Protecting Instream Flows in the Eel River

by Lamprey | Jul 11, 2024 | Comments, Slider, Water Quality, Water Rights

We recently submitted a letter to Chuck Bonham, the director of California’s Department of Fish and Wildlife, requesting that his agency provide overdue stream flow studies and minimum flow recommendations to the State Water Resources Control Board. The State...

Unmanageable with Alicia Bales: Eel River Deep Dive

by Steelhead | Apr 18, 2024 | Dam Removal, FOER, Slider, Water Quality, Water Rights

 Tune into this clip from Episode 8 of “Unmanageable with Alicia Bales” to hear Friends of the Eel River Conservation Director Scott Greacen break down dam removal at the Potter Valley Project and what a diversion means in the eyes of California water...

Grant Funding for Habitat Improvement Projects Approved by Humboldt County Supervisors

by Steelhead | Jul 12, 2023 | Cannabis, FOER, News, Water Quality

On July 11 the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors authorized $543,000 in grant funding to 12 applicants for sediment-reduction projects in key salmon habitats. The Board also decided to, at a future meeting, allocate remaining funds to public works to complete...

Celebrating Victories and Standing Up to Corporate Bullies

by Steelhead | Jul 28, 2022 | FOER, groundwater, Water Quality

Dear Friends, Taking time to pause and celebrate victories is often challenging, but it is so good for the soul. So, I want to take a moment to shout from my metaphoric rooftop that we saved the North Coast from being poisoned by coal!! Maintain the momentum – please...

Cannabis Mitigation Grant Program Applications Due Oct. 31

by Steelhead | Oct 11, 2021 | Cannabis, FOER, Land Use, News, Water Quality

Back in August the Humboldt County Supervisors finally approved the Cannabis Mitigation Grant Program that resulted from our 2019 legal settlement. This grant program designates funding from cannabis fines and penalties to be spent on sediment reduction projects on...

Say NO to Coal!

by Steelhead | Sep 14, 2021 | Action, FOER, Great Redwood Trail, News, No Coal in Humboldt, Water Quality

Hi Friends, Coal interests are moving to seize the North Coast Railroad Authority’s rail line in a scheme to ship coal to Asia out of Humboldt Bay. Such an operation would present profound threats to public health and to North Coast ecosystems, especially Humboldt Bay...