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Albion River Watershed
Association
Linda Perkins, Box 467, Albion, CA, 95410 |
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Ancient Forest
International
P.O. Box 1850, Redway, CA 95560
Phone/Fax: (707)
923-3015
afi@ancientforests.org
www.ancientforests.org |
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AFI is involved in many
projects, including …
"The Redwoods to the Sea project is an effort to
connect wild places, protect old-growth forests and the species that depend on
them, make appropriate forest management worthwhile, and support landscape
planning while deferring to diversity."
Participant, California North Coast Coalition
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Anderson Valley Land
Trust
Laurie Wayburn, P.O. Box 1, Yorkville, CA 95494
(707)
895-3150, (707) 895-2138 |
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Arcata Citizens for
Sensible Land Use
1193 G Street #B, Arcata CA, 95521
(707)
822-6498, Fax:(707) 822-6572
Contact: Jeff Knapp, Coordinator, (707)
822-6498, ERISA@reninet.com |
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"Arcata Citizens for
Sensible Land Use has several ongoing purposes, including the preservation and
enhanced economic use of agricultural land within the City of Arcata, and
salvaging or enhancing land parcels with environmental problems or other
features that have discouraged their use. The group focuses on passing local,
county and state legislation that preserves agricultural land, open space and
natural resource values and "lock in" general plan provisions that protect
valuable agricultural and natural resources, require environmentally sound land
use planning, and manage growth." An affiliate of the California Futures
Network.
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Coastal Land Trust
Rixanne Wehren, P.O. Box 340, Albion, CA 95410
(707) 937-2709, (707)
937-4520 |
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Eel River Salmon
Restoration Project
www.hits.org/salmon98 |
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Web site includes maps of
sub-watersheds within the Eel River basin, and watershed profiles based on
information from the EPA and other sources.
The Eel River Salmon
Restoration Project, a Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations
affiliate organization, was established in 1983 in an effort to enhance the
salmonid runs in the South Fork of the Eel River and thus benefit the sport and
commercial fishery.
Participant, California North Coast
Coalition
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Eel River Watershed
Improvement Group
610 Ninth Street, Fortuna, CA 95540,
707-725-4317, Bill Matson, Watershed Coordinator,
bmatson@saber.net |
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ERWIG is working thirty
five citizen groups, tribal, county, state, and federal agencies concerned with
the Eel River watershed. These include 11 landowner groups, 12 landowner
assistance groups, and 12 restoration practitioner groups. Bill Matson compiled
brief descriptions from these groups for a directory developed for the
Eighteenth Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference, in Fortuna, California
(March, 2000). These descriptions are quoted from extensively on this website,
as indicated by the words, "Source: ERWIG."
Bill reports that the term
"watershed improvement" is preferred by many to "restoration," which is
something that "only God can do."
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Environmental
Protection Information Center
P.O. Box 397, Garberville, CA 95542,
(707) 923-2931, Fax 923-4210,
Contact
epic@wildcalifornia.org to join
the list serve, www.wildcalifornia.org |
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"The Environmental
Protection Information Center (EPIC) strives to preserve one of the
world’s most productive and endangered ecosystems: the coastal low
elevation ancient forests of northern California."
Participant,
California North Coast Coalition
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Friends of the Eel
River
665A Redwood Drive (P.O. Box 2305), Garberville, CA,
707-923-2146, fax 923-1902,
foer@eelriver.org,
www.eelriver.org |
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"The mission of the
Friends of the Eel River is to restore the Eel River and all her tributaries to
a natural state of health and abundance – wild and free. For the last five
years FOER has carried out a campaign to restore the Eel River to its wild and
free state, primarily through the removal of two massive, outdated, and
destructive dams. This action will open up hundreds of miles of prime spawning
grounds."
Participant, California North Coast
Coalition
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Greenwood Watershed
Association
P.O. Box 90, Elk, CA 95432,
pirohuck@mcn.org,www.elksoft.com/gwa/gcwp.html |
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The Greenwood Creek
Watershed Project was created in 1994 to design and implement watershed studies
and restoration projects for Greenwood Creek, with a focus on water quality and
fish habitat. Another goal of the project is to involve all watershed
stakeholders in long term natural resource planning. The project conducted a
survey of fish habitat and other stream conditions along a ten-mile stretch of
Greenwood Creek in 1995. In 1996, the project conducted a road survey of about
25% of the watershed road system. In 1997, the project began restoration work
with a flatcar bridge installation (to replace a failing culvert in Greenwood
Creek) and the bio-engineering of an eroding stream bank.
"An
advisory group was formed in spring 1996 with the participation of Louisiana
Pacific Corporation, the Elk County Water District and many other stakeholders.
The project trains and employs local workers for surveys, mapping and
restoration. Project consultant is Dr. Fred Euphrat of Forest, Soil and Water,
Inc., in Healdsburg, California."
Greenwood Creek flows into the ocean
south of the town of Elk in Mendocino County.
Lots of good photos are
available on from this site.
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Julia
Butterfly
Circle
of Life Foundation |
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The main support site
with information about the work of Julia Butterfly Hill, which has been mainly
focused on the protection of Ancient Redwoods, including Headwaters
Forest.
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Humboldt Watershed
Council
828 G Street, Eureka, CA 95501,
(707) 443-7433,
sheds@humboldt1.com |
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Publication: Voices of
Humboldt County (monthly, $15); Video, "Voices of Humboldt County: The
Cumulative Impact." ($10). Meetings every other Wednesday, 6-9 pm.
"The Humboldt Watershed Council is an ever-growing group of residents, property
owners, and affected citizens from all over Humboldt County dedicated to
finding solutions to protect our families and the watersheds in which we live.
We seek to stabilize the county's economy as well, to ensure long-term
employment for timber workers and their children by promoting responsible
forestry." Current issues: Headwaters Forest, Pacific Lumber's Timber Harvest
Plans, watershed damage and flooding, salmon recovery, and a non-industrial,
sustainable forestry alternative to the current THP process. The Humboldt
Watershed Council recently filed a petition against the North Coast Regional
Water Quality Control Board challenging water quality exemptions for Freshwater
Creek and Elk River. (Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, Spring, 2000, In Brief,
p. 9)
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Institute for
Ecological Tourism
Department of Natural Resources Planning &
Interpretation, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA 95521,
Michael
Sweeney, Director,
707/826-4147,
ecotour@humboldt.edu,
www.humboldt.edu/~ecotour |
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"The Institute for
Ecological Tourism promotes the wise stewardship of natural resources through
carefully planned and executed ecotourism development which emphasizes
education and research while assuring minimal impact on natural and cultural
resources. "The Institute offers: Certificate Program in Ecotourism Planning
& Management offered by the Office of Extended Education at HSU; Education
and training consultation; and, Ecotourism Program Development Planning
consultation." Participant, California North
Coast Coalition.
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Institute for
Sustainable Forestry
PO Box 1580, Redway, California 95560
Phone:
707-247-1101 Fax: 707-247-3555,
info@isf-sw.org, www.isf-sw.org |
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"ISF is a community-based
organization founded in 1991 by loggers, tree-planters, educators, watershed
restorationists, engineers, geologists, foresters, business and conservation
managers, veterans, woodworkers and environmentalists.
"ISF serves
local rural communities and works in collaboration with many other non-profits
and agencies to facilitate community redevelopment strategies and the
transition to sustainable forestry in the Pacific Northwest."
Participant, California North Coast
Coalition
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Mattole Restoration
Council
PO Box 160, Petrolia, California 95558,
707.629.3514,
707.629.3524 fax,
mrc@inreach.com |
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This is one of the
premier salmon restoration groups in the nation, with much grass-roots
organizing and many publications to its credit, including Totem Salmon by
Executive Director Freeman House, and the following:
"Elements of
Recovery: An inventory of Upslope Sources of Sedimentation in the Mattole River
Watershed, with Rehabilitation Prescriptions and Additional Information for
Erosion Control and Prioritization," prepared for the California Dept. of Fish
and Game, December, 1989
"Dynamics of Recovery: A Plan to Enhance the
Mattole Estuary," February, 1995, with fold-out maps, tables and charts, $12
postpaid.
Map: "Distribution of Old Growth Coniferous Forests in the
Mattole Watershed, 1947 and 1988" (Reduced by 91%.
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The Nature
Conservancy
305 California Avenue, Arcata, California 95521,
707-825-0508 (phone), 707-822-6974 (fax),
Peter R. Bryant, Manager,
Corporate Programs,pbryant@tnc.org,
www.tnc.org |
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Northcoast
Environmental Center
879 9th Street, Arcata CA 95521,
707.822.6918
Fax 822.0827
nec@igc.org,
www.necandeconews.to |
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"The Northcoast
Environmental Center (NEC), created in February 1971, is one of the most
influential and certainly the oldest coalition: educating, agitating and
litigating on behalf of the environment in the Klamath~Siskiyou region of
northwestern California.
"The nonprofit umbrella group of a host of
citizen activist groups, the NEC has been at the forefront of every regional
environmental struggle for decades--from ancient redwoods, wild rivers and
recycling to toxics, energy and endangered species.
"Operating out of
its own building near the central square of Arcata, California, the NEC works
on diversifying the once near-monocultural timber economy, on grassroots
coalition-building with Native American, fishing and other groups and on
information and referral.
"As part of its information services the
center maintains an 9,000-volume library, publishes the nationally circulated
newsletter ECONEWS, produces a weekly radio show ("Econews Report") for the
local affilate of National Public Radio (KHSU-90.5 FM Stereo, Arcata
California) , trains activists, hosts an annual All-Species Parade and is open
six days a week (10 a.m. 'til 5:30 p.m.) for its 4,500 members scattered around
the country."
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Pacific Marine
Conservation Council
Jennifer Bloesser, staff scientist, Arcata
office,
707-822-4494. |
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"Dimishing Returns, the
Status of West Coast Rockfish." (See Voices of Humboldt County, 2/2000, p. 6,
Humboldt Watershed Council.)
Member, Pacific Ocean Conservation Network,
along with the Center for Marine Conservation, Environmental Defense Fund,
National Audubon Society, Natural Resources Defense Council.
Issues:
protect fisheries through a variety of means, including "Marine Protected
Areas."
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Piercy Watersheds
Association
P.O Box 44, Piercy, CA 95587,
707-247-3003 or
923-2931,
dbergin@asis.com |
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Restoration projects in
McCoy Creek, tributary to the South Fork of the Eel River.
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Redwood
Alliance
P.O Box 293 Arcata, CA 95518,
707-822-7884,
info@redwoodalliance.org,
www.redwoodalliance.org |
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The Redwood Alliance is a
community-based social and environmental organization whose main focus is
advocacy and education to promote safe and efficient energy use and
development.
Visit our demonstration of home solar-electric
systems.
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Redwood Community
Action Agency
904 G Street, Eureka, California 95501,
707.445.0884
fax /
nrs@rcaa.org,
www.rcaa.org |
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"Natural Resources
Services, a division of Redwood Community Action Agency, plans and implements a
wide range of projects with a common theme of integrating natural resources
stewardship with community well-being.
"Since 1982, we have designed
and implemented several hundred fisheries, riparian, and wetland restoration
projects in the north coast region, and provided a variety of resource analysis
and management services to private landowners, businesses, and public agencies.
Our restoration projects include those designed to mitigate for impacts of
development (shopping center hydropower project, pipeline construction, gravel
extraction) as well as ones designed for the direct purpose of improving
conditions for fish, wildlife and ecological restoration.
"We have an
increasing involvement with community planning, including community trail
development and construction; design of circulation systems which provide for
safe and pleasant designs for new development use by pedestrians and
bicyclists; landscaping with native plants; and research and analysis of site
stormwater runoff via surface drainage systems. In addition, we are involved in
long range projects with an eye toward opportunities to integrate protection of
environmental health with land use objectives, based on careful analysis of
existing and potential on-and-off site conditions. We are the only firm on the
north coast that has consulting as well as construction service capabilities in
this field. This capability has provided us with valuable insight into
cost-effective approaches to natural resource projects.
"Our natural
resources staff have over one hundred and fifty combined years experience,
covering all aspects of natural resource planning and restoration. Furthermore,
our reputation with regulatory agency staff has created an atmosphere of
cooperation and trust that is very valuable in securing permits and approvals
in a timely fashion."
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Salmon Forever
Jesse Noell, 707-839-7552, or Clark Fenton at
clarkstr@humboldt1.com.
See
article at
www.humboldt1.com/~clarkstr/salmon.htm |
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"Salmon Forever is a
non-profit organization whose goal is to conduct research on issues pertaining
to watersheds and salmon; to promote the importance of watershed health; and to
educate citizens so they can effectively participate in public decision-making
that affects the communities and watersheds in which they live. As part of this
effort, Salmon Forever has initiated two turbidity monitoring programs. The
first was the development of the "Watershed Watch" group, in which citizen
volunteers monitor water quality in streams by collecting "grab" or manual
samples (grab samples are usually collected by non-standard sampling devices
and methods). The second program was the establishment of a continuous
turbidity monitoring station on Freshwater Creek in conjunction with Redwood
Sciences Laboratory, US Forest Service, in Arcata."
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Save the
Redwoods
For information call (415) 731-7924 or (707) 877-3405.
www.elksoft.com/gwa/ |
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--Boycott the
Gap,
"Our corrupt and useless regulatory agencies, the California
Department of Forestry and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have given the
O.K. for the billionaire Fisher family of the Gap clothing stores to clearcut
the very last old growth redwoods in Greenwood Creek in Mendocino,
California."
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Stable Slopes
Forever
c/o P.O. Box 397, Garberville, CA 95542,
Contact Traci Bear
Thiele, Public Advocate for the Environment, 923-4426, or leave a message at
EPIC, 923-2931 |
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"We are a group of local
citizens, working to secure the stability and beauty of our Community. We are
doing this by monitoring and actively participating in past, current and future
timber harvesting plans on the beautiful, but historically unstable, slopes
facing the town of Redway, and it's surrounding watersheds. We are also
developing plans for acquisition of these lands to permanently protect these
sensitive slopes."
"Subjects for discussion: -- the status of current
logging plans on these slopes and our request for a two year moratorium for
negotiations. -- ongoing and future protection efforts. -- raising public
awareness, public participation, and fundraising efforts for acquisition. "This
area has old growth and endangered species habitat. It is in the hunting
grounds of a nearby falconry, and a heron rookery once there is strangely
missing. It is too unstable to log and we've had lots of pledges towards
acquisition."
"Please participate! We need your ideas, input, and
energy to get these efforts rolling towards our goal of permanent safety and
stability of the water quality values, economic values, wildlife habitat
values, and aesthetic values, in our community."
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Watershed
Watch
Box 3014, McKinleyville 95519,
(707) 839-7444, or Jesse
Noell, 839-7552 |
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"Watershed Watch is
identifying patterns of flooding to help determine the causes." Volunteers take
turbidity samples and stream velocity measurements during winter
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Willits Landowner
Group
c/o Erlyne Schmidbauer, Chairman,
19921 N. 101 Highway,
Willits, CA 95490,
schmidtba@pacific.net |
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The Willits Landowner
Group is a landowner stewardship group. The groups purpose is, through
cooperative self-help, to maintain, coordinate, and facilitate the efforts of
individual landowners who are interested in protecting, managing and improving
their land, their resources and the associated environment for the control of
potential sources of pollution, protection of surface and groundwater quality,
and the enhancement of aquatic species. The primary purpose is to be an
educational source to the landowner and to keep the group informed about the
legal responsibilities under various state and federal regulations, and to help
landowners implement the best management practices for their individual
properties.
"We now have about 30 committed landowners who have an idea
of what we hope to accomplish. We encourage participation from all residents of
this diverse watershed. The association consists of all agricultural
land-owners and participating registered managers wishing to participate, as
well as a representative from the City of Willits, a representative from Pine
Mountain proper, and one from Brooktrails subdivision.
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Membership:
Individual membership:
$13 -
$25/year
Organizational memberships:
$25 -100/year.
Every
membership includes a sub to the HOPE Coalition Newsletter. (Scholarships are
available.) |
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For
membership & other info, please contact
Mayer Segal.
The HOPE
Coalition - PO Box 385 Arcata, CA 95518 - hopecoalition@igc.org -
www.hopecoalition.org |
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