Sublegals 15:13/01: THREE SALMON BILLS PASS THROUGH CALIFORNIA SENATE COMMITTEES * California State Senator Pat Wiggins has recently authored a flurry of salmon-related legislature, and three of the bills are now moving to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Wiggins represents the 2nd Senate District, which includes part or all of Mendocino, Lake, Napa, Solano, Humboldt, and Sonoma Counties. * Senate Bill 670 would prohibit all suction dredge mining in salmon-bearing rivers and streams until the California Department of Fish & Game (DFG) completes a long overdue and Court ordered overhaul of the regulations governing the practice to better protect salmon in those rivers. The bill would primarily impact recreational gold miners on the Klamath River, where a group called the New 49ers