Earth Day Clean-Up a Huge Success!

Watershed Stories from the Smith River Alliance Newsletter Earth Day Clean-Up a Huge Success! The Smith River Alliance organized one of the it’s most successful coastal cleanups to date! SRA staff were joined by community volunteers, students from the Del Norte High...

Elk Creek Watershed – A Coastal Gem

Watershed Stories from the Smith River Alliance Newsletter Elk Creek Watershed – A Coastal Gem Smith River Alliance is pleased to share the Elk Creek Restoration Feasibility Study Final Report with you! The Elk Creek watershed is a small (4,735 acres) coastal...

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...

Middle Fork Smith Asphalt Tar Spill Reaches Jed Smith State Park

The black asphalt continues to escape the booms at the Highway 199 crash site and actively flowing down the steep slope into the river in the midday sun. While the flow is very slow, it continues to drip material into the river.  Asphalt tar pieces are seen on the...