South Fork of the Salmon and the Gold Mining

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Little we knew about the threats upstream on this “ pristine” masterpiece of nature, I felt very priviledged to paddle this river along with another 10 first timers. Is a big concern to think that even in a country like the USA we can still loose rivers to gold mining.

https://www.idahorivers.org/newsroom/2019/3/7/ruling-favors-local-south-fork-payette-community-over-placer-mining-interests