Grab a Cool LIDAR Map of the Chehalis River from DNR...It's FREE

Do you love freebies?  Then take a look at this neat LIDAR* map of the Chehalis River floodplain from Washington State's Department of Natural Resources (DNR).



The map even shows abandoned river channels, a prime place to look for ancient gold deposits, which are often some of the richest.

Grab your copy of the full-resolution map at the link here, or read the original press release from DNR here.

And, as always, be sure to follow the prospecting rules as outlined in the Gold and Fish Pamphlet and don't go onto private property without the owner's permission.

Have fun!

*LIDAR stands for Light Detection and Ranging, which is a remote sensing method that uses a pulsed laser to examine the surface of the earth.  See here for more information.

Updating of the Links Section Completed

Housekeeping on the resources for prospectors links section of this blog for the start of 2016 has been completed.  A couple of the sites listed have new web addresses but the only real change is the addition of a link to a downloadable copy of the July 13, 2015 Washington State Gold and Fish Pamphlet.  The new link appears in the "Washington State Prospecting Rules and Laws" section right above the link to the official WDFW page from where the current pamphlet can also be downloaded.

Another change is that the links for obtaining the Tacoma 1:100,000-scale quadrangle geologic map are now working and available in the November 25, 2015 post on that subject.

Once the snow clears, may you have a happy, safe, and prosperous prospecting and mining season in 2016.