Eel River News
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...
Evidence of ancient lake in California’s Eel River emerges
University of Oregon and Caltech researchers say the event may explain genetic changes in steelhead trout EUGENE, Ore. -- (Nov. 14, 2011) -- A catastrophic landslide 22,500 years ago dammed the upper reaches of northern California's Eel River, forming a 30- mile-long...
North Coast residents encouraged to report salmon run on the Eel River
Redwood Times Posted: 10/19/2011 01:33:09 PM PDT Friends of the Eel River has issued a call for local residents to watch for and report sightings of Chinook salmon migrating up the Eel River and its tributaries. The non-profit advocacy organization...
Tribes Join Together to Restore Eel River
By Dan Bacher October 21, 2011 Native American Indian tribes from throughout Northern California are banding together with Friends of the Eel River to take “spiritual, scientific, and legal” action to save the waterway and the fish that swim in it. Since 2009,...
Comments to DFW & NMFS re: Urgent Request for Release of Water to Eel River
SHUTE MIHALY & WEINBERGER LLP 396 HAYES STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102 T: 415 55 2-7272 F: 415 55 2-5816 www.smwl aw.com AMY J. BRICKER Attorney October 26, 2011 Via U.S. Mail and Electronic Mail Chuck Bonham, Director California Department of Fish and...
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