The California man must pay a $150,000 penalty and is banned from dredge mining on Clearwater River in Idaho without proper permits. ... Supreme Court declines to review gold miner’s case.

Gold miner Shannon Poe’s suction dredge mining operation on the South Fork of the Clearwater in Idaho was found to be in violation of the Clean Water Act after the Idaho Conservation League ...

The Idaho Conservation League says dredge mining can damage riverbeds and release dangerous metals into the water. The group filed a lawsuit against California dredge miner Shannon Poe in 2018 ...