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.

Santa Rosa Press Democrat Water for sale In state’s arid south, thirst for North Coast water will grow January 10, 2003 Press Democrat Editorial The latest proposal to export what is described as surplus water may prove benign. There is no likelihood that verdant Humboldt County is at risk of a water shortage, and more arid locales need the water. …

Santa Rosa Press Democrat Alaska man shifts water export plan to Humboldt Plan calls for buying Mad River surplus for San Diego, Monterey January 9, 2003 By UCILIA WANG, THE PRESS DEMOCRAT An Alaskan entrepreneur who abandoned plans to export water from two North Coast rivers using seagoing bags said Tuesday he wants to use the same technology to transport …

Eureka Times-Standard Tapping the Mad River’s water? Water bag proposal would snare bay water district surplus. By John Driscoll The Times-Standard Wednesday, January 08, 2003 After losing a bid to bag water from two other North Coast rivers and send it to San Diego, an Alaskan businessman is now looking to Humboldt County to tap Mad River water. Unlike the …

As reported by the Town Hall Coalition: By Tom Chorneau / The Press Democrat / January 3, 2003 Plans for the largest single vineyard planting ever undertaken on the North Coast have resurfaced, targeting 5,000 acres in the coastal foothills of Sonoma and Mendocino counties. The proposal is the latest version of a vineyard cultivation plan conceived four years ago …

Press packet Coastal Commission considers filing protests against waterbags   Contents Media Advisory Press Release Background info Coastal Commission Water Board Waterbags Press releases Press clippings Photographs Maps Resolutions Contact Info MEDIA ADVISORY December 11, 2002 COASTAL COMMISSION TO VOTE ON CONTROVERSIAL WATER BAG SCHEME; PUBLIC INTEREST AND ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS DECRY THEFT OF WATER. What: On the final day of …

Albion River Watershed Protection Association Alliance for Democracy Friends of the Gualala River Public Citizen Sierra Club, Redwood Chapter PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE USE December 13, 2002 Contacts: Jim Jordan, 707-785-2549 Doug Hammerstrom, 707-884-1826 Jane Kelly, 510-663-0888 Nancy Price, 530-758-0726 Public Interest and Environmental Groups Decry Controversial Water Bag Scheme California Coastal Commission Votes Friday to Protest Controversial Plan That Activists …

Albion River Watershed Protection Association Friends of the Gualala River Sierra Club, Redwood Chapter Public Citizen Western Environmental Law Center PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE USE October 28, 2002 NEW PUBLIC NOTICES REQUIRED FOR CONTROVERSIAL NORTH COAST WATER BAGGING APPLICATIONS SAYS STATE WATER BOARD October 28, 2002 – Sacramento, CA – The State Water Resources Control Board has acknowledged that the public …

By Chris Poehlmann,October, 2002It’s official. It is open season on the north coast forests. The California Department of Forestry (CDF) has just approved two of the many pending forestland to vineyard conversions in the Annapolis area. Clear cutting is presently taking place on many acres of conversions spearheaded by vineyard entrepreneurs. They hope to profit by permanently scraping an ancient …

Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California 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.

Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California 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.

Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California 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.

Friends of the Gualala River protects the Gualala River watershed in Northern California and the species living within it.

January 5, 2005 Leslie Markham California Department ofForestry and Fire Protection 135 RidgewayAve. Santa Rosa, CA 95401 Re:       THP 1-04-030 SONHansen-Whistler and associated conversion TCP 04-530 Dear Ms. Markham: I would like to submit these revised comments on theHansen/Whistler THP and Timberland Conversion THP 1-04-030 SON. The Friends ofthe Gualala River asked me to comment on this project this a …

In 2002, Friends of the Gualala River played a leading role in opposing a scheme to export water from the Gualala River to southern California in giant floating plastic “waterbags.” See a detailed account of our successful campaign to prevent the harm the waterbag scheme would have caused to our river and our community. Gualala River estuary in winter photo courtesy of …

The Gualala is considered an “impaired” river under the federal Clean Water Act because of excessive sediment and high temperatures, both of which can be lethal to salmon and steelhead. The excessive sediment and high temperatures are primarily the result of past logging practices. When trees are logged selectively, forest habitat is preserved, and the remaining trees hold the soil …

The ecosystems in the Gualala River watershed are under significant pressure. More than a century of logging operations has led to the buildup of sediment and gravel in the river bed, gradually destroying the river’s capability to support coho salmon, steelhead, and other indigenous species. Logging companies generally want forest to regenerate after harvesting timber, so habitat is eventually restored (after a verylong time). …