Get ready Tennessee, the greenies are coming for you next. Don't let what happened to California gold prospecting happen to you! It's a slippery slope. Once they start regulating based on bogus pseudo science and fear mongering, you are doomed.
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TENNESSEE GOLD PROSPECTING SURGE SPURS ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
Confronted with the increasing popularity of gold prospecting and suction dredging in particular, the Tennessee Department of Conservation is drafting a general permit that would regulate where and how people mine for gold.
State environmental officials say the new requirements will seek to relieve pressure on popular streams that have suffered habitat damage, and to prohibit prospecting altogether on waters that hold threatened or endangered aquatic species.
Read more. http://m.kitsapsun.com/news/2013/aug/13/tennessee-gold-prospecting-surge-spurs/
