by Steelhead | Jun 19, 2024 | Comments, FOER, Great Redwood Trail, Slider
FOER worked hard to provide detailed comments on the Great Redwood Trail Agency’s (GRTA) nearly 600-page Draft Master Plan for the Great Redwood Trail. In addition to the comments linked below, we submitted location-specific comments using the GRTA’s pdf commenting...
by Steelhead | Jun 12, 2024 | Comments, Dam Removal, FOER, Slider
As many of you are likely now familiar, PG&E is unable to meet the flow schedule for the Potter Valley Project as outlined in their amended license from 2004. This flow schedule is unobtainable in most years due to a variety of factors including strategies...
by Steelhead | Jun 4, 2024 | FOER, Slider
Last month we had a lot of fun at KEET TV’s first ever Eco Mingle. It was a mixer for all kinds of environmental organizations as well as a film screening for some episodes of the Wild Hope documentary series as well as Swiftwater Film’s Guardians of...
by Steelhead | Jun 4, 2024 | Comments, FOER, Great Redwood Trail, Slider
Whenever a state agency begins a new development project, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires agencies to evaluate and disclose to the public the potential environmental impacts of the proposed project. This evaluation of impacts usually...
by Steelhead | Jun 3, 2024 | EcoNews Report, FOER, Slider
This week on the EcoNews Report, our host Alicia Hamann from Friends of the Eel River discusses the opportunities and challenges presented by the Great Redwood Trail. The project, proposed to be the longest rail-trail in the nation, is the state’s opportunity to...
by Steelhead | Apr 24, 2024 | Comments, Dam Removal, FOER, Slider
Friends of the Eel River has long been pursuing more clarity from PG&E on dam safety at the Potter Valley Project. The utility company has long made the choice to classify dam safety and emergency planning documents related to the project as “Critical Energy...
