Redwood Reader

My circumstances have changed so I will be a little less Humboldt oriented for a while. In the meantime, we can see steady improvement in the issues we covered while realizing continued development means more problems everywhere.
Lets start with the North Coast Regional Water quality Control Board's decision on Freshwater and Elk River. Two things are clear: the Board has had its power reaffirmed by the courts to have the final say in loggingt plans, able to override the Habitat Conservation Plan; and PL is doing everything it can to come into compliiance with Zero Discharge, not Zero Net Discharge. This means they have to protect the floor/glomalin or they will cut sediemnt loose. I have explained this and they appear to gat it. IF there is no new discharges then we can go instream for dredging etc. Residents must know their homes, driveways and roads have their own problems although once built the landscapes grow back in. Still, 390 nhomes is a preety big impact.
The world carbon trading market is crashing at least in part because of incomplete science. This needs to be fixed or there won't be any way to get people to grow big trees and all the problems outlined in theis blog will continue to get worse.
Save the Redwoods League is continuing to work on its hiking trail aspects of the Redwoods to the Sae Corridor with continuing purchases and investigations into possible campgrounds in the area.
Salmon season opened Monday in the Northcoast area. THe weather is beautiful. Good luck out there! To gat an idea of life on a crab boat, Discoverys new show "The Deadliest Catch" about King crab fishing in Alaska gives a great picture.
A new report about slackening trade winds, a necessary phenomenon to recirculate ocean nutrients into the higher parts of the water column. may affect fisheries all along the coast. The State of California is trying to get a handle on exploding marine mammal populations taking over docks and eating everything that swims. Fishermen have been complaining for years but it appears the situation has grown critical.
THis leads us into the Klamath situation, which will probably be alright this year due to heavy precipitation. Again, the NCRWQCB has insituted a TMDL regime for this river and it should show improvement below the dams. Dam removal on the California side would expand spawning territory. I don't think the Oregon dams are part of the relicensing and so will stay for now. OUR little model in the Mattole is ready for expansion.
I read about a pikeminnow bounty in Oregon. Looks like a great idea for the Eel. Articles 1-199 are being prepared for printing. We will post more info as it comes in.