by Lamprey | Aug 27, 2014 | Land Use, News, Water Rights
Notice how most of the Eel River is labeled as between 1 and 10% allocated. Are we really using only as much as 10% of the natural flow in the Eel, or are we not properly measuring what is used? This graphic makes it appear that we have plenty of water to go around,...
by Lamprey | Jul 29, 2014 | FOER, News, Water Rights
By: Scott Greacen Originally published by Econews, August 2014 Responding to one of the most severe and persistent droughts in the history of California, state agencies are now moving to shut down water diversions that harm fisheries and wildlife, using a mixture of...
by Lamprey | Jul 23, 2014 | groundwater, Land Use, News, Water Rights
Decision could lead to unprecedented state regulations Amid concerns of costly and unregulated use of California’s groundwater, a Sacramento Superior Court judge has ruled groundwater pumping that impairs waterways violates the public’s right to use those...
by Lamprey | Jul 10, 2014 | News, Water Rights
With the Green Rush and the drought colliding this summer, is it too late to save Humboldt’s watersheds? It’s July 2 and about 18 officials are sitting in a meeting with North Coast Congressman Jared Huffman in the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office...
by Lamprey | Jul 10, 2014 | News
Enviro groups push Forest Service to release pot maps …There could be several plausible reasons the Forest Service didn’t produce the rumored maps: They aren’t official, they’re part of ongoing law enforcement investigations or they don’t...
by Lamprey | Jul 7, 2014 | News
In the third-largest watershed in California, the Eel River rambles through some of the state’s most stunning landscape. Nothing about the river, with its clusters of redwoods along its sandy banks, hints at the looming battle over its blue-green water. In about three...
