Eel River News
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
North Coast Environmental Groups Support Proposed Federal PLANT Act As Step Toward Federal Reform North Coast environmental groups and coalitions representing more than 35,000 supporters have expressed supported for a proposed federal law targeting trespass marijuana...
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...
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...
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