Tonight, Tuesday, at 6:30pm on KVMRs Evening News... In this segment of producers Tom and Debra Weistars series, Voices of the Future: Youth and Elders Speak Together we hear about conflict between water rights and gold mining. In the foothills of the Sierra Nevada lies the San Juan Ridge. On the Ridge, tucked away amongst towering pines, flanked by two forks of the Yuba River, is a thriving, independent community. There is also a remnant gold mine – a vestige of Californias mining era. A mine that, in the 1990’s, caused water to pour out of the aquifer scouring creeks and dewatering wells; a mine that wreaked havoc on the community; a mine that is proposed to reopen. This is the story of what a community can do when they decide that enough is enough, and that they will not trade water for gold. If ya miss it tonight, you can listen to it at our website: kvmr.org/news/water-gold
Posted on: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 01:14:39 +0000
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