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Humboldt Watershed Council

River Bar Road Neighborhood to be an industrial gravel transport / production area?

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Friends
of Small Places (FoSP) believes that our rivers are a public trust
resource deserving of protection and preservation to be enjoyed by
present and future generations. We believe that our rivers are
threatened by poorly regulated expansion of gravel mining and
industrial processing. Thus far, there has been little public attention
paid to the cumulative effects of industrial gravel mining on our
rivers and watersheds.

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Gravel mining in the river
can cause sedimentation and channelization, which can account for
countless fish lost through egg destruction, fish entrapment and the
destruction spawning grounds. We believe that the present high levels
of gravel mining in Humboldt County is not compatible with a healthy
environment and is directly responsible for much of the destruction of
our watersheds and fisheries. http://www.friendsofsmallplaces.org/
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