The Del Norte County Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday to support the Smith River National Recreation Expansion Act. “The Smith River is a primary water supply for our communities and it’s also a world class attraction and centerpiece to our travel and...
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!
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...
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...
Standing under the Jeep hatch to stay out of the rain I pull on my waders and strap on my boots. Both were shiny and new at the beginning of the season and both now hover on the edge of ruin. The inside of my waders are covered in Aquaseal patches and the felt on my...
A remnant old growth tree in the upper West Branch of Mill Creek Here we are, sitting on the tail end of almost two weeks of mostly sunshine, and two whole weeks of slowly dropping flows. Before this, we had constantly fluctuating flows followed by almost four days in...