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:

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

Done. Fini. Stick a fork in it.

See you kicking butt, Tom Chandler.