Friends of the Gualala River
Public Meetings
Gualala River:
On its Deathbed or Verge of a Miracle?
Saturday, October 18, 2008
3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Gualala Community Center
47950 Center St., Gualala
Learn the answer to this burning question as revealed by biologist Richard W. DeHaven,
during a seminar from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 18, 2008
at the Gualala Community Center.
Read more . . .
Geologists Jane Nielson and Howard Wilshire
discuss the issues presented in their new book:
The American West at Risk
Science, Myths, and Politics of Land Abuse and Recovery
Saturday, July 19, 2008
4:00 p.m. at Four-Eyed Frog Books
When discovered by European explorers and later settlers, the west boasted rich soils, bountiful fisheries, immense, dense forests, sparkling streams, untapped ore deposits, and oil bonanzas. It now faces depletion of many of these resources, and potentially serious threats to its few "renewable" resources.
The American West at Risk
establishes scientific bases for promoting local, national and world policies that maintain earth's crucial life-support systems.
Read more . . .
An informal gathering of
Friends of the Gualala River
Friday, June 13, 2008, 5:00 p.m.
Annapolis Winery
26055 Soda Springs Rd, Annapolis
See: June 13, 2008, Annapolis Winery - photos by PT Nunn.
Hydrologic impacts of small instream diversions in northern California wine country
Thursday, May 15, 2008, 7:00 p.m.
Gualala Community Center
47950 Center St., Gualala
Friends of the Gualala River presents a public program featuring
Matthew Deitch, Ph.D. from the
Center for Ecosystem Management and Restoration.
Dr. Deitch will discuss and take questions on his soon-to-be-published research on the hydrologic impacts of instream diversions in northern California wine country.
Exploring the changing banks, beds and bars
of the Gualala River Lagoon
with Peter Baye, Ph.D. Coastal Plant Ecologist and Botanist
Friday, April 18, 6:30 p.m.
Gualala Community Center
The Gualala River has a distinctive, intermittent type of estuary with an unstable but self-repairing natural dam - the barrier beach at Gualala Point.
Learn more about the habitats and vegetation formed by the interplay of the barrier beach and river with Dr. Peter Baye, who specializes in the flora and ecology of coastal plant communities, particularly sand dunes, beaches, and tidal marshes.
This program is co-sponsored by Friends of the Gualala River and the California Native Plant Society. Refreshments will be served, and admission is free.
Our Watershed in Motion - a Geologist's Perspective
Thursday, March 30, 2006, 7:00 p.m.
Gualala Community Center
47950 Center Street, Gualala, CA 95445
Mike Lane, Ph.D., sorts out the geological jumble that underlies our unique Gualala River Watershed, explains where it came from, where it is going, and why it looks the way it does. As we approach the 100th anniversary of the San Francisco Earthquake, we will take a special close up look at the San Andreas Fault, courtesy of recent NASA laser photography.
Celebrating the Splendor of the Gualala River Watershed
A slide presentation by photographer Jeanne Gadol
© copyright 2005 Jeanne Gadol
www.jeannegadol.com.
All rights reserved.
Saturday, January 28, 2006 at 3:00pm
Gualala Community Center
47950 Center Street, Gualala, CA 95445
Riparian Vegetation & Habitats of the Lower Gualala River
A slide presentation by Dr. Peter Baye,
Coastal Plant Ecologist
Thursday, October 13, 2005 at 7:00pm
Gualala Community Center
47950 Center Street, Gualala, CA 95445
Conservation Easements:
A Way to Protect the Gualala River
Thursday, January 27, 2005, 7:00 p.m.Gualala Community Center
47950 Center Street, Gualala, CA 95445
Friends of the Gualala River presents a panel of speakers to address a long-term vision for use of conservation easements to protect the Gualala River and its watershed, including:
- Ralph Benson, Executive Director, Sonoma Land Trust
- Mark Massara, Director of Coastal Programs, Sierra Club California
Destruction of Coastal Redwoods for Grapes?
Wednesday, November 17, 2004, 7:30 p.m.Gualala Community Center
47950 Center Street, Gualala, CA 95445
Featuring a slide show presentation on the impacts of logging and vineyard development in the Gualala River watershed. The meeting also will include the annual election of officers.
Global Warming: 1st Steps to Meet the Challenge
Sunday, October 3, 2004, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.Gualala Arts Center
46501 Gualala Rd, Gualala, CA 95445
Speakers:
Conservation Easements: Use & Abuse
Thursday, September 23, 2004 at 7:00pmGualala Community Center
47950 Center Street, Gualala, CA 95445
Speakers:
The Garcia River Success Story
Recovering salmon populations - could it happen on the Gualala?
Saturday, May 22, 2004 at 7:00pmGualala Community Center
47950 Center Street, Gualala, CA
Speakers: Craig Bell, Peter Dobbins, Alan Levine
Protecting the Gualala River Watershed
Presentation by attorney Paul V. Carroll
Saturday, January 24, 2004, 1:00pmGualala Arts Center
(map & driving directions)
Please join us for a reception following the presentation.
Noted Northern California environmental attorney Paul V. Carroll will discuss the state of the Gualala River watershed and what can be done to protect it.
Well known in Mendocino County as the lawyer who has successfully defended Jackson State Forest from irresponsible logging, Paul has also worked with many other local groups to protect the environment, including the Sierra Club, Environmental Protection Information Center (EPIC), and Forest Unlimited.
Paul is a good friend of the Gualala River, and has represented FoGR in a number of important
environmental protection issues in the Gualala River watershed.
Logging & Pesticides in the Gualala River watershed
Saturday, October 4, 2003, 7pmGualala Community Center
47950 Center Street, Gualala, CA
Logging
Rick Coates from Forest Unlimited
will talk about Timber Harvest Plans and their permitting agency,
the California Dept. of Forestry.
Pesticides
Britt Bailey from the Center for Ethics and Toxics (CETOS) will talk about
pesticide use in the Gualala River watershed.
"KRIS Gualala & KRIS Garcia"
Saturday, June 7, 2003, 10am - 4pmat the Gualala Arts Center
(map & driving directions)
KRIS is a PC-based computer program that pulls together watershed information including maps, data tables, charts, photographs and bibliographic materials relevant to fisheries and water quality.
- See demonstration of KRIS software
- Get tips on how to use information in KRIS
- Learn about the Gualala & Garcia watersheds
- Get hands-on use of KRIS projects in the afternoon
- Take home free KRIS Gualala CDs
Presentation sponsored by the
Institute for Fisheries Resources.
"The Klamath Fish Kill"
Saturday, May 24, 2003, 4 - 6pmat the Gualala Arts Center
(map & driving directions)
Dr. Jeffrey Mount, Chair of the Geology Department, U.C. Davis, is on the National Academy of Sciences / National Research Council committee that has been reviewing threatened and endangered fish issues on the Klamath River. He will discuss the many lessons to be learned from the experience in the Klamath watershed that are applicable to North Coast watersheds.
Presentation sponsored by Matrix of Change.
A Forum on "Old Growth Redwood Forests"
Thursday, April 3, 2003, 7:00pmat the Gualala Arts Center
Greg Giusti, UC Extension, will present a scientific view of old growth forest habitat and its importance.
Former US congressman Dan Hamburg and forest policy expert Kent Stromsmoe will discuss the politics of old growth, and the Heritage Tree Preservation Act, which would preserve trees that were alive in 1850, when California became a state.
Dave Hope, Water Quality Board, will talk about a proposed timber harvest (on a tributary of the Gualala River) which would cut ~60 acres of old growth redwood trees.
There will be time for questions and discussion after the presentations.
"Forest land conversion to vineyards"
Wednesday, January 22, 2003, 7:00pmat the Gualala Arts Center
Impacts of continuing conversions of forest land to vineyards in the Gualala River watershed, and how to deal with them. As many as 5,000 acres in Sonoma and Mendocino Counties are currently being proposed for conversion. Speakers:
- Marc Lappé, PhD, Director of CETOS, Gualala
- Peter Baye, PhD, Environmental Consultant, Annapolis
- Greg Giusti, Reg. Forester, UC Extension, Ukiah
- Adina Merenlender, PhD, Environmental Sciences, UC Berkeley
Public meetings with Water Board staff
Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 6:30pm in ElkTues, Oct 29, 2002 at noon in Garberville
Staff will explain the Board's process for handling the waterbag proposals, and answer questions from the public about the process. Sponsored by Assembly Member Virginia Strom-Martin.
August 2002
Susan Brandt-Hawley
July 2002
Jane Kelly, Public Citizen
June 2002
Dan Wickham & Tom Cochrane
Friday, May 31, 2002 7:00-9:00pm
Public meeting at the Gualala Arts Center
Our speakers will be Fred Euphrat, PhD, a forester and hydrologist
with a doctorate in watershed management from UC Berkeley, and
Jamie Dunn, a leader of the Blue Planet Project of the Council of Canadians.
April 2002
Jim Jordan, Tom Cochrane, Peter Baye
March 2002
Sea Ranch Forum, with Ric Davidge & Ed Anton
The Ecology and Politics of Water Export
at the Gualala Arts Center,Thursday, March 14, 2002, 7 pm - 9 pm
This meeting is a preparation for the Sea Ranch Forum with Ric Davidge, president of Alaska Water Exports (Saturday, March 16, 3 pm).
for further information please contact Ursula Jones 785-3431
February 2002
SORE organizational meeting
Photo Tour | Forestry | Vineyards | Water Export | River Facts
