FEATURE
Elk River Partners
The North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Water Board)
State Water Resources Control Board
Local residents
Science and Engineering Team
Northern Hydrology and Engineering
Stillwater Sciences
Dr. Jack Lewis
Salmon Forever
State Coastal Conservancy
Humboldt Redwood Company
Green Diamond Resource Company
State and Federal Fisheries agencies:
CA Department of Fish and Wildlife
National Marine Fisheries Service
Bureau of Land Management
Natural Resources Conservation Service
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Technical Advisors from Humboldt State University
Above: Example of the heavy sediment load in the Elk River. Below: Figure 1, Sediment load graph showing dramatic increase in timber harvest-related sediment during the Maxxam years.
People, fish, and other forms
of life that depend on the
Elk River are suffering the
ill effects of a severely degraded waterway.
Figure 1