Resources – Friends of the Eel River

	California Data Exchange Center A data set of flows and reservoir storage levels from gauges on the Eel River. The California Data Exchange Center (CDEC) installs, maintains, and operates an extensive hydrologic data collection network.
	California Department of Fish & Wildlife Visit DFW’s website for access to educational resources, to learn about local fishing regulations, discover resources on habitat conservation, and much more!
	California Salmon Snapshots The Nature Conservancy’s extensive website for California Salmon. The Nature Conservancy’s California Salmon Snapshots is a collaborative information-sharing effort, critical to the on-going recovery of the state’s salmon species. For the first time ever, population data from the California Department of Fish & Wildlife and others — are compiled to show the number of salmon in our coastal California watersheds.
	California Water Atlas An interactive map of water rights held in California. A water right is a granted permission to withdraw water from a river, stream, or ground water source for a “reasonable” and “beneficial” use. Learn more about water rights.
	Federal Energy Regulatory Commission The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC, is an independent agency that regulates the interstate transmission of electricity, natural gas, and oil. FERC also reviews proposals to build liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals and interstate natural gas pipelines as well as licensing hydropower projects.
	Eel River Forum The Eel River Forum, facilitated by CalTrout, is a coalition of public agencies, Indian tribes, conservation partners, and other stakeholders with interest in, or responsibility for the environmental stewardship of the Eel River.
	Humboldt Fish This website provides information on fishing regulations, charters, guides, where to eat seafood, fishing reports, and much more!
	National Marine Fisheries Service NOAA Fisheries is responsible for the stewardship of the nation’s ocean resources and their habitat.
	Native Lands Map The Native Lands Map is produced by Canadian non-profit Native Lands Digital. They strive to map Indigenous lands in a way that changes, challenges, and improves the way people see history and the present day. We hope to strengthen the spiritual bonds that people have with the land, its people, and its meaning.
	Streamer Department of the Interior’s Interactive Stream Map. Streamer is a new way to visualize and understand water flow across America. With Streamer you can explore our Nation’s major streams by tracing upstream to their source or downstream to where they empty. In addition to making maps, Streamer creates reports about your stream traces and the places they pass through.
	United States Geological Survey: National Water Information System The above link directs to a data set for stage and stream flow of seven sites on the Eel River. The USGS investigates the occurrence, quantity, quality, distribution, and movement of surface and underground waters and disseminates the data to the public, State and local governments, public and private utilities, and other Federal agencies involved with managing our water resources.
	River Network’s latest version of the Clean Water Act Owner’s Manual The Manual is a transformational tool that has galvanized local groups, grassroots advocates, and diverse stakeholders to protect their local waters for over two decades. It provides a real roadmap for how the Act works and how people can apply it and make it work in their communities for cleaner water and healthy communities and is now updated to reflect changes to the Act, and highlights its intersections with environmental justice, climate change, and other longstanding challenges.