Lawsuit filed over Russian River gravel mining

The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors has elected to approve the withdrawal of up to 350,000 tons of gravel from the Russian River every year for a period of 15 years.

Russian Riverkeeper and the Redwood Empire chapter of Trout Unlimited have now filed a lawsuit alleging the level of mining proposed by will harm the river, its beleaguered salmon and steelhead populations and riverside landowners.

LINK (Via: The Press Democrat)

The project’s Environmental Impact Report (EIR) says that a truck route will be built along the riverbank, complete with several bridges, to transport the gravel from 15 mining sites along a 6.5 mile stretch of the river. Trucks would join public roads at Geyserville en route to the Syar processing plant on Healdsburg Avenue in Healdsburg. Up to 480 truck trips per day are envisaged.

LINK (Via:The Sonoma County Gazette)

Comments

[AC]

You go TU, Ya good things!

[Stinkpalm]

Another example of why everyone reading this should be a member of Trout Unlimited.