Eel River News
Freezing Out Fish in Whine Country
Freezing Out Fish in Whine Country By Lloyd G. Carter Do not expect the State Water Resources Control Board’s recently adopted frost prevention self-monitoring program to halt the Russian River fishery’s slow slide toward extinction. If anything, the new...
The Real Frost Protection Conspiracy
by Will Parrish on Sep 28th, 2011 The Anderson Valley Advertiser The primary mandate of the California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), a division of the California Environmental Protection Agency, is to ensure adequate water for California’s...
North Coast Railroad Authority: ‘We Don’t Have to Follow Your Laws’
Hank Sims / Sept. 2 @ 2:04 p.m. “NCRA, acting as the CEQA [California Environmental Quality Act] lead agency, has a duty pursuant to CEQA guidelines to neither approve nor carry out a project as proposed unless the significant environmental effects have been mitigated...
How Wine Rules
by Darwin Bond-Graham and Will Parrish on Jul 27th, 2011 If you’ve followed the Anderson Valley Advertiser for any length of time, you’re no doubt aware that the wine industry wields inordinate political power, not only here on the North Coast, but at the state-wide...
Environmental Groups Challenge Railroad’s Failure to Review Impacts
For immediate release: July 20, 2011 For more information: Friends of the Eel River: Scott Greacen, North Coast Director, Arcata: 707-502-4555 Nadananda, Executive Director, Sausalito: 415-332-9810 Californians for Alternatives to Toxics...
The Mendonoma Coast’s Second Spanish Invasion
Will Parrish: Laytonville Spanish wine corporation Grupo Codorníu is accustomed to doing things in a big way. It is reputed to own a greater expanse of vineyard acreage than any wine company in Spain, which in turn has more land under grapevine cultivation than...
Notice of Intent to Sue – NCRA
June 7, 2011 Dear Directors and Decision-makers for the North Coast Rail Authority: This letter provides written notice that the Friends of the Eel River (“FOER”) intends to file a lawsuit should the North Coast Rail Authority (NCRA) certify the Final Environmental...
Grist Creek Open Pit Gravel Mine
On April 21, 2011 over fifty Round Valley residents made the trek down to Ukiah to appear at 9am to speak before the Planning Commission against the Planning Department Staff recommendation that the Grist Creek Open Pit Mining Project proceed without an EIR...
Eel River rail line tough to build, and tough to kill
By GAYE LeBARON FOR THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Published: Saturday, April 30, 2011 at 3:00 a.m. The rail line through the Eel River Canyon hasn't carried a train for 13 years. “Oh, we'll all go out to meet her when she comes...We'll be shoutin' ‘Hallelujah!'...
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