Eel River News
Marijuana Crops in California Threaten Forests and Wildlife
...The environmental damage may not be as extensive as that caused by the 19th-century diking of the Humboldt estuary here, or 20th-century clear-cut logging, but the romantic outlaw drug has become a destructive juggernaut, experts agree. ARCATA, Calif. — It took the...
Environmental Groups File Appeals in Railroad Case
Media Release Tuesday, July 8, 2013 Friends of the Eel River: Scott Greacen (707) 502-4555, scott@eelriver.org Californians for Alternatives to Toxics: Patty Clary, (707) 834-4833,...
Summer Water Woes Require Responsible Use
Summer is coming. Coho salmon that spawn in the South Fork of the Eel River—a population that may still number only several thousand fish in a good year—are the critical anchor, state and federal experts say, for the survival and recovery of the species in streams...
The North Coast Railroad Authority Goes Rogue
EcoNews April 2013 Will the NCRA bail our entirely on environmental accountability? Our last column discussed the series of maneuvers the North Coast Railroad Authority (NCRA) has used to avoid trial over its failure to comply with the California Environmental Quality...
CEQA Key to Holding Railroad Authority Accountable
EcoNews February 2013 Court-Held North Coast Railroad "Reaped Substantial Public Bene ts” by Agreeing to Environmental Review, Can't “Take Opposite Position” to Avoid Court Scrutiny As California Governor Jerry Brown is renewing his campaign to ‘reform’ the...
Block water release looks hopeful for Eel River salmon; Pikeminnow population may be stabilizing
Redwood Times Posted: 02/27/2013 10:27:38 AM PST Virginia GrazianiRedwood Times Detailed reports on a block water release from Lake Pillsbury into the main stem Eel River last spring and on programs to monitor water temperatures and pikeminnow populations in the...
Judge rejects North Coast Rail Authority’s efforts to avoid legal review of its Environmental Impact Report in Superior Court in Marin County.
On Friday, August 10, 2012, Marin County Superior Court Judge Faye D’Opal rejected the latest effort by the North Coast Rail Authority (NCRA) to delay and avoid legal review of their defective Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for restoration of freight rail service....
Legal Victory for the Eel River
Dear Friends of the Eel River, I write to report an important legal victory for the Eel River. Friends of the Eel River, and Californians for Alternatives to Toxics (CATs), have won a key battle in their long struggle with the North Coast Railroad Authority (NCRA)...
Promising Salmon Run Needs Sufficient Water to Thrive
For Immediate Release: December 1, 2011 Contact: Severn Williams, 510-336-9566, sev@publicgoodpr.com Request Made to Department of Fish and Game and National Marine Fisheries Service for Higher Flows on the Eel River Promising Salmon Run Needs Sufficient Water...
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