Additional
Resources
U.S.
California
Tools
Kids Watershed Awareness
Organizations
Boating and Rafting
Major
Federal Environmental Laws
More than a dozen major statutes or laws form the legal basis for the
programs of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commision
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission(FERC) is an independent agency
that regulates the interstate transmission of electricity, natural gas,
and oil. FERC also reviews proposals to build liquefied natural gas (LNG)
terminals and interstate natural gas pipelines as well as licensing hydropower
projects.
National Marine
Fisheries Service
Northwest Salmon Recovery
The National Marine Fisheries service conserves, protects, and
manages Pacific salmon, groundfish, halibut and marine mammals and their
habitats under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and other laws.
U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service
Pacific Region
Fisheries Resources, Ecological Services
U.S. Geological
Survey - California Water Resources
The U.S. Geological Survey has the principal responsibility within
the Federal Government to provide the hydrologic information and understanding
needed by others to achieve the best use and management of the Nation's
water resources.
Natural
Diversity Database
The California Natural Diversity Database is a program that inventories
the status and locations of rare plants and animals in California .
State Water Resources
Control Board
Regional
Water Quality Control Board
The State Board's mission is to preserve, enhance and restore
the quality of California's water resources, and ensure their proper allocation
and efficient use for the benefit of present and future generations.
Department
of Fish and Game - Anadromous Fish
As a part of the Habitat Conservation Division, the Native Anadromous
Fish and Watershed Branch works to conserve and restore anadromous fisheries
and watershed health.
Department
of Forestry - Resource Management
CDF's mission emphasizes the management and protection of California's
natural resources
Humboldt
Redwoods State Park
California's largest redwood state park
Bureau
of Land Management - Arcata
The Arcata Field Office is responsible for the administration
of natural resources, lands, and mineral programs on approximately 200,000
acres of public land in Northwestern California.
Bureau of
Land Management - Ukiah
The Ukiah Field Office manages approximately 300,000 acres of
public lands.
Six
Rivers National Forest
Six Rivers National Forest lies east of Redwood State and National
Parks in northwestern California, and stretches southward from the Oregon
border for about 140 miles. It encompasses 957,590 National Forest acres
and 133,410 acres of other ownership.
Mendocino
National Forest
The Mendocino National Forest straddles the eastern spur of the Coastal
Mountain Range in northwestern California, just a three hour drive north
of San Francisco and Sacramento.
AQUATIC RESOURCE SPECIALISTS
Environmental consulting firm comprised of biologists with species-specific
research emphasis and extensive field assessment skills.
California
Rivers Assessment
A computer-based data management system designed to give resource
managers, policy-makers, landowners, scientists and interested citizens
rapid access to essential information and tools with which to make sound
decisions about the conservation and use of California's rivers.
KRISCoho Watershed
Database
The Klamath Resource Information System (KRIS) pulls together
maps, data tables, charts, photographs and bibliographic resources into
an easy-to-use, PC-based computer program.
Eel River
Watershed Weather
National weather service forecast for the Eel River Watershed
area
Surf Your Watershed
A service to help you locate, use, and share environmental information
about your state and watershed.
Water Saver Home
Increasing water effeciency in the home
Water
Exports
The Blue Planet Project is an international effort begun by The
Council of Canadians to protect the world’s fresh water from the
growing threats of trade and privatization.
Riparian
Bird Conservation Plan
PRBO Conservation Science partners with hundreds of governmental
and non-governmental agencies as well as private interests to ensure that
every dollar invested in conservation yields the most for biodiversity.
California Oak Mortality
Task Force
The California Oak Mortality Task Force focuses on the plant
pathogen Phytophthora ramorum, which can have devastating effects in the
wildlands it inhabits and has had substantial impacts on the nursery industry
internationally.
Climate Change
The ClimateArk is a Climate Change Portal and Search Engine dedicated
to promoting public policy that addresses global climate change through
reductions in carbon dioxide and other emissions, renewable energy, energy
conservation and ending deforestation.
Sustainability
Information
An Information Gateway Empowering the Movement for Environmental
Sustainability
Eel
River Habitats
Many different species of plants and animals that can be
found in the Eel River Habitat.
River Smart
National public education campaign designed to show people
how simple changes in their everyday activities can help our nation's
rivers.
Planting
the Seeds of Environmental Awareness: Evaluating an Environmental Education
Program for Grade 5 students.
Two Master of Teaching students conducted a study investigating the effectiveness
of an urban, classroom-based environmental education program. Created
by Joanna Weis and Leslie Pashby, Toronto,ON
Young
Children's Relationship with Nature:
Its Importance to Children's Development & the Earth's Future
By Randy White, White Hutchinson Leisure & Learning Group
Give Water a Hand
For young people taking action in their community
Leave
No Trace
Promoting Environmental Awareness in Kids PEAK (Promoting Environmental
Awareness in Kids) is a partnership between REI and Leave No Trace to
educate children about the outdoors and responsible use of our public
lands. Ages 9-10>>
Marine
Fisheries & Aquaculture Series
A series exploring the immence changes threatening marine fisheries
worlwide, and the efforts being made to restore and sustain them. PBS>>
Water Science
For Schools
The U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Water Science for Schools
web site offers information on many aspects of water, along with pictures,
data, maps, and an interactive center where you can give opinions and
test your water knowledge. >>
North
Coast Water Network
A network of grassroots environmental and social justice groups in the
north coast region of California focused on issues related to fresh water.
Eel River Watershed
Improvement Group (ERWIG)
The mission of the Eel River Watershed Improvement Group
(ERWIG) is to improve stream habitat conditions in the Eel River basin
to benefit native stocks of salmon and steelhead.
Friends
of Gualala River
Protecting the Gualala River watershed and the species living
within it.
For the Sake Of Salmon
These resources developed by For Sake of the Salmon are designed
to assist watershed groups and their partners with their organizational
and technical capacity.
American
Rivers
American Rivers is a national non-profit conservation organization
dedicated to protecting and restoring healthy natural rivers and the variety
of life they sustain for people, fish, and wildlife.
International Rivers
Network
IRN supports local communities working to protect their rivers
and watersheds.
California Trout
CalTrout's mission is to protect and restore wild trout and
steelhead and their waters throughout California.
Trout Unlimited
Trout Unlimited’s mission is to conserve, protect and
restore North America’s trout and salmon fisheries and their watersheds.
Institute for
Fisheries Resources
IFR is responsible for carrying out the fishery research
and conservation needs of working fishing men and women.
California Hydropower
Reform Coaltion
The California Hydropower Reform Coalition works to restore
California's rivers by reforming the operation of our state's vast network
of hydropower dams.
California
Wild Heritage Campaign
The California Wild Heritage Campaign is a broad based coalition with
only one goal - to preserve California's unprotected wilderness and wild
rivers for future generations to enjoy.
Salmon River Restoration
Council
The Salmon River Restoration Council provides assistance
and education to the general public and cooperating agencies by facilitating
communication and cooperation between the local communities, managing
agencies, Native American Tribes and other stakeholders.
Northcoast
Environmental Center
The Northcoast Environmental Center is a non-profit, grassroots
coalition founded in 1971 to protect the spectacular and diverse natural
wonders of the Klamath-Siskiyou bioregion of northwest California and
southwest Oregon.
Pacific Coast Federation
of Fishermen's Associations
The Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations
(PCFFA) is by far the largest and most politically active trade association
of commercial fishermen on the west coast.
Mattole Restoration
Center
The objectives and purpose of the Mattole Restoration Council
are the restoration of natural systems in the Mattole River watershed
and their maintenance at sustainable levels of health and productivity,
especially in regards to forests, fisheries, soils, and other native plant
and animal communities.
Salmon
Coalition
Working to restoren the native fisheries and well-being of
the Klamath Bioregion
Eel River
Salmon Restoration Project
Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations affiliate
organizations
Salmonid Restoration
Federation
SRF is a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection and restoration
of California's salmon, steelhead, and trout populations and their habitat.
Friends of the Van
Duzen
A Grass Roots community organization comprised of residents and visitors
to the Van Duzen Region.
Redwoods
& Rivers Rafting
Experienced guides will lead you on a trip of fun and discovery
on the awesome rivers of California's far north.
Riverbend
Adventures
Riverbend Adventures offers a variety of raft and or kayak trips
down the Eel River and the Russian River.
River
Country Rafting
Guided tour of the Klamath from Happy Camp.
Whitewater Rafting in California
http://www.c-w-r.com/
Real-Time River Gauges
To run the program open link and add the three letter code, such as CBR
for Chilli-Bar, PAR for Mokelumne, and RUM for Cache Creek.
Dreamflows
Provides daily flows for many of the U.S.Western Rivers, some of which
you will not find anywhere else.
San
Francisco Sierra Club Bay Chapter
Call Nancy Dagle at (916)921-9477 for information on the next river touring
meeting
POST
A family canoe club with regular weekend trips to flat water or Class
1 or 2 rivers. Call Wini Hepler (510)845-8356 for information.
California Floaters
Society
Membership Chairman Seth Kaufman - call (510)839-4896 or email roseth@well.com
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The Eel
River is California's third largest watershed and third largest salmon producing
river. This fishery was the first to fail on the north coast, before the
Klamath and before the Sacramento. The Eel's headwaters are dammed and diverted
to the Russian River, taking more than half of this cold, clean water so
necessary for a healthy fishery to mask the problems on the Russian. It's
dams are now a century old, block spawning and rearing habitat so necessary
to this once vital fishery and hold back much needed gravels for a fully
operative river system. 
