Eel River News
Sonoma Groundwater – EcoNews Report #248
In late August, Russian Riverkeeper and the California Coastkeeper Alliance got what looks like a very significant ruling in their challenge to Sonoma County’s well permitting ordinance. The groups say that by allowing excessive and unmonitored groundwater extraction,...
Volunteers Needed for Crab Park Cleanup on September 14th
Join us to clean up Crab Park at the mouth of the Eel River as part of Coastal Cleanup Month 2024 on Saturday, September 14th! Coastal Cleanup Month is one of the largest volunteer events in California, and it was founded right here in Humboldt by the Northcoast...
Chevron Overturned: What It Means for Our Environment – EcoNews Report #239
Chevron deference is no more. What's Chevron deference you ask? Well, it was the backbone of our federal administrative state. Congress often passes laws that are vague or are capable of multiple interpretations. In Chevron, decided in 1984, the Supreme Court said...
Restoring the Eel Must Be Done Right
Dear Friends, Can you believe we are preparing to celebrate 30 years of protecting the Eel River? Many of you have been with us since the beginning, for which we are incredibly grateful. Some of you may have participated in Friends of the Eel River’s very first...
Protecting Instream Flows in the Eel River
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 Water...
Project 2025 and the Environment: EcoNews Report #238
Special guest Rep. Jared Huffman is heading a task force in the Democratic caucus to address Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s policy outline for a second Trump administration. The document is pervaded by anti-science and anti-regulatory animus, with a...
Comments on the Great Redwood Trail Draft Master Plan
FOER worked hard to provide detailed comments on the Great Redwood Trail Agency’s (GRTA) nearly 600-page Draft Master Plan for the Great Redwood Trail. In addition to the comments linked below, we submitted location-specific comments using the GRTA’s pdf commenting...
FERC Urgently Needs to Approve PG&E’s Flow Variance Request
As many of you are likely now familiar, PG&E is unable to meet the flow schedule for the Potter Valley Project as outlined in their amended license from 2004. This flow schedule is unobtainable in most years due to a variety of factors including strategies...
PG&E Delaying Eel River Dam Removal, Locals Demand a Free Eel River!
PG&E announced on Friday, May 31 late last week that it will request a 7-month extension from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in decommissioning the Eel River dams. Stakeholders were expecting the utility to file its Draft Surrender Application...
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