BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a new permit and rules for recreational miners who use small-scale suction dredging equipment to explore for gold in rivers and ...

Chuck Wilson and Kim McDonald share a love of outdoor recreation and nature. But they’re on opposite sides when it comes to suction dredge mining. Wilson, president of the Washington Prospectors ...

In 1875, the General Moultrie was the first suction dredge built in the United States and was used in the Charleston River — until it sank within a year. During the same era, the city of Houston and ...

Scotty Creek, a tributary to Peshastin Creek in the Wenatchee River watershed, is hanging on by a thread after one of the driest summers on record — dribbling water slips through cracks between the ...

The big ideas get the most attention, but they aren’t the only solutions that are required. A draft of a long-awaited federal report on a proposal to remove four dams on Washington’s portion of the ...