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Indian Valley Record Wednesday, June 8, 2011 5A Blue Shield has a health plan that's right for you. i i : i! ' J00art J celebrates lBudget action throws cold water on suction dredge miners' hopes Sarah Robinson belts out the blues during a solo performance. Other performers were members of the community choir, directed by Marsha Roby at the keyboard. | Bink Huddleston is up to his elbows in suds after most everyone has had their fill of wine and a potluck feast. Photos by Alicia Knadler Give Dad something the whole family will enjoy ... Traeger Pellet Grills BBQ" Smoke • Grill • Bake !iia nave Lil' Tex by Traeger Tues-Fri 9i30am-5:3Opm Sat lOam-4pm Closed Sun & Mon Quincy Store 2019 East Main St., Quincy 283-2929 Dr. Grosse gave us back the life we love! Chiropractic care is more effective when it's done with a gentle touch. Our goal is to reduce pain, increase flexibility and improve your health. • Hip, Elbow, Leg Pain • Buttock Strain • Neck Pain • Tight Back • Sports Injuries ii!i i{ ilii/ More Options ... Less Pain Enjoy life again! Stephen E Grosse, D.C. ... Quincy Chiropractic 2254 E. Main St., Quincy (530) 283-5666 '-  Open 6am - 12pro Graeagle Chiropractic 8989 Hwy 89 (By the Barn) Graeagle (530) 262-4791 Open 1pro - 4pm Delaine Fragnoli Managing Editor dfragnoli@plumasnews.com The controversial practice of suction' dredge mining may be banned permanently in California thanks to re- cently passed budget lan- guage. Committees in boh houses of the California Legislature passed the lan- guage last month. The lan- guage awaits final approval as part of the state's overall budget package. The language would extend the current moratorium on the practice for five years, or until the Department of Fish and Game can come up with a plan to mitigate all the environmental impacts and a way to pay for program costs, estimated to be at least $2 million a year, a figure mining advocates dispute. But the budget language also prohibits the department from spending any money to develop such a ,plan. It is "Catch-22 language," DFG Director John McCamman told the Sacramento Bee last week. The agency did get funding to enforce the moratorium, which went into effect in 2009, when the Legislature passed a bill temporarily banning suction dredge min- ing on all California lakes and rivers until a court- ordered environmental re- view could be completed. Mining advocates say DFG has already spent $1.5 million preparing its environmental document, which it released for public comment in late February, and that money will be wasted if the effort is de-funded. At the time the agency said it expected to issue its final study and deci- sion in fall 2011. Proponents of suction dredge mining, expecting the ban to be lifted by the end of the year, now say a five-year moratorium will kill the gold- mining industry and cost the state $23 - $70 million annually and put 4,000 people out of their jobs. State Senator Ted Gaines, who represents Plumas County, issued a statement June 2 in which he said, "Legislative tricks "are putting an entire industry at risk. This is unfair to the thousands of miners, their families and the businesses that depend on suction dredge mining for their livelihoods." But mining critics contend those numbers are vastly in- flated, especially compared to the economic interests of tribes, environmentalists and recreational and commercial fishermen who claim they are negatively impacted by the practice's environmental damage. In 2009, DFG issued 4,000 suction dredging per- mits, 112 in Plumas. Many went to part-time miners. The agency sells 2 million fishing licenses a year. "California is in the midst of an historic financial crisis. Taxpayers can no longer afford to subsidize this envi- ronmentally destructive hobby," said Leaf Hillman, director of the Karuk Tribe Department of Natural Re- sources, in a press release. The current moratorium stems from a lawsuit, spear- headed by the Karuk tribe, which argued that the practice was harming fish habitat by churning up pollutants, such as mercury, deposited in streambeds by a century and a half of mining activity. Miners claim DFG's envi- ronmental study showed that suction dredge mining did not harm fish. "The Legislature didn't like what it (the study) said so they are moving the goalposts on the miners," said Gaines, The study concluded that continuing the current mora- 'torium on suction dredge mining would be the best thing for the environment. The next preferable alter- native would be to cut the number of suction dredge permits by more than half-- from an average of 3,650 over the past 15 years to 1,500 annually- while limiting dredging to 14 days a year for each permit holder and reducing the allowable nozzle size from 8 inches to 4. The ban has some miners headed across .the border to Oregon. But the same showdown is about to unfold there: Environmental group Rogue Riverkeeper has sued the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality over what the group calls lax oversight of suction dredge miners. FATAL, fro pg 1A from CalFire, Butte County Sheriff's Office, Butte County Search and Rescue, CHP, Paradise Fire Department, Plumas Search and Rescue and Plumas Sheriff's Office attended the scene. Plumas medics and first responder medics were also present, as was a CHP helicopter. "That type of accident, in that type of area, requires a lot of effort," Collins explained. "This was so close to the county line that we didn't know whose jurisdiction it was at first." PG&E aided the rescue efforts by limiting the amount of water inflow into the Feather River from Cresta Forebay so search and rescue personnel could perform swift water rescue maneuvers. While the bodies of the young child and the driver were recovered Satur- day, the third victim was not found until nearly 3 p.m. Sunday. Swift Water Rescue techni- cians and three divers from the Dive and Rescue Team began the search for the last victim at 8 a.m. Sunday. A diver from the Dive and Rescue Team eventually located the body. "Obviously our thoughts and prayers go out to the families affected by this," Collins said. When your llfe changes, shouldn't your healthcare coverage change with it? To keep up with you, Blue Shield offers health plans to fit your independent lifestyle. Choose from a variely of options that provide the coverage and care you need at an affordable price. 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