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 more...
NOAA Fisheries Announces Funding for Habitat Restoration; Benbow Dam to be Removed
Benbow Dam ($205,500): This project, in partnership with the California Department of Parks and Recreation, will ultimately open more than 100 miles of the South Fork Eel River for fish passage when completed. Removal of the Benbow Dam will benefit threatened...
Increasing Toxicity of Algal Blooms Tied to Nutrient Enrichment and Climate Change
There are more than 123,000 lakes greater than 10 acres in size spread across the United States, and based on the last EPA National Lakes Assessment, at least one-third may contain toxin-producing cyanobacteria. Dams; rising temperatures and carbon dioxide...
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.
Water's for Fighting
How California and the feds sold off more water than north state rivers usually hold. Today, powerful water brokers have made contracts that promise far more water than nature can deliver - particularly in the face of growing populations and climate change. Article...
Illegal Pumping Leads to Marijuana Bust – But Is It Too Late for the Fish?
...what often occurs is that as one pool is drained, the intake and sometimes the pump is moved to another pool—repeatedly sucking away entire fish habitats. As the water disappears, predators move in. Egrets, blue herons and raccoons will eat every single fish....
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...
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