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)