Eel River News
FOER Discusses Great Redwood Trail on Edgewise Radio
Edgewise Radio host Alicia Littletree Bales is joined by Stephanie Tidwell, Friends of the Eel River Executive Director for a discussion about The Great Redwood Trail Act (SB 1029). This proposed legislation could turn the zombie Northwest Pacific Rail into a...
Econews Report: Huffman’s NW California Wilderness Bill is Special!
"Many of us have been fighting for these [wilderness protections] since the whole concept of wilderness was created in the first place." Scott Greacen, Friends of the Eel River Conservation Director discusses Congressman Huffman's recently introduced wilderness bill...
FOER Discusses Cannabis Impacts on the Humboldt Chronicles
From the Humboldt Chronicle: In the July episode, we took a look at environmental issues as they pertain to cannabis cultivation -- regulation, compliance, best practices. Our guests included Drew Barber of East Mill Creek Farms, Scott Greacen, Conservation Director...
FOER Discusses Humboldt County Lawsuit on Jefferson Exchange
"When we're talking about the watershed impacts the impacts on fisheries and fish habitat and things that need our rivers and streams, the biggest overall by far is sediment production" Friends of the Eel River's Conservation Director Scott Greacen joins...
FOER Comments on Notice of Preparation for Ocean Ranch Restoration Project
July 12, 2018 Gordon Leppig, Senior Environmental Scientist California Department of Fish and Wildlife 619 2nd Street Eureka, CA 95501 RE: Notice of preparation of a DEIR for Ocean Ranch Restoration Project Dear California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Friends of...
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...
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