This morning the Klamath Justice Coalition used a human blockade of 15 people to defend Karuk sacred sites from logging activities. The action took place near Orleans, CA within the Six Rivers National Forest and halted work on the ...
"If passed through the Legislature, this bill will put hundreds of people out of work and destroy the vacation plans of thousands of people for no purpose whatsoever." However, Steve Evans, conservation director of Friends of the River, ... The Karuk Tribe, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, Klamath Riverkeeper and other environmental and fishing groups recently filed a lawsuit against the DFG's use of General Fund money to support suction dredge mining. ...
But people who most value salmon, including the Karuk tribe of northern California, say that's absurd. "Suction dredge mining is nothing more than recreational genocide," argues Karuk official Leaf Hillman. ...
