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Suits & Litigation
Riverkeeper Files Lawsuit Against Gravel Mining In Ukiah
Riverkeeper is concerned that the Ukiah Valley is now on the path to a future with more deep gravel pits, like Sonoma County’s Middle Reach, that will permanently destroy prime farmlands and create permanent impacts to the Russian River’s health and water quality and its native Steelhead that have been prized by generations of anglers. Open pit gravel mining transforms fertile farmland into a forever barren landscape pockmarked with deep stagnant pits that spew sediment into our already sediment-polluted Russian River in flood events. Read Press Release (PDF).