Vineyard Permitting in Sonoma County Protects Our Waterways
The North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board is currently working to draft a Waste Discharge permit for vineyard properties. The primary focus of this permit is to address the issue of sediment and nutrient runoff coming from some vineyard properties and entering our [...]
THIRTY YEARS OF PROGRESS
In 1993, the Russian River was deemed to be in peril. Thus began the birth of Russian Riverkeeper, the champion for a healthy river. The fundamental purpose of Russian Riverkeeper is to ensure that now and in the future Russian River is drinkable, swimmable, [...]
Arundo Removal Project Receives Matching Grant!
The State Coastal Conservancy Board of Directors voted recently to provide a $989,000 grant to Riverkeeper’s Arundo removal project! This grant will cover 70% of the project costs over the next 4 years to reduce fire danger and water loss from invasive Arundo donax. [...]
Remembering Paul Dolan
Paul Dolan: Industry Pioneer, Mentor, and Family Focused Photo courtesy of the Dolan family. Everyone at Russian Riverkeeper sends our deepest condolences to the family of Paul Dolan who passed on July 26th. Paul made a tremendous and positive impact on our [...]
Supreme Court Limits Protection for Wetlands
Last week the US Supreme Court issued a ruling in the Sackett vs EPA case that limited federal protections of wetlands. In a poorly reasoned majority option, the Court gutted a key provision of the Clean Water Act, which plays a critical role in [...]
Arundo Removal Updates!
Arundo Update- June 2023 Here’s the latest update on Riverkeeper’s ongoing Healdsburg Arundo Removal Project: Our crews and volunteer groups have been working hard on eight properties and have removed approximately four acres of invasive Giant Reed, Arundo donax, from various private parcels along [...]
RRK Challenges Sonoma County Well Ordinance
Russian Riverkeeper (RRK) and our state association, California Coastkeeper Alliance, recently filed a challenge to the Sonoma County Well Ordinance update. While the new ordinance started the conversation around what is needed, the final amendment is too vague and has not analyzed whether it [...]
Tips on Visiting the Russian River This Summer!
It’s going to be a great year on the river, get out and enjoy it! After a great rainy season, the Russian River is looking much better and more inviting than the slow, paltry flows of the drought years. We hope you are planning [...]
Earth Month Was a Great Success Thanks to You!
It’s been a great Earth Month this last April and at Russian Riverkeeper! We’ve been keeping busy to make the greatest impact we can to protect and restore our watershed from harm. Earth Month started in the 1970s as a movement to resist the [...]