Mendocino County water interests are moving forward with an attempt to buy the Eel River dams. If they succeed, they will only plant the seeds of a conflict that will

"Many of us have been fighting for these [wilderness protections] since the whole concept of wilderness was created in the first place."Scott Greacen, Friends of the Eel RiverConservation Director discusses Congressman

"When we're talking about the watershed impacts the impacts on fisheries and fish habitat and things that need our rivers and streams, the biggest overall by far is sediment production" Friends

Keep those Great Redwood Trail Act calls to Brown’s office coming!As previously reported, Senator Mike McGuire’s Great Redwood Trail Act (SB 1029) will dissolve the NCRA and prioritize non-motorized trail

“When we call ourselves salmon people, that’s very literal in our purpose to take care of salmon. So that means the river and the forest, and all of these other

Tell Gov. Brown the North Coast Needs the Great Redwood TrailFor decades now, the North Coast Railroad Authority (NCRA) has failed both to restore rail service the North Coast evidently

With such grim news coming from the national and international political and climate fronts these days, it can be difficult to appreciate the progress we are making. Here at Friends

“The key piece of this whole scheme, is that you get out from under the requirement to provide fish passage over Scott dam”Tom Wheeler, Executive Director of the Environmental Protection