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DAM REMOVAL UPDATE Take Action to Support Public River Access and More! Greetings Friends, Wow, April was a busy month. We enjoyed celebrating Earth Week with our Pints for Nonprofits event at Redwood Curtain Brewing Company, attending Eureka Natural Foods’ Earth Day Celebration, presenting at Salmonid Restoration Federation’s conference in Fortuna, displaying a timeline of our advocacy …
“While the Eel River’s salmon and steelhead have paid a devastating price, going from a million fish a year to the brink of extinction, Potter Valley has had the benefits of nearly free water for the last century,” said FOER’s Conservation Director, Scott Greacen. “Those who benefit from water diverted from the Eel River in …
“During her talk, Pauli said “We have been putting together a coalition (because) it’s going to take effort from everyone who is dependent on this project to move forward and acquire it. I would say that our desired future outcome for the Potter Valley Project is to maintain the water supply reliability that this economy, …
Coalition in Mendocino County forming to acquire Potter Valley Project Read More »
Without Eel River water, the Russian River would extremely low in summer. http://agalert.com/story/?id=12911 Water users try to adopt ‘orphaned’ PG&E project By Christina Souza, AgAlert, 4/17/19 Permission for use is granted, however, credit must be made to the California Farm Bureau Federation when reprinting this item. A trans-basin water diversion project operated since 1908 between …
Water users try to adopt ‘orphaned’ PG&E project Read More »
Deja Vu, we’ve been here before: Our aquifers and water resources are collective resources owned by all of us and not just the wine industry. What if we couldn’t get Eel River water? “In much of this region, the Russian would go dry in summer and fall without Eel River water. This is particularly true …
Diverted River Sustains California Wine Country, but It’s Killing Salmon Read More »