by Lamprey | Apr 12, 2016 | News
Why one farmer blocked off the Eel River bar It’s a rare warm day in late February, a full month before spring is officially declared, and the pastures are yellow with mustard blossoms, and the Eel River is surging beneath the concrete arches of Fernbridge, the...
by Lamprey | Apr 12, 2016 | News
Eel-like fish found in stretch above former dam for first time in more than a century. In this photo taken July 8, 2011, shows a lamprey at Willamette Falls, in Oregon City, Ore. As long as Indians have lived in the Northwest, they have looked to lamprey for food. But...
by Lamprey | Mar 30, 2016 | News
Drought has hurt us all, let’s be frank. San Joaquin Valley residents know how it’s hurt their region. Let me share some experiences from the coast, where we rely on salmon to make a living. Baby salmon born in Central Valley rivers migrate to the sea, but they’re...
by Lamprey | Mar 24, 2016 | News
By: Chris Clarke When Interior Secretary Donald Hodel suggested in 1987 that California might tear down O’Shaughnessy Dam in Yosemite National Park, few took him seriously. The powers that be in San Fransisco were outraged: the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir supplies...
by Lamprey | Mar 23, 2016 | News
A fluke can sometimes refer to a stroke of good luck or chance, but not in the context of the animal kingdom. The flukes that some Eel River chinook salmon experienced this fall were parasites that burrowed into their eyes and caused them to go blind, according to a...
