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Suction mining on streams that provide salmon and steelhead habitat is counterproductive to our fish restoration goals.  Many of the places that hold gold are also spawning beds for fish.  If you destroy the spawning bed, you're destroying future fish.  Allowing a few people to benefit from the gold in a stream at the expense of the fish habitat is socially, biologically and economically irresponsible.

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I was disappointed in Mark Haas performance on the show. His refusal to acknowledge evidence deemed relevant by a court and provided by Stephen Joseph was a textbook example of how politicians work today.  They just ignore the evidence they don't like and then slam the messenger.  Haas' lead-in attack on Mr. Joseph, comparing him to a tobacco lobbyist was a diversionary and unwarranted cheap-shot. 

The real problem with plastic bags is the inconsiderate people that don't dispose of them properly.  If it's not feasible to do this at the stores, it seems a reasonable fix to this is to implement recycling systems at the municipal facilities that can process the bags.

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