Eel River News
Court Ruling Restores Right to Limit Russian River Water Use
A state appeals court has restored the authority of California water regulators to direct reductions in cold-weather sprays by grape growers and other waterfront farmers along the Russian River that have led to deaths of endangered species of salmon. A Mendocino...
Mendocino Co. Supervisors OK Letter in Support of PV Diversion – FOER Responds
Read article on Ukiah Daily Journal website Read David Keller's comment By JUSTINE FREDERIKSEN Ukiah Daily Journal Updated: 05/07/2014 08:35:04 AM PDT The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved sending a letter to the federal agency that denied a...
2014 Eel River Symposium: Drought, Resilience & the North Coast
Eli Asarian on North Coast Stream Flow Decline Dr. Bill Trush - What Do Fish Need? Darren Mierau on Understanding Stream Flow and Managing Diversions Dana Stolzman on the SRF Redwood Creek Project
In Drought Dilemma, Water District Cuts off Growers to Ensure Supply for Homes
Federal regulators said they squashed Redwood Valley's emergency request after weeks of negotiations because they are prohibited from doing anything that might further harm threatened and endangered fish in the Eel River. “It did not fit into our description of an...
Got Water? Drought, Resilience and the North Coast
By: Scott Greacen Originally published in Econews, April 2014 Friends of the Eel River’s 2014 Eel River Symposium was held at the Fortuna River Lodge, March 7. Many thanks to all who attended and especially to the presenters who made the event such a rich, engaging...
Feds Clear PG&E to Cut Flows for Eel River Fish
By: Scott Greacen Originally published by Econews, February 2014 Utility cites risk of sediment collapse; drained reservoir may run dry. A few people in the Russian River watershed still have a greater claim to the Eel’s water than do the river’s own salmon. After...
Comments to NC Regional Water Board re: Listing Eel for Flow Impairment
Friday, April 18, 2014 Katharine Carter, North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board 5550 Skylane Blvd, Suite A Santa Rosa, CA 95403 Via email to: Katharine.Carter@waterboards.ca.gov Re: Comments on the Public Review Draft 2012 Integrated Report Dear...
The Potter Valley Project Variance Dance: Drought and the Russian River Diversion
By: Scott Greacen April 18, 2014 New Rules for Drying Times? 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...
Marijuana’s Thirst Depleting North Coast Watersheds
...with logging activity on the decline across much of the region and a thriving black market for pot — plus state-sanctioned recreational marijuana sales in Washington and Colorado — the spread of cannabis cultivation is now seen by many environmentalists and...
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