by Steelhead | Dec 3, 2022 | EcoNews Report, FOER
Trying to be an ethical person in the modern world is hard. How should we weigh the site-specific impacts of wind energy development against the potential climate benefit? How far should we go to try to save an endangered species (and at what point is that resource...
by Steelhead | Nov 23, 2022 | FOER, groundwater, Public Trust
The Eel is a river of opportunity. Seizing these opportunities can have impacts far beyond our watershed. When you support Friends of the Eel River, you are a part of precedent-setting litigation, helping shift the culture of unjust water management, and preserving...
by Steelhead | Oct 4, 2022 | Comments, FOER, Land Use, News
On September 29, 2022, PG&E alerted Humboldt County that it was going to spray herbicides along its easements across the region. PG&E failed to alert landowners or tenants of this new threat; instead, local news broke the story just two days before spraying...
by Steelhead | Sep 16, 2022 | Comments, FOER, Land Use
Secretary Wade Crowfoot California Natural Resources Agency 715 P Street, 20th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 Sent via email to secretary@resources.ca.gov Dear Secretary Crowfoot, Friends of the Eel River supports the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians as they negotiate...
by Steelhead | Sep 1, 2022 | FOER, Land Use, News
Recently we toured the Ocean Ranch Restoration Project in the Eel River Wildlife Area. The Eel River Wildlife Area is a 2,600-acre complex in the Eel River estuary and is ancestral land of the Wiyot people. It contains salt marsh, pasture, wet meadow, brackish marsh,...
by Steelhead | Aug 23, 2022 | Dam Removal, FOER, News
Action from FERC and PG&E seems to come in quick bursts – a lot has happened over the past two months. Before diving into that, we want to share the exciting news that this week FOER and our allies filed suit against FERC for violating the Endangered Species Act....
