Yukon wetlands at tipping point from placer mining ...
· Placer miners scoop rocks and gravel from streams and river beds in a search for gold. It's a destructive process that disturbs water quality, leading to breathing, feeding and reproductive problems for fish. Placer mining and the piles of waste rock it creates can severely damage the unique riparian ecosystems that act as bridges between land and water. Placer mining, which is regulated ...