The following information is excerpted from the Final Environmental Impact Report on the Adoption of Regulations for Suction Dredge Mining of April 1994. This report was prepared by the State of California Department of Fish & Game. An Environmental Impact Report examines not only effects on the natural environment, but economic impacts as well.

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