by Lamprey | Jun 19, 2014 | News
A state appeals court has restored the authority of California water regulators to direct reductions in cold-weather sprays by grape growers and other waterfront farmers along the Russian River that have led to deaths of endangered species of salmon. A Mendocino...
by Lamprey | May 8, 2014 | News
Read article on Ukiah Daily Journal website Read David Keller’s comment By JUSTINE FREDERIKSEN Ukiah Daily Journal Updated: 05/07/2014 08:35:04 AM PDT The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved sending a letter to the federal agency that denied...
by Lamprey | Apr 21, 2014 | FOER, News
By: Scott Greacen Originally published in Econews, April 2014 Friends of the Eel River’s 2014 Eel River Symposium was held at the Fortuna River Lodge, March 7. Many thanks to all who attended and especially to the presenters who made the event such a rich, engaging...
by Lamprey | Apr 21, 2014 | FOER, News
By: Scott Greacen Originally published by Econews, February 2014 Utility cites risk of sediment collapse; drained reservoir may run dry. A few people in the Russian River watershed still have a greater claim to the Eel’s water than do the river’s own salmon. After...
by Lamprey | Apr 18, 2014 | FOER, News
By: Scott Greacen April 18, 2014 New Rules for Drying Times? Serial Variance Requests Reveal Vulnerability of Eel River Fisheries to Demands from Russian River Irrigators The Eel River’s surviving salmonids—chinook, coho, and steelhead—are struggling to come back...
by Lamprey | Apr 15, 2014 | News
…with logging activity on the decline across much of the region and a thriving black market for pot — plus state-sanctioned recreational marijuana sales in Washington and Colorado — the spread of cannabis cultivation is now seen by many environmentalists...
