Eel River News
California Drought Puts Renewed Focus on Dry Grape Growing For Wineries
California’s drought is forcing farmers across the state to squeeze the most out of every last drop of water, but what if it was possible to grow a bountiful crop with no water at all? One local winery is doing just that, with a centuries-old technique enjoying a...
New Virus Infected the Brains of Last Year’s Eel River Salmon Run
Researchers have identified a novel virus found in the brains of Eel River salmon from last year’s strenuous run, but the find is not generating any concerns for fish health this year. U.C. Davis Associate Professor of medicine and epidemiology Esteban Soto Martinez...
Giant extinct salmon fought with spike teeth during upriver spawning events
The ancient coastal waters of the Pacific, roughly 11 to 5 million years ago, were home to a bizarre and fascinating species of giant salmon with large spike-like teeth. This spike-toothed salmon reached sizes of 3 to 9 feet in length (1-3 meters), much larger than...
A Native Plan to Restore the Winter Run Chinook
Article by: Alastair Bland Published October 27, 2016 by KCET. Read original here. California is well known as an agricultural powerhouse, feeding the world with almonds, rice, avocados, stone fruits and wine. But long ago, from its coastal watersheds to its interior...
Removal of Klamath Dams Would Be Largest River Restoration in US History
Article by: Molly Peterson Published October 24, 2016 by KQED. Read original here. Our metal powerboat is puttering near a bend low in the Klamath River. Morning fog pours off the hills against a flat gray sky, but we can see a fight up around a bird’s nest. “The...
SMART Prevents More Deliveries of Gas-Filled Cars to Shellville
Published October 3 by The Press Democrat. Read original here. The Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit Authority prevented a North Coast freight operator from delivering a dozen more rail cars filled with an estimated 396,000 gallons of flammable gas to a storage site...
Reservoirs are a Major Source of Global Greenhouse Gases, Scientists Say
Article by Chris Mooney Published September 28 by The Washington Post. Read original here. Countries around the world are trying to get their greenhouse gas emissions under control — to see them inch down, percentage point by percentage point, from where they stood...
Officials Raise Alarm Over 2.4 Million Gallons of Flammable Gas Parked in Rail Cars South of Sonoma
Article published on September 26 by The Press Democrat. Read original here. The storage of approximately 2.4 million gallons of liquefied petroleum gas in dozens of rail cars south of Sonoma is raising public safety concerns and demands that the hazardous material be...
High Times: Marijuana Growing and the Environment
Published by Capital & Main, read original here. By: Judith Lewis Mernit In his sunny office on the edge of town in Arcata, California, Scott Greacen pulls up a slideshow on his large high-resolution monitor. As wildflowers sway in the wind outside a window, a...
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