Three people have been issued environmental citations for using sluice boxes for gold prospecting without a permit, according to the state s Agency of Natural Resources. A news release was sent out ...

Two adults and three juveniles have been charged after graffiti and other vandalism was discovered at Sluice Boxes State Park. Officials said they used initials spray painted at the scene to help them ...

Cascade County Sheriff Jesse Slaughter released the cause of death Thursday for a man who was found dead in the Sluice Boxes State Park. Slaughter said Brenden Rollins, 20, died of hypothermia, and ...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources is reminding the public that a state permit is required when using a sluice box to pan for gold. The agency says environmental ...

An aerial view of Belt Creek at sunset in Sluice Boxes State Park - BJ Ray/Shutterstock Sluice Boxes State Park was created in 1974, but has been a local hotspot for outdoor activities since 1889, per ...

BEN PIERCE, Chronicle Outdoors Editor Jun 12, 2014 Jun 12, 2014 SLUICE BOXES STATE PARK – Daniel Edwards’ shorts were still dripping when I ran into him on the high ochre cliffs that tower above Belt ...

SLUICE BOXES STATE PARK — Daniel Edwards’ shorts were still dripping when I ran into him on the high ochre cliffs that tower above Belt Creek. Edwards, along with friends Stephen Hicks and Jasmine ...

SLUICE BOXES STATE PARK, Mont. (AP) - Daniel Edwards’ shorts were still dripping when I ran into him on the high ochre cliffs that tower above Belt Creek. Edwards, along with friends Stephen Hicks and ...

The Sluice Boxes, where FWP employees were working Tuesday, is eight miles downstream from Monarch, where some of the mines are located. Today, the historic mountain mining areas, known as ...