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Digging Up The Secrets Of Discovery Channel’s Gold Rush

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Digging Up The Secrets Of Discovery Channel’s Gold Rush

The Miners Destroyed A Salmon Breeding Ground

EAST MACHIAS, ME – OCTOBER 6: A brook trout swims in a tank at the East Machias Aquatic Research Center in East Machias on Tuesday, October 6, 2015. The hatchery is sited along the East Machias River and cycles the river water through the hatchery in an attempt to imprint the river’s characteristics upon the salmon as they are raised at the hatchery. Salmon runs are down in most rivers in Maine and researchers think the reason may be the disappearacne of their food source off Greenland and Atlantic Canada, where Maine’s salmon go to feed. (Photo by Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)

Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images

Many claims have been made about the lack of experience from the Gold Rush miners and it appears to have shown through when they destroyed a natural salmon breeding area. The crew allegedly drove a 50-ton piece of equipment through a salmon habitat which destroyed the natural resource.

Salmon breeding grounds are protected by law but the crew claimed they were given permission under State laws to drive their heavy machines. They may be right about state laws but it’s still highly irresponsible and destructive.

Sliding back into stuff that isn’t real, many conflicts are staged to earn more screen time.