Eel River News
Learning from Forests
Forests play a significant role in the process of moving water throughout the landscape. As we learned from Eli Asarian's recently published report on streamflow and precipitation trends in the Eel River basin, the age and density of our forests impacts streamflow in...
FOER Comments on Marijuana Cultivation Ordinance Waiver of Waste Discharge
Read our comments on marijuana cultivation legislation in 2015.
Let’s Not Allow the Marijuana Industry to Write Its Own Rules
By: Scott Greacen Under a tight March 2016 timeline set by new California laws regulating medical marijuana, Humboldt County is scrambling at last to write locally appropriate rules for commercial cannabis cultivation. Among the most significant problems the new rules...
The Secret Life of a Raindrop
According to a widely held belief, you can’t squeeze water from a rock. But researchers from UC Berkeley who are trying to better understand where water is stored in nature are challenging that old adage. By Amy Miller November 10, 2015 After nearly ten years of...
Comments to Humboldt County Planning Department re: Medical Marijuana Land Use Ordinance
November 4, 2015 Humboldt County Planning & Building Department Attn: Steve Lazar, Senior Planner 3015 H Street Eureka, CA 95501-4484 slazar@co.humboldt.ca.us RE: Medical Marijuana Land Use Ordinance – Phase IV Dear Mr. Lazar, The following comments are offered on...
Why Reward our County's Pot Predators?
In recent years, Humboldt County’s marijuana industry grew exponentially in size and destructive impact. Dubbed the “Green Rush,” greed and disregard for the environment prevailed. In an effort to assert local control over the marijuana industry, Humboldt County...
Fed: Winter Salmon Run Nearly Extinguished in California Drought
For the second straight year, huge numbers of juvenile winter-run Chinook salmon appear to have baked to death in the Sacramento River because of California’s drought-stretched water supplies, bringing the endangered species a step closer to extinction. The grim...
Eel River Salmon go Blind Awaiting Rain
By Will Houston Recent high tides and brief mid-September rains gave some Eel River salmon a fleeting chance to move closer to their spawning grounds. But a lack of adequate flows on the river is causing many fish to fall ill as they crowd within small pools for weeks...
Damning California’s Future
Hoping to capitalize on the epic drought, the state's water industry wants to usher in a new era of dam-building in the state. But environmentalists say it would cost billions and do more harm than good. By Will Parrish On the edge of the Yolla Bolly Wilderness, about...
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Friends of the Eel River
PO Box 4945
Arcata, CA 95518
Email: foer(at)eelriver.org
Phone: (707) 798-6345
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