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wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /> <span class="fa overlay-icon"></span> </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <p>After days of steady rain          Photos courtesy of Jeanne Jackson</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://gualalariver.org/tour/sightings/feb-7-2025-gualala-river-mouth-is-wide-open/">Read More »</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </article> <article class="item-list"> <h2 class="post-box-title"><a href="https://gualalariver.org/news/water-water-everywhere/" rel="bookmark">WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE . . .</a></h2> <p class="post-meta"> <span class="tie-date"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i>December 3, 2024</span> </p> <div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://gualalariver.org/news/water-water-everywhere/" rel="bookmark"> <img width="310" height="165" src="https://gualalariver.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/November-22-2024-the-mouth-of-the-Gualala-opens-while-thousands-of-gulls-ride-out-the-atmospheric-river-on-the-bar-310x165.jpg" class="attachment-tie-medium size-tie-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /> <span class="fa overlay-icon"></span> </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <p>Introduction to Friends of Gualala River’s Annual Newsletter 2024 November 22nd, 2024. The mouth of the Gualala River opens while thousands of gulls ride out the atmospheric river on the bar. Photographer Laura Baker Winter arrived November 20th with an atmospheric river that swept over the coast, bringing record rainfalls to the Mendonoma area. Overnight, the airborne river fell across …</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://gualalariver.org/news/water-water-everywhere/">Read More »</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </article> <article class="item-list"> <h2 class="post-box-title"><a href="https://gualalariver.org/news/note-from-the-president/" rel="bookmark">Note from the President</a></h2> <p class="post-meta"> <span class="tie-date"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i>December 3, 2024</span> </p> <div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://gualalariver.org/news/note-from-the-president/" rel="bookmark"> <img width="310" height="165" src="https://gualalariver.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024-11-15-GR-estuary-Jeanne-Jackson-310x165.jpg" class="attachment-tie-medium size-tie-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /> <span class="fa overlay-icon"></span> </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <p>FoGR Newsletter, December, 2024 As I sit down to write this year’s newsletter, I find myself reflecting on the essence of our organization and our collective impact on the Gualala River watershed. It’s a complex and ever-evolving landscape, requiring our constant attention and dedication. Gualala River lagoon after the rain, Nov. 15, 2024, photo by Jeanne Jackson How can we …</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://gualalariver.org/news/note-from-the-president/">Read More »</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </article> <article class="item-list"> <h2 class="post-box-title"><a href="https://gualalariver.org/news/meet-our-new-conservation-analyst/" rel="bookmark">Meet Our New Conservation Analyst</a></h2> <p class="post-meta"> <span class="tie-date"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i>December 3, 2024</span> </p> <div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://gualalariver.org/news/meet-our-new-conservation-analyst/" rel="bookmark"> <img width="310" height="165" src="https://gualalariver.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Dylan-Freebairn-Smith-receiving-his-degree-in-Environmental-Studies-in-2024-310x165.jpg" class="attachment-tie-medium size-tie-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /> <span class="fa overlay-icon"></span> </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <p>Dylan Freebairn-Smith receives his B.A in Environmental Sciences from UC Santa Barbara, 2024. Photo by UCSB. My name is Dylan Freebairn-Smith, and I am FoGR’s new Conservation Analyst. I grew up in Gualala, spending my first 18 years exploring our magnificent Southern Mendocino Coast. In June of 2024, I graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara, with a degree …</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://gualalariver.org/news/meet-our-new-conservation-analyst/">Read More »</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </article> <article class="item-list"> <h2 class="post-box-title"><a href="https://gualalariver.org/news/how-excess-sediment-is-being-addressed-in-the-gualala-river-the-tmdl-program/" rel="bookmark">How excess sediment is being addressed in the Gualala River: the TMDL program</a></h2> <p class="post-meta"> <span class="tie-date"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i>December 3, 2024</span> </p> <div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://gualalariver.org/news/how-excess-sediment-is-being-addressed-in-the-gualala-river-the-tmdl-program/" rel="bookmark"> <img width="310" height="165" src="https://gualalariver.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Sediment-from-the-remains-of-a-timber-companys-summer-crossing-shedding-into-the-North-Fork-during-winter-flows-310x165.jpg" class="attachment-tie-medium size-tie-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /> <span class="fa overlay-icon"></span> </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <p>by Dylan Freebairn-Smith, Conservation Analyst One of the first projects that Dylan has tackled is analyzing the TMDL program for the Gualala. Summary The Gualala River has been listed as impaired under the federal Clean Water Act due to elevated sediment levels since 1993 and has exceeded the Environmental Protection Agency’s Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) of sediment since 2001. …</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://gualalariver.org/news/how-excess-sediment-is-being-addressed-in-the-gualala-river-the-tmdl-program/">Read More »</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </article> <article class="item-list"> <h2 class="post-box-title"><a href="https://gualalariver.org/news/how-local-citizens-play-a-role-in-monitoring-our-river-water/" rel="bookmark">How Local Citizens Play A Role in Monitoring Our River Water</a></h2> <p class="post-meta"> <span class="tie-date"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i>December 3, 2024</span> </p> <div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://gualalariver.org/news/how-local-citizens-play-a-role-in-monitoring-our-river-water/" rel="bookmark"> <img width="310" height="165" src="https://gualalariver.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Stream-Team-volunteers-run-water-chemistry-tests-on-river-water-at-Gualala-Point-Regional-Park-310x165.jpg" class="attachment-tie-medium size-tie-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /> <span class="fa overlay-icon"></span> </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <p>by Laura Baker, Board Member Three years ago the non-profit, The Stream Team, landed a Whale Tail grant from the State Coastal Conservancy, to monitor water quality in the Gualala estuary. Friends of Gualala River and the Redwood Coast Land Conservancy have partnered with The Stream Team to teach local citizens how to collect and test water from 4 different …</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://gualalariver.org/news/how-local-citizens-play-a-role-in-monitoring-our-river-water/">Read More »</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </article> <article class="item-list"> <h2 class="post-box-title"><a href="https://gualalariver.org/news/whats-in-our-stormwater/" rel="bookmark">What’s In Our Stormwater?</a></h2> <p class="post-meta"> <span class="tie-date"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i>December 3, 2024</span> </p> <div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://gualalariver.org/news/whats-in-our-stormwater/" rel="bookmark"> <img width="310" height="165" src="https://gualalariver.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Timmarie-Hamill-of-The-Stream-Team-collecting-stormwater-from-a-downtown-Gualala-drain2-310x165.jpg" class="attachment-tie-medium size-tie-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /> <span class="fa overlay-icon"></span> </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <p>by Laura Baker, Board Member In 2021 FoGR learned of a chemical found in tire grit that pollutes stormwater and kills a number of different aquatic species. It is especially toxic to coho salmon— 40 parts per billion in a quart of stormwater kills juvenile coho. Information has been pouring out of the State of Washington where the effects of …</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://gualalariver.org/news/whats-in-our-stormwater/">Read More »</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </article> <article class="item-list"> <h2 class="post-box-title"><a href="https://gualalariver.org/news/2024-report-from-fogrs-treasurer/" rel="bookmark">2024 Report from FoGR’s Treasurer</a></h2> <p class="post-meta"> <span class="tie-date"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i>December 3, 2024</span> </p> <div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://gualalariver.org/news/2024-report-from-fogrs-treasurer/" rel="bookmark"> <img width="310" height="165" src="https://gualalariver.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/2023-02-26-Gualala-River-finds-its-way-to-the-sea-310x165.jpg" class="attachment-tie-medium size-tie-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /> <span class="fa overlay-icon"></span> </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <p>By Jeanne Jackson, Treasurer We Would Love to Have Your Support For nearly 30 years FoGR has relied solely on the hard work of volunteers who donated their time for the day-to-day operation of our organization. As mentioned above, we’ve now hired a part-time staff person to carry out the work of the TMDL program, among other projects. That program …</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://gualalariver.org/news/2024-report-from-fogrs-treasurer/">Read More »</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </article> <article class="item-list"> <h2 class="post-box-title"><a href="https://gualalariver.org/tour/sightings/estuary-mouth-wide-open-as-atmospheric-river-pours-down-rain-nov-21-2024/" rel="bookmark">Estuary mouth wide open as atmospheric river pours down rain – Nov. 21, 2024</a></h2> <p class="post-meta"> <span class="tie-date"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i>November 22, 2024</span> </p> <div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://gualalariver.org/tour/sightings/estuary-mouth-wide-open-as-atmospheric-river-pours-down-rain-nov-21-2024/" rel="bookmark"> <img width="310" height="165" src="https://gualalariver.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024-11-21-GR-estuary-Thomas-Wolbarst-310x165.jpg" class="attachment-tie-medium size-tie-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /> <span class="fa overlay-icon"></span> </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <p>Gualala River mouth after atmospheric river pours down rain for 36 hours, Nov. 21, 2024, photo by Thomas Wolbarst, used with permission. Note: When the river mouth is closed by the sandbar, the lower part of the river is called a lagoon. When the mouth is open to the ocean, it is called an estuary.</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://gualalariver.org/tour/sightings/estuary-mouth-wide-open-as-atmospheric-river-pours-down-rain-nov-21-2024/">Read More »</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </article> <article class="item-list"> <h2 class="post-box-title"><a href="https://gualalariver.org/tour/sightings/estuary-full-after-the-rain-nov-15-2024/" rel="bookmark">Lagoon full after the rain – Nov. 15, 2024</a></h2> <p class="post-meta"> <span class="tie-date"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i>November 16, 2024</span> </p> <div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://gualalariver.org/tour/sightings/estuary-full-after-the-rain-nov-15-2024/" rel="bookmark"> <img width="310" height="165" src="https://gualalariver.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024-11-15-GR-estuary-Jeanne-Jackson-310x165.jpg" class="attachment-tie-medium size-tie-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /> <span class="fa overlay-icon"></span> </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <p>Gualala River lagoon after the rain, Nov. 15, 2024, photo by Jeanne Jackson, used with permission. Note: When the river mouth is closed by the sandbar, the lower part of the river is called a lagoon. When the mouth is open to the ocean, it is called an estuary.</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://gualalariver.org/tour/sightings/estuary-full-after-the-rain-nov-15-2024/">Read More »</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </article> <article class="item-list"> <h2 class="post-box-title"><a href="https://gualalariver.org/tour/sightings/buck-swimming-in-gualala-river-lagoon/" rel="bookmark">Buck Swimming in Gualala River lagoon</a></h2> <p class="post-meta"> <span class="tie-date"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i>October 22, 2024</span> </p> <div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://gualalariver.org/tour/sightings/buck-swimming-in-gualala-river-lagoon/" rel="bookmark"> <img width="310" height="165" src="https://gualalariver.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Buck_swimming_in_Gualala_River_lagoon-310x165.jpg" class="attachment-tie-medium size-tie-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /> <span class="fa overlay-icon"></span> </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <p>Video by David Lichtman, October, 2024, used with permission</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://gualalariver.org/tour/sightings/buck-swimming-in-gualala-river-lagoon/">Read More »</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </article> <article class="item-list"> <h2 class="post-box-title"><a href="https://gualalariver.org/news/silva-ranch-protected-by-conservation-easement/" rel="bookmark">Silva Ranch protected by Conservation Easement</a></h2> <p class="post-meta"> <span class="tie-date"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i>October 5, 2024</span> </p> <div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://gualalariver.org/news/silva-ranch-protected-by-conservation-easement/" rel="bookmark"> <img width="310" height="165" src="https://gualalariver.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Credit-Jason-Hartwick-Western-Rivers-Conservancy-6-310x165.jpg" class="attachment-tie-medium size-tie-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /> <span class="fa overlay-icon"></span> </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <p>Western Rivers Conservancy and the California Rangeland Trust successfully protected a critical stretch of the Wheatfield Fork Gualala River and a series of cold-water salmon and steelhead streams in Sonoma County, at the heart of wine country. The partners accomplished this by placing a conservation easement over the 4,440-acre Silva Ranch, an extraordinary California Coast Range property that contains a …</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://gualalariver.org/news/silva-ranch-protected-by-conservation-easement/">Read More »</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </article> <article class="item-list"> <h2 class="post-box-title"><a href="https://gualalariver.org/news/copper-top-logging-plan-on-old-stage-rd/" rel="bookmark">Copper Top logging plan on Old Stage Rd. Approved</a></h2> <p class="post-meta"> <span class="tie-date"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i>October 2, 2024</span> </p> <div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://gualalariver.org/news/copper-top-logging-plan-on-old-stage-rd/" rel="bookmark"> <img width="310" height="165" src="https://gualalariver.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/20240717_1-24-00103-MEN_Sec5_Copper-Top-p93-map-310x165.jpg" class="attachment-tie-medium size-tie-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /> <span class="fa overlay-icon"></span> </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <p>The Copper Top timber harvest plan (THP 1-24-00103-MEN) was filed by Gualala Redwood Timber (GRT) on July 17, 2024. The plan calls for logging redwood and Douglas fir trees in 163 acres adjacent to Old Stage Road, just north of the Gualala Arts Center. Agency review team, chaired by CalFire, recommended plan approval on September 5, 2024. Public comment period …</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://gualalariver.org/news/copper-top-logging-plan-on-old-stage-rd/">Read More »</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </article> <article class="item-list"> <h2 class="post-box-title"><a href="https://gualalariver.org/tour/sightings/yellow-legged-frog-in-the-gualala-river/" rel="bookmark">Yellow-legged Frog in the Gualala River</a></h2> <p class="post-meta"> <span class="tie-date"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i>September 24, 2024</span> </p> <div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://gualalariver.org/tour/sightings/yellow-legged-frog-in-the-gualala-river/" rel="bookmark"> <img width="310" height="165" src="https://gualalariver.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Yellow-legged-Frog-in-the-Gualala-River-by-Amy-Ruegg-310x165.jpg" class="attachment-tie-medium size-tie-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /> <span class="fa overlay-icon"></span> </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <p>Yellow-legged Frog in the Gualala River, photo by Amy Ruegg “Down by the Gualala River near the Hot Spot, we enjoyed seeing a variety of small aquatic creatures like water beetles, tiny fish, and a foothill yellow-legged frog! It was just a small one in the water blending in perfectly with the rocks. No more than an inch or so …</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://gualalariver.org/tour/sightings/yellow-legged-frog-in-the-gualala-river/">Read More »</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </article> <article class="item-list"> <h2 class="post-box-title"><a href="https://gualalariver.org/tour/sightings/a-look-at-the-beautiful-and-full-gualala-river-lagoon-as-photographed-by-anthony-cuesta/" rel="bookmark">A look at the beautiful and full Gualala River Lagoon, as photographed by Anthony Cuesta</a></h2> <p class="post-meta"> <span class="tie-date"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i>July 1, 2024</span> </p> <div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://gualalariver.org/tour/sightings/a-look-at-the-beautiful-and-full-gualala-river-lagoon-as-photographed-by-anthony-cuesta/" rel="bookmark"> <img width="310" height="165" src="https://gualalariver.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024-06-14-The_full_Gualala_River_by_Anthony_Cuesta-310x165.jpg" class="attachment-tie-medium size-tie-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /> <span class="fa overlay-icon"></span> </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <p>Gualala River Lagoon, June, 2024, photograph by Anthony Cuesta, reprinted with permission “When the sandbar stops much of the river water from entering the Pacific Ocean, the mouth of the river floods beautifully into its natural floodplain. Anthony Cuesta photographed the Gualala River from Gualala Point Regional Park, showing Mill Bend. You can see a portion of the Gualala River …</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://gualalariver.org/tour/sightings/a-look-at-the-beautiful-and-full-gualala-river-lagoon-as-photographed-by-anthony-cuesta/">Read More »</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </article> <article class="item-list"> <h2 class="post-box-title"><a href="https://gualalariver.org/tour/sightings/a-walk-along-the-wheatfield-fork/" rel="bookmark">A Walk along the Wheatfield Fork</a></h2> <p class="post-meta"> <span class="tie-date"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i>June 13, 2024</span> </p> <div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://gualalariver.org/tour/sightings/a-walk-along-the-wheatfield-fork/" rel="bookmark"> <img width="310" height="165" src="https://gualalariver.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Cardinal-Catchfly-Flowers-Wheatfield-Fork-310x165.jpg" class="attachment-tie-medium size-tie-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /> <span class="fa overlay-icon"></span> </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <p>June 9, 2024 by a Friend of the Gualala River We walked the Wheatfield Fork of the Gualala River under the second twin bridge off Annapolis Road. What a beautiful and peaceful walk! We couldn’t photograph any birds as they were mostly in the canopy and quickly catching insects. However, we saw and heard the following: Black-headed grosbeak, red-breasted sapsucker, …</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://gualalariver.org/tour/sightings/a-walk-along-the-wheatfield-fork/">Read More »</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </article> <article class="item-list"> <h2 class="post-box-title"><a href="https://gualalariver.org/tour/sightings/river-mouth-closed-today/" rel="bookmark">River Mouth Closed Today</a></h2> <p class="post-meta"> <span class="tie-date"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i>June 6, 2024</span> </p> <div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://gualalariver.org/tour/sightings/river-mouth-closed-today/" rel="bookmark"> <img width="310" height="165" src="https://gualalariver.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/The-Gualala-River-closed-6.6.24-by-Efi-Benjamin-of-River-Bend-Kayak-310x165.jpg" class="attachment-tie-medium size-tie-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /> <span class="fa overlay-icon"></span> </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <p>Mouth of the Gualala River on June 6, 2024; photo courtesy of Efi Benjamin, River Bend Kayaks</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://gualalariver.org/tour/sightings/river-mouth-closed-today/">Read More »</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </article> <article class="item-list"> <h2 class="post-box-title"><a href="https://gualalariver.org/river/estuary-lagoon/permit-issued-to-replace-failed-retaining-wall-behind-surf-market/" rel="bookmark">Permit issued to replace failed retaining wall behind Surf Market</a></h2> <p class="post-meta"> <span class="tie-date"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i>May 23, 2024</span> </p> <div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://gualalariver.org/river/estuary-lagoon/permit-issued-to-replace-failed-retaining-wall-behind-surf-market/" rel="bookmark"> <img width="310" height="165" src="https://gualalariver.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/SurfMarketSlideIMG_6553-310x165.jpeg" class="attachment-tie-medium size-tie-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /> <span class="fa overlay-icon"></span> </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <p>On May 16, 2024, the California Coastal Commission issued a permit to Bower Limited Partnership for replacement of the failed retaining wall behind the Surf Market and directly above the Gualala River estuary. The Surf Market building was built too close to the bluff edge in 1983, in violation of coastal development permit CDP No. NCR-80-P-75, which is why the …</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://gualalariver.org/river/estuary-lagoon/permit-issued-to-replace-failed-retaining-wall-behind-surf-market/">Read More »</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </article> <article class="item-list"> <h2 class="post-box-title"><a href="https://gualalariver.org/tour/sightings/gualala-river-mouth-is-open-just-barely/" rel="bookmark">Gualala River mouth is open – just barely</a></h2> <p class="post-meta"> <span class="tie-date"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i>May 21, 2024</span> </p> <div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://gualalariver.org/tour/sightings/gualala-river-mouth-is-open-just-barely/" rel="bookmark"> <img width="310" height="165" src="https://gualalariver.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-05-20-Gualala-River-mouth-310x165.jpg" class="attachment-tie-medium size-tie-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /> <span class="fa overlay-icon"></span> </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <p>Mouth of the Gualala River on May 20, 2024; photo courtesy of Bob Rutemoeller</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://gualalariver.org/tour/sightings/gualala-river-mouth-is-open-just-barely/">Read More »</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </article> <article class="item-list"> <h2 class="post-box-title"><a href="https://gualalariver.org/news/streamteam/saturday-may-18-gualala-river-stream-team-water-quality-monitoring-event/" rel="bookmark">Saturday, May 18: Gualala River Stream Team Water Quality Monitoring Event</a></h2> <p class="post-meta"> <span class="tie-date"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i>May 7, 2024</span> </p> <div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://gualalariver.org/news/streamteam/saturday-may-18-gualala-river-stream-team-water-quality-monitoring-event/" rel="bookmark"> <img width="310" height="165" src="https://gualalariver.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-05-Gualala-River-Stream-Team-top-310x165.jpg" class="attachment-tie-medium size-tie-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /> <span class="fa overlay-icon"></span> </a> </div> <div class="entry"> <p>The Gualala River Stream Team will be kicking off the 3rd monitoring season tracking water quality conditions in the Gualala River and I hope you will join us! When: May 18, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. sharp! to 11:00 a.m. Where: Mill Bend, 46902 Old State Highway, Gualala, CA – turn right onto the gravel road 400 feet from Highway 1 (Running late? Meet …</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://gualalariver.org/news/streamteam/saturday-may-18-gualala-river-stream-team-water-quality-monitoring-event/">Read More »</a> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </article> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </section> <div class="recent-box-pagination"> <div class="pagination"> <span class="pages">Page 1 of 39</span><span class="current">1</span><a href="https://gualalariver.org/page/2/" class="page" title="2">2</a><a href="https://gualalariver.org/page/3/" class="page" title="3">3</a><a href="https://gualalariver.org/page/4/" class="page" title="4">4</a><a href="https://gualalariver.org/page/5/" class="page" title="5">5</a><a href="https://gualalariver.org/page/2/" >»</a><a href="https://gualalariver.org/page/10/" class="page" title="10">10</a><a href="https://gualalariver.org/page/20/" class="page" title="20">20</a><a href="https://gualalariver.org/page/30/" class="page" title="30">30</a><span class="extend">...</span><a href="https://gualalariver.org/page/39/" class="last" title="Last »">Last »</a> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <section class="cat-box column2 tie-cat-56 "> <div class="cat-box-title"> <h2><a href="https://gualalariver.org/category/forestry/floodplain-logging/">Floodplain Logging</a></h2> <div class="stripe-line"></div> </div> <div class="cat-box-content"> <ul> <li class="first-news"> <div class="inner-content"> <div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://gualalariver.org/news/press/wont-back-down-friends-of-gualala-river-continue-protection-efforts/" rel="bookmark"> <img width="310" height="165" src="https://gualalariver.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/2021-FoGR-Board-members-310x165.jpg" class="attachment-tie-medium size-tie-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /> <span class="fa overlay-icon"></span> </a> </div> <h2 class="post-box-title"><a href="https://gualalariver.org/news/press/wont-back-down-friends-of-gualala-river-continue-protection-efforts/" rel="bookmark">Won’t back down – Friends of Gualala River continue protection efforts</a></h2> <p class="post-meta"> <span class="tie-date"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i>July 15, 2021</span> </p> <div class="entry"> <p>by Tempra BoardThe Sea Ranch Soundings • Summer 2021 © copyright 2021, The Sea Ranch Associationreprinted with permission Friends of Gualala River (FoGR), our area’s grassroots watershed protection non-profit, continues its hard work defending the Gualala River from the threat of floodplain logging. On May 20, FoGR filed a motion for …</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://gualalariver.org/news/press/wont-back-down-friends-of-gualala-river-continue-protection-efforts/">Read More »</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="other-news"> <div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://gualalariver.org/forestry/floodplain-logging/protecting-endangered-speciesthe-case-for-a-preliminary-injunction/" rel="bookmark"><img width="110" height="75" src="https://gualalariver.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/DellaSala-Exhibit-5A-Large-Trees-in-Dogwood-Unit-1-110x75.jpg" class="attachment-tie-small size-tie-small wp-post-image" alt="DellaSala-Exhibit-5A-Large-Trees-in-Dogwood-Unit-1" decoding="async" /><span class="fa overlay-icon"></span></a> </div> <h3 class="post-box-title"><a href="https://gualalariver.org/forestry/floodplain-logging/protecting-endangered-speciesthe-case-for-a-preliminary-injunction/" rel="bookmark">Protecting Endangered Species:<br />The Case for a Preliminary Injunction</a></h3> <p class="post-meta"> <span class="tie-date"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i>May 24, 2021</span> </p> </li> <li class="other-news"> <div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://gualalariver.org/news/press/gualala-river-logging-project-clears-hurdle-in-state-court-as-federal-case-ramps-up/" rel="bookmark"><img width="110" height="75" src="https://gualalariver.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Northern-Spotted-Owl-chick-by-Ron-LeValleyjpg-110x75.jpg" class="attachment-tie-small size-tie-small wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /><span class="fa overlay-icon"></span></a> </div> <h3 class="post-box-title"><a href="https://gualalariver.org/news/press/gualala-river-logging-project-clears-hurdle-in-state-court-as-federal-case-ramps-up/" rel="bookmark">Gualala River logging project clears hurdle in state court as federal case ramps up</a></h3> <p class="post-meta"> <span class="tie-date"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i>March 29, 2021</span> </p> </li> </ul> </div> </section>  <section class="cat-box column2 tie-cat-55 last-column"> <div class="cat-box-title"> <h2><a href="https://gualalariver.org/category/vineyards/preservation-ranch/">Preservation Ranch</a></h2> <div class="stripe-line"></div> </div> <div class="cat-box-content"> <ul> <li class="first-news"> <div class="inner-content"> <div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://gualalariver.org/forestry/under-california-cap-and-trade-program-north-coast-forests-turn-carbon-uptake-into-cash/" rel="bookmark"> <img width="272" height="125" src="https://gualalariver.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Looking-East-on-Preservation-Ranch_TCF-272x125.jpg" class="attachment-tie-medium size-tie-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /> <span class="fa overlay-icon"></span> </a> </div> <h2 class="post-box-title"><a href="https://gualalariver.org/forestry/under-california-cap-and-trade-program-north-coast-forests-turn-carbon-uptake-into-cash/" rel="bookmark">Under California cap-and-trade program, North Coast forests turn carbon uptake into cash</a></h2> <p class="post-meta"> <span class="tie-date"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i>January 3, 2016</span> </p> <div class="entry"> <p> by Guy Kovner, The Press Democrat, January 3, 2016 [excerpt:] They say money doesn’t grow on trees, but a nearly 75,000-acre swath of redwood and fir forests blanketing the wildlands of Sonoma and Mendocino counties is generating millions of dollars as it contributes to California’s ambitious campaign to curb greenhouse …</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://gualalariver.org/forestry/under-california-cap-and-trade-program-north-coast-forests-turn-carbon-uptake-into-cash/">Read More »</a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="other-news"> <h3 class="post-box-title"><a href="https://gualalariver.org/vineyards/preservation-ranch-saved-in-record-deal-sfchron/" rel="bookmark">Preservation Ranch saved in record deal – June, 2013, San Francisco Chronicle</a></h3> <p class="post-meta"> <span class="tie-date"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i>June 14, 2013</span> </p> </li> <li class="other-news"> <div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://gualalariver.org/vineyards/sonoma-deal-aims-to-combine-logging-and-preservation-kqed/" rel="bookmark"><img width="55" height="55" src="https://gualalariver.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/CoastalRedwoodForest-55x55.jpg" class="attachment-tie-small size-tie-small wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://gualalariver.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/CoastalRedwoodForest-55x55.jpg 55w, https://gualalariver.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/CoastalRedwoodForest-150x150.jpg 150w" sizes="(max-width: 55px) 100vw, 55px" /><span class="fa overlay-icon"></span></a> </div> <h3 class="post-box-title"><a href="https://gualalariver.org/vineyards/sonoma-deal-aims-to-combine-logging-and-preservation-kqed/" rel="bookmark">Sonoma Deal Aims to Combine Logging and Preservation</a></h3> <p class="post-meta"> <span class="tie-date"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i>June 4, 2013</span> </p> </li> <li 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