Eel River News
Here’s How Hundreds of People Are Working to Fix the Eel River Delta
The Eel was once one of the largest salmon-producing rivers in the state, and much of the delta’s river system was deep enough to host hundred-ton shipping vessels carrying goods from San Francisco and beyond. A hundred and fifty years ago, the delta’s river system...
Why the Eel River Disappeared and What It Means for Fish
A YouTube video posted yesterday to SFGate.com claimed that the Eel has stopped flowing altogether, which is not strictly accurate. The video above, which was shot this morning, shows that the Eel simply goes underground for a stretch, running beneath the surface of...
California Water Rights: You can’t manage what you don’t measure
Notice how most of the Eel River is labeled as between 1 and 10% allocated. Are we really using only as much as 10% of the natural flow in the Eel, or are we not properly measuring what is used? This graphic makes it appear that we have plenty of water to go around,...
Right vs. Reason in Severe Drought Conditions
By: Scott Greacen Originally published by Econews, August 2014 Responding to one of the most severe and persistent droughts in the history of California, state agencies are now moving to shut down water diversions that harm fisheries and wildlife, using a mixture of...
Drying Times are Trying Times for Eel River Fish
By: Scott Greacen Originally published by Econews, June 2014 Serial Variance Requests Reveal Vulnerability of Eel River Fisheries to Demands from Russian River Irrigators The Eel River’s surviving salmonids—chinook, coho, and steelhead—are struggling to come back from...
Groundwater Ruling Has Rippling Effects
Decision could lead to unprecedented state regulations Amid concerns of costly and unregulated use of California's groundwater, a Sacramento Superior Court judge has ruled groundwater pumping that impairs waterways violates the public's right to use those waterways,...
Point of No Return
With the Green Rush and the drought colliding this summer, is it too late to save Humboldt's watersheds? It's July 2 and about 18 officials are sitting in a meeting with North Coast Congressman Jared Huffman in the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office Conference Room....
Hidden on Public Land
Enviro groups push Forest Service to release pot maps ...There could be several plausible reasons the Forest Service didn't produce the rumored maps: They aren't official, they're part of ongoing law enforcement investigations or they don't exist. Or it could be that...
Beautiful River, Growing Thirst, Looming Battle Over the Eel River
In the third-largest watershed in California, the Eel River rambles through some of the state’s most stunning landscape. Nothing about the river, with its clusters of redwoods along its sandy banks, hints at the looming battle over its blue-green water. In about three...
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