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Sunday LA Times Article
Posted by Sourdough Chet on October 1st, 2012
Received this from a friend and I went on line to look it up – the actual article is below…………..
In the LA TIMES this past Sunday’s edition in the California section there is an article on the East Fork of the San Gabriel River.
The focus of the article is on how the East Fork is being overused. It talks about all the weekenders that go up and leave piles of trash and about the prospectors. Of course the article starts focusing on the prospectors and ends with the USFS stating that prospecting is a banned activity on the river and that they now plan on focusing on Prospectors by citing them for altering the course of the river (using wing dikes for sluice boxes) and defacing the forest (digging into the banks of the river) they completely ignored the trash stating that they can’t do too much about it because they don’t have enough rangers, but it seems they have enough to go after the dozen or two dozen prospectors. Any how I thought I would pass this along.
October 1st, 2012 at 3:12 pm
I also found the complete article on the internet at the LA Times website. It’s a must read for all of us…………
October 2nd, 2012 at 7:11 am
OMG! This is my most favorite place to go…..its cool in the summer (I live in Palm Desert, where it was 114 yesterday). I was there just sluicing just last week….got some nice gold. I’ve been going there every week for a month. In fact I only go weekdays….as the crowds are overwhelming on weekends…and too rowdy. And yes, they trash the place. Where ever I set up….I take the immediate area’s trash with me, when I leave.
I’ve never seen any Rangers during the week….not ever….??? I’m still going back…and see what they do.
David Buehn
dbcolts@aol.com
USS Tunny, APSS-282 (1966-67)
October 2nd, 2012 at 9:47 am
Fiigers! They the USFS plays the old blame game. It is not the prospectors causing the problem. They need someone to pick on. I botcott ever going their, period because of the blatant attitude of the Rangers.
Jeff