by Lamprey | Dec 3, 2015 | FOER, News
This month’s rainfall and cooler temperatures have helped lessen the strain on salmon migrating on the Eel River, but not near enough to ease the concerns of local researchers. And they have their reasons. By: Will Houston November 29, 2015 Eureka Times Standard Since...
by Lamprey | Nov 18, 2015 | FOER, News
Click below to download pdf documents of our comments on marijuana cultivation legislation in 2015. Friends of the Eel River’s comments to the Humboldt County Planning & Building Department on November 4 Re: Medical Marijuana Land Use Ordinance. Friends of...
by Lamprey | Nov 18, 2015 | FOER, News
By: Scott Greacen Under a tight March 2016 timeline set by new California laws regulating medical marijuana, Humboldt County is scrambling at last to write locally appropriate rules for commercial cannabis cultivation. Among the most significant problems the new rules...
by Lamprey | Nov 2, 2015 | News
In recent years, Humboldt County’s marijuana industry grew exponentially in size and destructive impact. Dubbed the “Green Rush,” greed and disregard for the environment prevailed. In an effort to assert local control over the marijuana industry, Humboldt County...
by Lamprey | Oct 29, 2015 | News
For the second straight year, huge numbers of juvenile winter-run Chinook salmon appear to have baked to death in the Sacramento River because of California’s drought-stretched water supplies, bringing the endangered species a step closer to extinction. The grim...
by Lamprey | Oct 28, 2015 | groundwater, News
By Will Houston Recent high tides and brief mid-September rains gave some Eel River salmon a fleeting chance to move closer to their spawning grounds. But a lack of adequate flows on the river is causing many fish to fall ill as they crowd within small pools for weeks...
