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Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
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Public Trust Policy
The Legislature has given the California State Lands Commission authority over California’s sovereign lands – lands under navigable waters. These are lands to which California received title upon its admission to the Union and that are held by virtue of its sovereignty. These lands are also known as public trust lands. The Commission administers public trust lands pursuant to statute …
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 »Artesa Vineyards & Winery: What they said on Facebook compared to their draft Environmental Impact Report
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 »“Preservation” Ranch, radio interview with Chris Poehlmann & Peter Baye
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »Gualala River opens after rainfall
The Gualala River lagoon was full to its brim after a large amount of rain this weekend. Around 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, a small breach opened in the sandbar about 200 meters south of its north end, directly across from the north viewing area of the Gualala Bluff Trail. This sequence of photos, taken by Bob R., begins at 10:49 …
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Sonoma County Superior Court rules in favor of Friends of Gualala River’s second lawsuit over the “Dogwood” floodplain timber harvest plan
Media Release October 19, 2018 Sonoma County Superior Court once again has ruled in favor of Friends of Gualala River (FoGR) in its lawsuit against CAL FIRE’s approval of logging of coastal floodplain redwood forest in hundreds of acres of the Wild and Scenic Gualala River. The controversial “Dogwood” timber …
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Sonoma County Court again halts logging in second “Dogwood” timber harvest plan lawsuit: Gualala River floodplain redwood forest left intact for now
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Interview with hydrologist Greg Kamman on KZYX
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Under California cap-and-trade program, North Coast forests turn carbon uptake into cash
by Guy Kovner, The Press Democrat, January 3, 2016 [excerpt:] They say money doesn’t grow on trees, but a nearly 75,000-acre swath of redwood and fir forests blanketing the wildlands of Sonoma and Mendocino counties is generating millions of dollars as it contributes to California’s ambitious campaign to curb greenhouse …
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Preservation Ranch saved in record deal – June, 2013, San Francisco Chronicle
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Sonoma Deal Aims to Combine Logging and Preservation
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Sonoma County redwood forest spared from conversion into vineyards