Ban on suction dredges reaffirmed by judge
Record Searchlight Staff
Record Searchlight
07/27/2009
An Almeda County Superior Court judge reaffirmed his ban on suction dredges in state rivers and threatened to hold the state Department of Fish and Game in contempt of court if it continued issuing dredge permits.
Judge Frank Roesch issued a preliminary injunction against dredge permits on July 10 after a lawsuit was brought against the Department of Fish and Game, said a spokesman for Klamath Riverkeeper, a river advocacy group and one of the 11 groups suing DFG.
The lawsuit alleges that the fish and game department is using public funds illegally to issue permits.
