by Steelhead | Oct 28, 2025 | Land Use, groundwater, News, Slider
First District Court Judge Neel issued an order in the public trust groundwater lawsuit Friends of the Eel River v. County of Humboldt that appears to misinterpret the nature of the public trust doctrine and FOER’s argument that Humboldt County failed to uphold their...
by Steelhead | May 16, 2025 | Comments, Land Use
Dear Senate President Pro Tempore McGuire, Friends of the Eel River strongly opposes SB 607 (Wiener). One of the most important aspects of the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, is that it provides a means for everyday citizens and advocacy groups...
by Steelhead | Mar 28, 2025 | Comments, Land Use
Re: SB 607 (Wiener) (as amended March 24) – Oppose Dear Senator McGuire, Senator Blakespear, and Members of the Senate Environmental Quality Committee: The undersigned conservation, land use, and environmental justice organizations write to oppose...
by Steelhead | Mar 17, 2025 | Comments, Land Use, Public Lands
For 30 years, the Northwest Forest Plan has guided the management of 17 national forests stretching from western Washington and Oregon south to northwestern California, and until 2016, governed the management of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands as well. While the...
by Lamprey | Jan 19, 2024 | Cannabis, Land Use
Friends of the Eel River neither supports nor opposes the Humboldt Cannabis Reform Initiative, also known as Measure A. The initiative offers several ways to improve cannabis cultivation regulations by bolstering existing regulations on cannabis operations to further...
by Steelhead | May 9, 2023 | Action, FOER, Land Use
Background Fisher Road has been used by the fishing community for nearly 100 years to access the Van Duzen River, a major tributary to the Eel. Last fall the southernmost property owners on the road asked Humboldt County to “vacate” the road, aka remove...
