Eel River News

Legal Victory for the Eel River

Jun 11, 2012 | CEQA, NCRA, North Coast Railroad Authority

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

Dec 1, 2011 | block water, NMFS

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

Nov 16, 2011 | geology, LIDAR

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

Oct 26, 2011 | fish count

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

Oct 21, 2011 | Tribes, Wiyot Tribe

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

Oct 15, 2011 | Biological Opinion, blockwater, comments, DFW, diversion, Eel River, Endangered Species Act, NMFS, Potter Valley Project, RPA

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...

North Coast residents urged to report salmon run on the Eel River

Oct 14, 2011 | fish count, Wiyot Tribe

North Coast residents urged to report salmon run on Eel River by Dan Bacher Friday Oct 14th, 2011 8:25 AM The call to report fish sightings comes a time when the campaign by Indian Tribes, environmentalists and fishermen to restore salmon and steelhead populations on...

Friends of the Eel River looking for salmon run spotters

Oct 14, 2011 | action alert, fish count

The Times-Standard Posted: 10/14/2011 01:59:33 AM PDT Friends of the Eel River is asking local residents to watch for and report sightings of Chinook salmon migrating up the Eel River and its tributaries, according to a press release sent out Thursday. The nonprofit...

Celebrating salmon: Eel River revival will be commemorated by watershed’s youth

Oct 13, 2011 | event, Mike Guerriero

By Andrew I. Jones/Special for The Willits News Posted: 10/14/2011 11:16:21 AM PDT Hundreds of student-made screen-printed fish will be created and integrated... (The Willits News) Bridgeville artist Michael Guerriero is crisscrossing 1,500 miles of mountain...