IDAHO, USA — One resource is crucial for Idaho's irrigation and recreation: water. The liquid lifelines of Idaho had been the subject of a years-long legal battle over a dredge mining operation in ...

This story originally published July 8 at Idaho Capital Sun. A 10-year battle to hold a California gold miner responsible for violating the Clean Water Act in Idaho by repeatedly dumping suction ...

The controversial dredging project in Ilocos Sur is supported by former governor Luis 'Chavit' Singson and his brother, Governor Jerry Singson. Here's what's at stake.

LYON, France, November 5, 2025 (ENS) – In a blow to criminal organizations along South America’s Madeira River, law enforcement personnel have disabled 277 dredges used in illegal gold extraction ...

An informal conference has been scheduled for Friday, Jan. 16, regarding a proposed sand mining and dredging operation south ...

By Enrique Vera On a small airplane, José Manuyama, a professor, frowns and shakes his head with anguish while thousands of feet below, five dredges operated by illegal miners excavate the Nanay River ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has cited five individuals in Siskiyou County for illegal suction dredge mining in state waterways. Suction dredgers operate by creating a vacuum ...

Gold miner Shannon Poe’s suction dredge mining operation on the South Fork of the Clearwater in Idaho was found to be in violation of the Clean Water Act after the Idaho Conservation League brought a ...

A 10-year battle to hold a California gold miner responsible for violating the Clean Water Act in Idaho by repeatedly dumping suction mining waste into the South Fork of the Clearwater without a ...

BOISE, Idaho (KIFI) – The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has finalized the Idaho Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (IPDES) general permit for Small Suction Dredge Mining. The ...