A Wealth of Resources

If you want to dig deep into the issues, you've come to the right place.

Classes, Workshops, & Seminars

Check out these listings to find out what you can learn along with when and where.

Educational Resources

This section is primarily for educators looking to develop new courses or augment existing courses with visual aids and outer resources.

Find out about gravel mining in the Russian River and how it directly affects water quality, water flows, property loss through bank collapse, loss of Chinook Salmon spawning habitats, aesthetics, and your quality of life.

History

The Russian River watershed has a rich and illustrious history. If you're looking for vintage maps, photos, drawings, illustrations, articles, and the like, this section is for you.

Laws & Regulations

This section provides links to the texts of existing laws and regulations that affect our watershed, our water sources, our water rights, etc. It is intended for those wishing to know the letter of the law.

Litigation

This section lists water-related litigation, both past and currently open cases. The listings focus on our activities in the Russian River watershed, but include pertinent cases at the state, regional, national, and international level.

Legislators

Links to city, county, and state governmental officials.

Media

Contains links to existing media (photos, videos, podcasts, etc.) as well as to publishers (newspapers, bloggers, RSS feeds).

Organizations

There are many organizations in the Russian River watershed that are directly involved in the protection, preservation, restoration, and use of our watershed. Some are focused on a particular creek or section of the river. Others are focused on a city or region. Some national and international organizations are also listed.

Quotations & Stories

Listed here are sources for water-related quotations and well as oral histories from our local residents of the watershed.

Science

This section is for scientists, chemists, horticulturalists, and others who want to research existing papers, studies, and white papers on water-related topics and also keep up-to-date on current studies.

Water Agencies

This section lists water agencies, both local & state, along with names, titles, and contact information.

Water Allocation

Links to issues regarding competition for Russian River water. Studies showing uses by agriculture, businesses, cities, citizens. Figures showing how much water is imported and/or exported in/out of Mendocino, Sonoma, and Northern Marin counties, etc.