The Guvernator hasn’t seen the last of me.

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4 Salty July 10, 2008 at 3:29 pm: Done; I’ll do a cross post on Buster later to help push the word out

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5 Roger W July 10, 2008 at 4:14 pm: Done,sending link to friends !!

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6 Tom Chandler July 10, 2008 at 4:52 pm: Thanks Salty! Unbelievably, the recreational mining lobby is pretty powerful, and Ahhnold folded the first time around.

All we’re asking for is Fish & Game control over recreation mining, not and end to the thing.

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