Oregon_NP1 's_GE Rogue_NP1 River_NNL1 draws_VVZ in_II prospectors_NN2 GOLD_NN1 HILL_NN1 ,_, Ore_NN1 ._. 
--_NN1 When_CS four_MC dams_NN2 on_II the_AT Rogue_NP1 River_NNL1 here_RL were_VBDR scheduled_VVN for_IF removal_NN1 ,_, environmentalists_NN2 predicted_VVD many_DA2 benefits_NN2 :_: more_DAR salmon_NN and_CC steelhead_NN1 swimming_VVG upriver_RL to_TO spawn_VVI ;_; more_DAR gravel_NN1 carried_VVD downriver_NN1 to_TO replenish_VVI the_AT riverbed_NN1 ;_; more_DAR rafters_NN2 bobbing_VVG along_II 57_MC miles_NNU2 of_IO newly_RR opened_VVN water_NN1 ._. 
What_DDQ they_PPHS2 did_VDD not_XX bargain_VVI for_IF was_VBDZ the_AT arrival_NN1 this_DD1 summer_NNT1 of_IO a_AT1 clutch_NN1 of_IO people_NN ,_, eager_JJ to_TO sift_VVI through_II the_AT tons_NNU2 of_IO gravel_NN1 for_IF flakes_NN2 of_IO gold_NN1 once_RR hidden_VVN behind_II the_AT dams_NN2 ._. 
Prospectors_NN2 cluster_VV0 slightly_RR downriver_NN1 from_II where_RRQ the_AT dams_NN2 used_VMK to_TO be_VBI ._. 
Their_APPGE suction_NN1 dredges_NN2 blare_VV0 together_RL ,_, in_II a_AT1 discordant_JJ fanfare_NN1 louder_JJR than_CSN lawnmowers_NN2 ._. 
Resentment_NN1 now_RT flows_VVZ as_RG freely_RR as_CSA the_AT river_NN1 ._. 
Environmentalists_NN2 and_CC some_DD riverside_NN1 homeowners_NN2 see_VV0 the_AT gold_NN1 dredgers_VVZ as_RG noisy_JJ invaders_NN2 rearranging_VVG the_AT riverbed_NN1 without_IW care_NN1 for_IF the_AT insects_NN2 ,_, fish_NN and_CC people_NN who_PNQS live_VV0 in_RP and_CC along_II the_AT Rogue_NN1 ._. 
A_AT1 state_NN1 senator_NN1 ,_, Jason_NP1 Atkinson_NP1 ,_, has_VHZ announced_VVN that_CST he_PPHS1 will_VM introduce_VVI legislation_NN1 to_TO ban_VVI the_AT practice_NN1 of_IO dredging_NN1 for_IF gold_NN1 ;_; three_MC state_NN1 newspapers_NN2 have_VH0 editorialized_VVN in_II31 support_II32 of_II33 a_AT1 temporary_JJ ban_NN1 pending_II further_JJR study_NN1 ._. 
"_" This_DD1 is_VBZ interfering_VVG with_IW the_AT ambience_NN1 ,_, the_AT sense_NN1 of_IO what_DDQ the_AT Rogue_NN1 is_VBZ about_RP ,_, "_" said_VVD Bob_NP1 Hunter_NP1 ,_, a_AT1 lawyer_NN1 with_IW WaterWatch_NP1 ,_, a_AT1 nonprofit_JJ environmental_JJ group_NN1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 spent_VVD 23_MC years_NNT2 organizing_VVG ,_, cajoling_VVG and_CC filing_VVG lawsuits_NN2 to_TO bring_VVI down_RP the_AT four_MC dams_NN2 ,_, the_AT last_MD of_IO which_DDQ was_VBDZ removed_VVN Aug._NPM1 11_MC ._. 
The_AT river_NN1 ,_, he_PPHS1 said_VVD ,_, "_" is_VBZ about_II rafting_NN1 and_CC hiking_VVG and_CC fishing_NN1 ._. "_" 
"_" It_PPH1 's_VBZ not_XX about_II industrial_JJ mining_NN1 ,_, "_" he_PPHS1 added_VVD ._. 
"_" To_TO have_VHI this_DD1 adversely_RR affect_VV0 what_DDQ this_DD1 is_VBZ all_DB about_RP is_VBZ a_AT1 shame_NN1 ._. "_" 
Lesley_NP1 Adams_NP1 ,_, who_PNQS works_VVZ for_IF KSWild_NP1 ,_, another_DD1 environmental_JJ group_NN1 ,_, said_VVD she_PPHS1 feared_VVD for_IF the_AT health_NN1 of_IO the_AT salmon_NN runs_VVZ that_CST the_AT Rogue_NN1 has_VHZ in_II more_DAR abundance_NN1 than_CSN any_DD other_JJ Oregon_NP1 river_NN1 but_CCB the_AT Columbia_NP1 ._. 
Dam_VV0 removals_NN2 "_" have_VH0 made_VVN great_JJ strides_NN2 in_II restoring_VVG the_AT salmon_NN runs_NN2 ,_, "_" she_PPHS1 said_VVD ._. 
But_CCB ,_, she_PPHS1 added_VVD ,_, "_" while_CS we_PPIS2 're_VBR working_VVG so_RG hard_JJ to_TO restore_VVI this_DD1 river_NN1 ,_, we_PPIS2 're_VBR letting_VVG gasoline-powered_JJ engines_NN2 suck_VVI up_RP the_AT bottom_NN1 of_IO the_AT river_NN1 ._. "_" 
Bill_NP1 Meyers_NP2 ,_, the_AT Rogue_NN1 Basin_NN1 coordinator_NN1 for_IF the_AT state_NN1 Department_NN1 of_IO Environmental_JJ Quality_NN1 ,_, was_VBDZ less_RGR concerned_JJ ,_, saying_VVG that_DD1 new_JJ ,_, tighter_JJR permit_NN1 restrictions_NN2 should_VM protect_VVI the_AT river_NN1 ,_, "_" provided_CS the_AT dredgers_NN2 are_VBR following_VVG their_APPGE permits_NN2 ._. "_" 
For_IF their_APPGE part_NN1 ,_, the_AT miners_NN2 ,_, many_DA2 of_IO them_PPHO2 escaping_VVG a_AT1 temporary_JJ dredging_NN1 ban_NN1 across_II the_AT state_NN1 line_NN1 in_II California_NP1 ,_, see_VV0 themselves_PPX2 as_CSA citizens_NN2 whose_DDQGE rights_NN2 are_VBR under_II siege_NN1 ._. 
Frank_NP1 Werberger_NP1 ,_, 71_MC ,_, a_AT1 retired_JJ pipe_NN1 welder_NN1 who_PNQS drove_VVD up_RP from_II his_APPGE home_NN1 in_II Ojai_NP1 ,_, Calif._NP1 ,_, to_TO dredge_VVI the_AT Rogue_NN1 ,_, said_VVD of_IO his_APPGE environmentalist_NN1 adversaries_NN2 :_: "_" They_PPHS2 attack_VV0 dredgers_NN2 first_MD because_CS we_PPIS2 're_VBR the_AT ones_NN2 they_PPHS2 dislike_VV0 the_AT most_RRT ._. 
Then_RT they_PPHS2 will_VM attack_VVI fishermen_NN2 and_CC kayakers_NN2 ._. 
Then_RT rafters_NN2 ._. "_" 
A_AT1 nugget_NN1 of_IO gold_NN1 weighing_NN1 three-quarters_MF of_IO an_AT1 ounce_NNU1 dangles_VVZ from_II a_AT1 leather_NN1 string_NN1 on_II his_APPGE chest_NN1 ,_, a_AT1 reminder_NN1 of_IO the_AT thrill_NN1 of_IO finding_VVG gold_NN1 winking_VVG amid_II the_AT gravel_NN1 in_II a_AT1 sluice_NN1 pan_NN1 ._. 
A_ZZ1 2009_MC review_NN1 of_IO scientific_JJ studies_NN2 by_II the_AT California_NP1 Department_NN1 of_IO Fish_NN and_CC Game_NN1 highlighted_VVD numerous_JJ concerns_NN2 about_II dredging_NN1 's_GE environmental_JJ effects_NN2 ,_, but_CCB found_VVD no_AT unambiguous_JJ or_CC lasting_JJ harm_NN1 to_II a_AT1 river_NN1 's_GE ecosystem_NN1 ._. 
Unless_CS ,_, that_REX21 is_REX22 ,_, the_AT neighbors_NN2 in_II that_DD1 ecosystem_NN1 are_VBR included_VVN ._. 
Dave_NP1 Christiensen_NP1 ,_, 66_MC ,_, a_AT1 retired_JJ landscape_NN1 construction_NN1 manager_NN1 ,_, owns_VVZ a_AT1 second_NNT1 home_RL just_RR below_RG Gold_JJ Ray_NN1 dam_NN1 ._. 
"_" This_DD1 year_NNT1 ,_, these_DD2 guys_NN2 are_VBR going_VVG seven_MC days_NNT2 a_AT1 week_NNT1 ,_, "_" he_PPHS1 said_VVD ._. 
"_" We_PPIS2 've_VH0 asked_VVN them_PPHO2 ,_, 'Could_VV0 you_PPY put_VV0 mufflers_NN2 on_II these_DD2 things_NN2 ?_? '_" 
They_PPHS2 say_VV0 ,_, 'We_NN1 have_VH0 a_AT1 permit_NN1 and_CC the_AT government_NN1 allows_VVZ us_PPIO2 to_TO do_VDI this_DD1 ._. '_" "_" 
Mr._NNB Bray_NP1 ,_, the_AT dredger_NN1 ,_, said_VVD that_CST his_APPGE encounters_NN2 with_IW neighbors_NN2 had_VHD been_VBN generally_RR cordial_JJ ._. 
"_" I_PPIS1 've_VH0 converted_VVN some_DD ,_, "_" he_PPHS1 added_VVD ._. 
Not_XX Terrell_NP1 and_CC Sharon_NP1 Smith_NP1 of_IO Gold_NP1 Hill_NNL1 ,_, who_PNQS on_II Monday_NPD1 circulated_VVD an_AT1 e-mail_NN1 among_II the_AT antidredging_JJ forces_NN2 ._. 
"_" No_PN121 one_PN122 seems_VVZ to_TO be_VBI addressing_VVG what_DDQ the_AT homeowners_NN2 are_VBR going_VVG through_RP with_IW fouled_JJ irrigation_NN1 pumps_NN2 from_II the_AT silt_NN1 and_CC gravel_NN1 the_AT dredgers_NN2 are_VBR kicking_VVG up_RP ,_, "_" they_PPHS2 wrote_VVD ._. 
