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.
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Lawsuit Imminent Over Water Diversions Killing Salmon and Steelhead in Russian and Gualala Rivers
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »Bower logging plan: index to plan documents
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 »Gualala River: North Coast Stream Flow Campaign
Despite protections in our system of laws, rivers and streams on California’s north coast being progressively de-watered with disastrous impacts to fisheries, aquatic ecosystems, recreational opportunities and the regional economy. The North Coast Stream Flow Campaign is a movement to get water back in northern California rivers. Mighty rivers that once teamed with fish and provided countless hours of recreation …
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 »“Preservation Ranch” Mega-vineyard begins quest for permits
Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.
Read More »Gualala River: Unauthorized diversion by the North Gualala Water Company
Settlement Agreement between State Water Resources Control Board and North Gualala Water Company Water Company will pay a fine of $11,600, avoid making new service connections until it has submitted a revised water supply contingency plan and a revised streamflow measurement plan, and petition for change in the existing bypass term or apply for additional water appropriation. The North Gualala …
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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
Media Release June 7, 2018 Sonoma County Superior Court has once again granted a preliminary injunction to put the start of logging on hold in the 100-year-old redwood forest of the Gualala River floodplain, located in northwest Sonoma County and southwest Mendocino County. On June 5, 2018, Judge René Chouteau …
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Interview with hydrologist Greg Kamman on KZYX
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Gualala logging dispute heats up after state’s green light
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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