KsWild.org

[mendoAu]

It seem's like it's easy for one group like this to lump all user's of public lands into "terrible raper's of the lands and waters". Don't know about you but it pisses me off to be held responsible for others mis-use of resources. The views of these people are misplaced, probably because it appears they don't drive on dirt roads, are the elite few to gain rafting rights down the Rogue and live, I assume a life that uses no resources, i.e.: lumber, minerals and food.:

http://www.kswild.org/take-action/sucti ... ter-to-deq

[Umpqua_E]

Grrrrrrrrrr!

[Mel]

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..........my ass......the part that pisses me off is the 49er part......lets,not let the 49er's know we have taken a piss into the ck in our wetsuits..........it would be on their web page..........Oregon miner pee-d in his wetsuit......

[AU79]

After going to the KsWILD website and viewing their propaganda I found a link to send a letter to DEQ (not sure if it actually goes there or not) so I modified it a bit and pointed out the truth. Not sure if it helps, but it feels good!

Best of luck to all! Steve

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PS this is my modified version (from the KsWilds letter), I'm sure a lot of you could add much more!

Dear Ms. Mitchell,

In August, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger took long-overdue action to protect the state’s endangered Coho salmon when he signed a bill that placed a temporary moratorium on suction dredge mining. Under this practice, miners use motorized pumps to vacuum streambeds and suck up gravel and river rock in search of gold. "In that process, fish eggs can be sucked into pumps and spawning grounds can be damaged or destroyed" THIS statement is WRONG - Oregon does not allow dredging while salmon eggs are present in the gravels.

The California moratorium will remain in place until the state Department of Fish and Game completes a study on the effects of motorized dredge mining on fish habitat and issues new regulations to protect salmon and other fish.

A mining group called the “New 49ers,” based on the Klamath River, has made it clear that they are moving operations to southwest Oregon now that California has banned suction dredge mining.

I am very concerned about the impacts groups of uninformed environmentalists have on suction dredge miners. Water quality and native fish in the Rogue, Applegate and Illinois River watersheds are very important to all. I am worried about the over-management and enforcement in southwest Oregon for these activities. I feel the measures DEQ is currently taking to protect water quality is more than adequate.

Thank you,
Stephen E Brady

[spilsnthrils]

To bad the DEQ has nothing to say over our mining activities.

[Umpqua_E]

After going to the KsWILD website and viewing their propaganda I found a link to send a letter to DEQ (not sure if it actually goes there or not) so I modified it a bit and pointed out the truth. Not sure if it helps, but it feels good!

They actually let you screw with the letter? Morons.......I never thought of that....off I go. I bet every new IP address counts.....send one from your computer, from mom's, grandma's, and on and on.

And I know DEQ is "irrelevant" but still, if they're swamped with pro mining letters, someone upstairs will hear about it.

[kerbyjackson]

KSWild are a bunch of shills - firmly in the pockets of globalist scum.

[seco]

maybe i should make a enviro-freek site and just have people post about how ignorant they are.

[kerbyjackson]

Why not? They seem to have no problem publicly going after individual miners and others on their sites.

Could quite possibly draw interest from timber workers, farmers, ranchers, fishermen, etc. who are equally at war with them and could possibly help organize a united front against them.

[kerbyjackson]

That's a hell of a plan.

I'm up for it. March 6th at the mouth of Grave Creek with a pan.

It'd be interesting if we could get a whole slew of miners down there dipping a pan in the water.

The thing to remember is that groups like KSWild, Siskiyou Project, etc. (though linked) are invariably small.