Criminal Miner Plans to Trash Coho Habitat - Again - BLM Says Go For It!
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Remember the miner who illegally bulldozed through
endangeredCoho salmon habitat in Sucker Creek, dumped sediment into the
stream, logged riparian old-growth trees and diverted feeder creeks to
facilitate his gold fever in September of 2009?
Click here to read the Oregonian's coverage of the incident.
Well, he's back. After being found guilty of illegal mining on Forest Service lands and declaring bankruptcy thereby avoiding costs to remediate the site, he's moved his mining equipment a few miles downstream to BLM forests next to Sucker Creek where he hopes to continue trashing Coho habitat and public lands.
Despite the fact that Sucker Creek is the most
important Coho tributary to the Rogue River, the BLM has every
intention of sacrificing endangered fish and their habitat to feed Mr.
Tracy's criminal greed.
Click here to read the Mail Tribune's coverage of Tracy's latest proposal.
Having already made up their minds that public
lands mining is more important than salmon habitat, it is unlikely that
letters to the BLM will do any good.
