Eel River News
Defending, Restoring, and Enjoying the Eel River
Keep those Great Redwood Trail Act calls to Brown’s office coming! As previously reported, Senator Mike McGuire’s Great Redwood Trail Act (SB 1029) will dissolve the NCRA and prioritize non-motorized trail development along the old rail right of way with the creation...
Econews Report: Salmon People in an Era of Ecological Colonialism
“When we call ourselves salmon people, that’s very literal in our purpose to take care of salmon. So that means the river and the forest, and all of these other things that create salmon habitat. So if the salmon aren’t here, I think that’s a very cosmological...
Action Alert: Ask Governor Jerry Brown to Support The Great Redwood Trail Act
Tell Gov. Brown the North Coast Needs the Great Redwood Trail For decades now, the North Coast Railroad Authority (NCRA) has failed both to restore rail service the North Coast evidently doesn’t need and to protect the Eel River and its fisheries from the impacts of...
Econews Report: Local Government Transparency a Big Problem
“The key piece of this whole scheme, is that you get out from under the requirement to provide fish passage over Scott dam” Tom Wheeler, Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Information Center, hosts a discussion with Friends of the Eel River...
Friends of the Eel River Demands Tougher Cannabis Regulations
Friends of the Eel River (FOER) has filed suit against the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors for failing to adequately protect our native fish and waters from the impacts of cannabis cultivation.
FOER Comments to Humboldt County on Eel River Fisheries Restoration and Dam Removal
Tuesday, May 29, 2018 Humboldt County Board of Supervisors via electronic mail RE: Humboldt County’s Position on Eel River Fisheries Restoration and Eel River Dam Removal Dear Supervisors: Friends of the Eel River encourages Humboldt County’s Board of...
2018 PRA Documents re: Eel Russian River Commission Scheme
As a follow-up to Friends of the Eel River's May 14 press release about a secret plan developed amongst Eel Russian River Commissioners to keep the Eel River dams in place, we are providing you with access to the key documents on closed door Eel River dams...
North Coast County Supervisors Plotting Eel River Water Grab?
This post has been updated to include a link to handwritten meeting notes. See below. $ECRET $CHEME$ North Coast County Supervisors Plotting Russian River Water Grab Eel River Salmon and Steelhead To Take the Hit Friends of the Eel River has obtained notes using the...
Support for Great Redwood Trail Act, SB 1029
May 10th, 2018 California Senators and Assembly Members State Capitol Sacramento, California Re: SB 1029 Great Redwood Trail Act — Support Dear California Legislators: As representatives of the California conservation and sustainable recreation communities, we...
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