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 Eel Wild and Scenic River, California
The Middle Fork from its confluence with the main stem to the southern boundary of the Yolla Bolly Wilderness Area.
The Van Duzen River from the confluence with the Eel River to Dinsmure Bridge.
The three forks of the Eel contain a diversity of river types originating in high mountain pine forests, flowing through steep canyons and coastal redwood forests, and emptying into the Pacific in a gently sloping valley with virgin redwood stands.
www.nps.gov /rivers/wsr-eel.html   (176 words)

  
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The Middle Fork Eel River watershed analysis (Mendocino National Forest, 1994) estimates that general unemployment in the Covelo-Round Valley area is about 40 percent; among the American Indian population it ranges from 60 to 80 percent.
The primary uses found in the North Fork Eel River watershed are fishing and the gathering of native plants to sustain the cultural lifeways of the Indian people residing within the watershed and in the Round Valley Indian Reservation.
Eighty percent of the white oak stands in the North Fork Eel River watershed are in the early-mature seral stage.
www.fs.fed.us /r5/sixrivers/publications/wa/nfeel/north-fork-wa.txt   (18220 words)

  
 Eel River Brewery at Beer Collections
Eel River brewing was opened on December 2nd 1995 in Fortuna California which is about 20 miles south of Eureka California.
The Eel River brewery was the first brewery in california to have its organic beers Certified by the state of California as truly organic.
Even though Eel River brewing is located in a beautifully unpopulated area it has motels, a gas station and the Fortuna River lodge next to it.
www.beercollections.com /Breweries/California/Eel_River_Brewing.htm   (247 words)

  
 Rafting on the Eel River in California
The main fork of the Eel River is usually run from Dos Rios to Alderpoint or 6 miles further to an easier take-out at Fort Seward.
The Eel could be the longest continuous run in California for an advanced group of boaters.
Friends of the Eel River can be located at http://www.eelriver.org and they put together private trips to teach people about the river and river conservation.
www.c-w-r.com /rivers/main-eel.html   (554 words)

  
 Northern California Rivers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Klamath river, known as the almon capitol of the world, is renowned for its fishing for king salmon and summer steelhead (called half-pounder).
The Smith River, California's most northern coastal river located 5 miles south of the Oregon border, is known for its breathtaking beauty, large boulders, and emerald-clear swift water.
The Smith is the longest of the free flowing rivers in the state and has carved itself down to bedrock leaving very little siltation to cloud its waters.
www.riverswestoutfitters.com /CalRivers.html   (1139 words)

  
 (RIVERS REBORN) Scott and Cape Horn dams (Potter Valley Project) — Eel River
The water from this reservoir flows a short way down the Eel and then is diverted to Potter Valley by the Cape Horn Dam (also known as the Van Arsdale Dam) through a nine-megawatt power plant.
Eel River water not used to irrigate crops in Potter Valley eventually flows into the Russian River, where it is diverted by a variety of users along the way.
The project’s diversion of Eel River water has severely damaged the Eel’s endan-gered salmon and steelhead runs.
www.friendsoftheriver.org /Publications/RiversReborn/eel.html   (275 words)

  
 Eel River (California) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Eel River is a major river system of the northern Pacific coast of California in the United States.
The river rises in northeastern Mendocino County, north of Hull Mountain in the Mendocino National Forest.
At Cape Horn Dam, a portion of the water is diverted through a tunnel and hydroelectric plant, and then to the headwaters of the Russian River in Potter Valley.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eel_River_(California)   (675 words)

  
 Eel River Water Quality   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Periods of decreased river flow enlarge the proportion of the estuary habitat favored by stenohaline organisms preferring highly saline conditions.
The South Fork Eel River near Miranda is sampled about 4 miles southeast of Miranda and approximately 20 miles upstream from the mouth in Humboldt County.
The Eel River at Scotia is sampled at the U.S. Highway 101 bridge over the Eel River which separates the towns of Rio Dell to the north and Scotia to the south in Humboldt County.
www.nd.water.ca.gov /PPAs/WaterQuality/RiversStreams/EelRiver/index.cfm   (515 words)

  
 Eel River Petroglyphs
A recent opportunity occurred when an outstanding petroglyph site was rediscovered in 1993 by a state forester in a remote section of the Eel River Canyon in Trinity County, California.
Subsequent archaeological survey of the area by the authors resulted in the identification of a major archaeological site containing three housepits, a midden deposit, an abundant scatter of chipped and ground stone artifacts, and two panels of petroglyphs which display elaborate, multiple, superimposed elements representing six discrete styles.
Site CA-TRI-1 is situated within the territory of the Eel River Wailaki, one of the three major tribelets of the Wailaki people who until the mid-nineteenth century occupied a series of villages along the upper drainage of the Eel River in northwestern California.
www.parks.ca.gov /default.asp?page_id=23165   (709 words)

  
 Eel River   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Eel River is the third largest river in California.
The Eel River spans 5 counties with a total of 3,448 river miles including tributaries.
Above is a generalized view of the Eel River Watershed.
www.covelo.net /eel_river/eelriver_maps.shtml   (73 words)

  
 Eel River Basin Whitewater Paddling - Whitewater Kayaking Routes
This big, silty river courses out of the western flank of the Yolla Bolly wilderness and carves its way for over 60 miles to the Main Eel River.
Few other rivers in the state give the same feeling of...
This is the standard class IV winter run on the Eel drainage, and it's very good in terms of both whitewater and scenery.
www.trails.com /activity.asp?area=13379   (478 words)

  
 Six Rivers National Forest - Fishing the Eel River   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Eel River makes it's 100 mile long stretch through some of the most pristine redwood groves in the state.
The mouth of the mighty river opens up 15 miles south of Eureka after weaving its path through both Mendocino and Humboldt counties.
The Eel River also occurs on the Mendocino National Forest to the south of us.
www.fs.fed.us /r5/sixrivers/recreation/mad-river/fishing/eel-river   (299 words)

  
 Sierra Club - Living River Group Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Each year, American Rivers and dozens of environmental, outdoor recreation, and taxpayer groups team up to release the report-issuing a strong call to action on behalf of rivers across the country facing major threats to their health and crucial turning points in the coming year.
Water diverted by the Potter Valley Hydropower Project is the primary culprit for the decline of native salmon and steelhead in the Eel River in California.
Nearly half of the thirteen Most Endangered Rivers of 2001 are threatened due to the impacts of hydropower, fossil fuel extraction and combustion, and contamination from manufacturing components of the nation's energy grid.
southdakota.sierraclub.org /livingriver/Alert.html   (2520 words)

  
 Friends of the Eel River
The entire mission of Friends of the Eel River is backed by an enormously dedicated and enthusiastic Executive Director, an active, diverse and top notch Board of Directors, a superb legal council which has helped us re-write California water law, and the generosity of members and friends of the Eel River.
In addition to the following legal interventions and victories we have allied with advocates of the Russian River watershed to halt the construction of an enlarged water delivery pipeline to Marin County from the Russian River as Eel River water is diverted to the Russian River.
Through this alliance Friends of the Eel highlights the need for bioregions to work together for the benefit of watershed integrity; forest, soil, fish, wildlife, air, river health are all of our concern.
www.eelriver.org /engine.php?bit=tentdams   (1556 words)

  
 Northwestern California Newspapers - Eel River Valley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Eel River Valley Advance/ Fortuna Advance group of papers began in 1888 in Springville, which soon became known as Fortuna.
Alton's Our Paper (1892-93?) was probably part of the latter family and the Eel River (Valley) Echo preceded these papers, being published from 1878 or 1879-1880 in Rohnerville.
The Eel River/Fortuna Advance story is told by Florence Miller, a descendant of the founding Stinson family.
library.humboldt.edu /nwcnews/place/eelriver.html   (256 words)

  
 California Wilderness Coalition: protecting our wild lands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The South Fork Eel River contains the last remaining non-hatchery "long-run" coho salmon population in California.
The South Fork Eel River is recognized as containing the last remaining non-hatchery "long-run" coho salmon population in California by the Department of Fish and Game.
Elder Creek, which originate in the area and flows through an adjacent University of California reserve, remains in such an undisturbed state that scientists use it as a benchmark to gauge the health of other streams in the state.
www.calwild.org /campaigns/cwhc_act/sfeel.php   (317 words)

  
 Salt River Literature Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Notes on the Fishes and Fishery of the Lower Eel River, Humboldt County, California.
Eel River: Comments of California on a Report by the Chief of Engineers, Department of Army.
Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the Humboldt Bay and Eel River Delta.
ebeltz.net /fieldtrips/saltriverdox.html   (1213 words)

  
 California Creeks - Main Eel River
USFS Mendocino NF, AAA Northern California, Topo, Topo2, Topo3, Topo4, Topo5, Topo6
The section of river with no railroad (from Island Mountain to Kekawaka Creek) has the best scenery, so you might want to camp in that section, before the river completes its horseshoe bend by turning east towards the exit tunnel.
Full of adventure, but short on insight, we were planning to paddle the main stem of Northern California's Eel River in a 13-foot aluminum canoe with a one-inch keel.
www.cacreeks.com /eel-main.htm   (1569 words)

  
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Project Purpose — Problem / Goals ("why" the project): As stated in their “Eel River Action Plan”, CDF&G has identified excessive sediment, loss of riparian habitat, and elevated stream temperatures as three of the most common forms of watershed degradation within the Eel River and its tributaries.
Project Abstract (brief description of project): The goals of the Eel River Cooperative Sediment Reduction Project are three fold: 1) reduce erosion and sediment delivery to stream systems 2) improve and enhance riparian habitat, and 3) eventually improve water temperatures for anadromous fish.
The South Fork Eel River watershed covers 689 square miles through Mendocino and Humboldt Counties in northern California.2.
www.swrcb.ca.gov /funding/docs/projsum/eelriver_ph1.doc   (674 words)

  
 Eel River
The Eel River's wild waters and habitats are in trouble.
The Eel River carries 5,846 tons of suspended silt per square mile, a figure calculated by the Enviornmental Protection Agency making it 15 times siltier than the Mississippi River.
The water sent through the plant is diverted into the Russian River providing water for Sonoma County including Cloverdale and Santa Rosa, as well as for the lucrative wine industry of Alexander Valley.
www.covelo.net /eel_river/eelriver_threats.shtml   (704 words)

  
 Eel River | CA: Northern California Water Trails
Draining much of the remote Coastal Range of Northwestern California, the Eel is a big river in a 2,000-foot-deep canyon.
The untamed Eel is a river of extreme flows.
The paddlers’ trick is to be there in the spring when the river is dropping and the weather is dry.
www.trails.com /tcatalog_trail.asp?AffID=mz01&TrailID=CGS045-023   (235 words)

  
 Friends of the Eel River
Join American Rivers in our drive to designate 40 new Wild and Scenic Rivers by the 40th Anniversary of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act in 2008.
This form is a resource to be used by organizations in support of FOER's efforts to remove two antiquated dams and restore hundreds of miles of prime spawning grounds.
September, 2006 - this article by the Environment News Service states "the Eel River in California has been parched by a small, two dam hydropower project, causing salmon and steelhead populations in the once robust fishery to fall by 97 percent."
www.eelriver.org /engine.php?bit=action   (297 words)

  
 Friends of the Eel River
Learn more about this fabulous display created by FOER to educate people about the condition of the Eel River and what can be done about it; including excerpts from the display panels.
is to restore the Eel River and all her tributaries to a natural state of abundance, WILD and FREE
While Sonoma County still appears to be on a trajectory for water system collapse, some exciting progress is being made on water consumption and ending reliance on Eel River diversions through the Potter Valley Project.
www.eelriver.org   (566 words)

  
 Wild and Scenic Rivers: The Eel
California's Eel River flows through canyons most of its length, but ends in a gently sloping valley with redwood stands.
The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968 (PL 90-542, as amended) established a method of providing federal protection for certain of our remaining free-flowing rivers and preserving them and their immediate environments for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.
Public lands along these rivers are scattered, and generally in small blocks or isolated parcels.
www.blm.gov /ca/arcata/wildscenicrivers.htm   (286 words)

  
 GORP - South Fork Eel River, California
Several Class IV rapids provide some hair-raising whitewater adventurers along the South Fork of this free-flowing river.
Rapids aside, the Eel offers a wonderful meander through old-growth forests that erases all sense of time.
More than 100 species of wildlife make their home among a virgin Douglas fir forest and hundreds of flowering plants in the nearby Northern California North Coast Preserve.
gorp.away.com /gorp/resource/us_river/ca_s_eel.htm   (109 words)

  
 Eel River Advocacy Continues   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Representing the Round Valley Indian Tribes, CILS has taken an active role in administrative litigation before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission over water flow levels in Northern California's Eel River.
A hydroelectric project upstream from Round Valley has diverted water flows from the river, damaging the Tribe's fisheries and leaving the Tribe with significantly less water for other uses.
Advocacy on this project is expected to continue for the foreseeable future.
www.calindian.org /nl_spring2001.15.htm   (71 words)

  
 CDF - Rockart   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
A petroglyph site was rediscovered in 1993 by a state forester in a remote section of the Eel River Canyon in Trinity County, California.
In 1966, Louis A Payen completed a comprehensive inventory and analysis of prehistoric rock art in California's northern Sierra Nevada.
These stylistic divisions were based on recognition of similar characteristics including form, method of manufacture, rock selection, archaeological associations, and distribution.
www.indiana.edu /~e472/cdf/rockart   (151 words)

  
 Welcome to EEL RIVER HYDROPONICS!
Eel River Hydroponics, located in central Humboldt County in California, has become a major international source for hydroponics equipment and growth products.
The Doc, one of the owners, has developed some of the most amazing horticultural growth products on the market.
What sets Eel River Hydroponics apart from the rest of the industry is that our products are formulatted for specific customers needs.
www.eelriverhydroponics.com /index.htm   (111 words)

  
 CDF Eel River Site
Further research demonstrated the site had first been discovered in 1913 by a U. Government engineer, but its exact location remained obscure for over
Wailaki economy centered around salmon fishing during winter and hunting and foraging during other seasons.
The largest and most elaborate rock art panel occurs on a vertical surface of a large schist boulder at the north end of the site.
www.indiana.edu /~e472/cdf/rockart/eel/index.html   (598 words)

  
 GORP - Middle Fork Eel River, California
This fork of the Eel is hands-down one of the best runs in the state.
The float from Eel River Station, just east of where the Black Butte River enters the Eel, to Dos Rios serves up a heady blend of Class II-IV+ rapids and views of the Yolly Bolly Wilderness.
It is a 30-mile run, plan on 2 to 3 days.
gorp.away.com /gorp/resource/us_river/ca_m_eel.htm   (142 words)

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