Eel River News
Is Pot-Growing Bad for the Environment?
Thanks to the drug's illegal status, marijuana farms are not regulated - with serious costs to water and wildlife. A tax on excessive electricity use may seem like an indirect way of curbing household cannabis cultivation, but the city had to back away from its...
Greenwashing the War on Drugs
Law enforcement is now pointing to the environmental harms caused by illegal pot farms to justify the ongoing Drug War. But it was the Drug War that sent growers into California's forests ...some Northern California officials who are on the frontlines of combating...
Rather Reports: Gone to Pot
Dan Rather interviews Friends of the Eel River Executive Director Scott Greacen in this episode of Rather Reports titled "Gone to Pot", 10/21/2013. Download the full episode from itunes here.
Support for Proposed PLANT Act (HR 2735)
California Wilderness Coalition • Environmental Protection Information Center • Friends of the Eel River • Humboldt Baykeeper • Northcoast Environmental Center • Safe Alternatives for our Forest Environment • Sonoma County Water Coalition • Willits Environmental...
This American Life: I Was Just Trying to Help
Act Two: Nipped in the Bud Under California law, it's legal to grow marijuana for medicinal purposes if you have a doctor's recommendation. A few years ago, Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman was trying to find a way to deal with the proliferation of marijuana in his...
Humboldt Bay Rail Concept Level Construction Cost and Revenue Analysis
Read the full report prepared by BST Associates and The Burgel Rail Group on behalf of the Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District. Rail service to Humboldt County will require a major investment, through either a new East- West rail alignment or...
North Coast Environmental Groups Support Proposed Federal PLANT Act As Step Toward Federal Reform
For Immediate Release – Monday, August 19, 2013 For more information: EPIC: Gary Graham Hughes, 707.822.7711 Friends of the Eel River: Scott Greacen, 707.822.3342 North Coast Environmental Groups Support Proposed Federal PLANT Act As Step Toward Federal Reform North...
Water Diversions Compound Drought Conditions
After two good falls, a disastrous summer for fish. This year presents a deadly challenge for fish in the Eel River. A very dry winter, little relieved by sparse, late rains, yielded low flows even in spring. Flows were very low even before summer brought very high...
Subdividing Humboldt
How Bob McKee remade SoHum and bought himself a decade-long lawsuit. For many people in the county, he's an embattled hero who cares about community and land, and who gave fleeing city dwellers a chance to live their pastoral dreams. To others, he's a serial...
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