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Gualala River barrier beach, September 12, 2025 (pelicans in the distance) Close-up of the pelicans Photos courtesy of Jeanne Jackson

Gualala Redwood Timber’s 356-acre Pepper Timber Harvest Plan (THP 1-25-00093-SON) is located on steep slopes above the south side of the Wheatfield Fork of the Gualala River, approximately one mile northeast of Valley Crossing (confluence of the South and Wheatfield Forks). The plan was approved by Cal Fire on August 27, 2025. This plan is a partial successor to the …

July 15, 2025 by Dylan Freebairn-Smith Friends of Gualala River Introduction Next week, at long last, the public will have the opportunity to offer comment on preliminary steps being taken to reduce sediment pollution washing into the Gualala River, which has been harming endangered coho salmon and threatened steelhead. Nearly thirty years after the river was first listed as impaired, …

Introduction The North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board is proposing to develop a new water quality permit that will apply to landowners with rural roads in the Gualala River Watershed. The permit, also referred to as “order” or “project” in this Initial Study, will require landowners to maintain their roads to reduce erosion and sediment discharges to watercourses. Landowners …

Vineyards in the Gualala River watershed Download a high resolution version of this map

Timber Harvest Plans in the Gualala River Watershed which completed logging 1997 – 2023 Download a high resolution version of this map

Research by King County, WA scientists on how to reduce the toxicity of stormwater runoff is showing promising results and could offer new solutions to the longstanding problem of coho salmon dying from exposure to pollution before they can spawn.

Download a pdf version of this flyer: New Water Quality Permit for Gualala River Watershed Landowners For more information, visit the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board: https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/northcoast/water_issues/programs/waru/

by Dylan Freebairn-Smith, Conservation Analyst One of the first projects that Dylan has tackled is analyzing the TMDL program for the Gualala. Summary The Gualala River has been listed as impaired under the federal Clean Water Act due to elevated sediment levels since 1993 and has exceeded the Environmental Protection Agency’s Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) of sediment since 2001. …

For Immediate Release, August 5, 2023 Contact: Ethan Arutunian, Friends of the South Fork Gualala, info@fosfg.org, 206-353-3487Daniel Garrett-Steinman, Garrett-Steinman Law Offices, dan@dpgslaw.com, 415-996-7823   SANTA ROSA, CA – In a legal victory for the Gualala River watershed, Sonoma County Superior Court Judge Bradford DeMeo has ordered the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) to annul and set …