TITLE 47

MINES AND MINING

CHAPTER 13

DREDGE MINING

47-1323.  Dredge mining of water bodies making up the national wild and scenic rivers system prohibited. Dredge mining in any form shall be prohibited on:

(1)  The middle fork of the Clearwater river, from the town of Kooskia upstream to the town of Lowell; the Lochsa river from its junction with the Selway at Lowell forming the middle fork, upstream to the Powell ranger station; and the Selway river from Lowell upstream to its origin;

(2)  The middle fork of the Salmon river, from its origin to its confluence with the main Salmon river;

(3)  The St. Joe river, including tributaries, from its origin to its confluence with Coeur d’Alene lake, except for the St. Maries river and its tributaries.

History:

[47-1323, added 1970, ch. 244, sec. 1, p. 659; am. 1977, ch. 114, sec. 1, p. 246.]