Protecting Rock Creek Ranch from Wildfire

Watershed Stories from the Smith River Alliance Newsletter Protecting Rock Creek Ranch from Wildfire This past Fall, the Smith River Alliance implemented the first phase of a fuel reduction project at Rock Creek Ranch. The main purpose of the project is to restore a...

Congress Holds Hearing on Smith River Act

Watershed Stories from the Smith River Alliance Newsletter Congress Holds Hearing on Smith River Act Last month, the House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands held a hearing on the Smith River National Recreation Area...

Wildlife! Science! And a hike into the Trinity Alps!

Justin Garwood, a wildlife biologist and fervent believer in field science explains the benefits and importance of paying attention to nature in the May/June 2020 issue of Backpacker magazine. Read it here and then go outside!

Volunteer for the September 2019 Coastal Cleanup Day!

On September 21, 2019, join your community members and be part of the largest volunteer event in the USA.  This project is supported by the California Coastal Commission’s Whale Tail License Plate Program (with finding from the purchase of Whale Tail specialty...

Season’s End

In the last post flows were hovering around high and we were sneaking in surveys wherever we could as this year’s coho wrapped up their lifecycle. By the end of February we had finished up one last journey through the survey frame to finish out this year’s...