Friends of Gualala River Protecting the Gualala River watershed and the species living within it
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »Fall of the Redwood Empire – November, 2011, North Bay Bohemian
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »May We Suggest a Pinot With That Redwood Forest?
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »Water Use by Vineyards Is Challenged
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »Redwoods versus red wine – August, 2011, LA Times
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »People Who Belong To The Land – July, 2011, Anderson Valley Advertiser
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »Forest lands eyed for vineyards – July, 2011, Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »“The Mendonoma Coast’s Second Spanish Invasion” – June, 2011, Anderson Valley Advertiser
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »“Plan to cut forest for vineyards faces opposition” – June 2011, Associated Press
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »Investigative reporter Will Parrish: “The North Coast Wine Industry: Draining Our Rivers Dry”
Thursday, March 3, 2011 7:00 p.m. Gualala Arts Center Investigative reporter Will Parrish will discuss his controversial recent series for the Anderson Valley Advertiser on the ecological toll of California’s wine industry, with a special emphasis on rapacious vineyard development in the Gualala River watershed. Summary In the past two decades, as the regional economies of the North Bay, North …
Read More »“The Wrath of Grapes” – January, 2011, North Bay Bohemian
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »Measuring Redwood Giants – KQED Quest
QUEST on KQED Public Media. Duration: 6:17 Original Air Date: Friday, Dec 17, 2010 Forest ecologist Steve Sillett is leading a team of scientists as they climb and measure every branch of some of the last and tallest old growth redwoods in California. Their goal is to learn how these ancient giants have historically responded to climatic shifts and to …
Read More »Booze, a Banker, & The Bailout: The Murder of Mark West Creek
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »Rose Foundation Grant Boosts Friends of the Gualala River’s Fundraising Effort
October, 2009 Friends of the Gualala River (FoGR) has embarked on a drive to raise $35,000 to engage scientific and legal experts in its efforts to preserve the quantity and quality of water in the Gualala River. The fund-raising has received a welcome boost with the award of a $5,000 grant from the Rose Foundation. photo by Rozanne Rapozo Much …
Read More »“Climbing Redwood Giants” on the National Geographic Channel
National Geographic EXPLORER Tuesday, September 29 at 10:00 p.m. on the National Geographic Channel “Climbing Redwood Giants” tells the story of the world’s tallest living trees. Humboldt State University’s Steve Sillett, the first researcher to explore the redwood canopy, is obsessed with monster redwoods. To say Sillett likes redwoods is like saying Edmund Hillary was keen on mountains or Jacques …
Read More »Rivers of a Lost Coast
A Documentary narrated by Tom Skerritt Rivers of a Lost Coast extended trailer Rivers of a Lost Coast is a new documentary that looks at our relationship to nature through the eyes of the most fabled angling community in American history. This surprisingly touching film was recently labeled a must see by the San Francisco Chronicle and Seattle Times. Monday, …
Read More »California’s Lost Salmon – KQED Quest
QUEST on KQED Public Media. Duration: 10:58 Original Air Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 Because of a sharp decline in their numbers, the entire salmon fishing season in the ocean off California and Oregon was canceled in both 2008 and 2009. At no other time in history has this salmon fishery been closed. The species in the most danger is …
Read More »“Timber Vs. Grapes”
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »Water Export: Dos Rios water plan
Advice puts Eel River diversion plan on shelf by Glenda Anderson The Press Democrat March 12, 2008 [excerpt:] A recently revived proposal to divert water from a protected portion of the Eel River near Dos Rios has been quietly shelved following a negative legal opinion. “For now, we’ve put the whole Dos Rios thing on hold,” Mendocino County Water Agency …
Read More »Slide show at Horicon School
Annapolis (Sonoma County, California) Friends of the Gualala River presented a natural history digital slide show of the Gualala River and its watershed, wildlife, and vegetation, to the kindergarten through fourth grade classes of Horicon School in Annapolis, on Friday, February 8, 2008. The slide show followed the path of a helicopter “field trip” of the lower Gualala River, featuring …
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