The push to remove two dams on Northern California’s Eel River, making it the longest free-flowing river in the state, has taken a step forward with a major agreement among clashing communities.

For more than a century, the Potter Valley Project has shaped the fate of two of Northern California’s most important rivers. The dam system reroutes water from the Eel River to the Russian ...

The body was reported to a Rio Dell Police Department unit, which called in the sheriff’s office around 1:55 p.m. on March 8.

In fact, the Eel River in northern California is so named due to the historical abundance of Pacific lamprey (Moyle 2002). The true story of the lamprey is even more interesting than you might imagine ...

Without the dams, the Eel would be the longest-free flowing river in California — a cherished goal for conservation groups, Indigenous tribes and Humboldt County, where the Eel drains into the ...

Garcia agreed, and brought the Jerry Garcia Band to French’s Camp on the Eel River in Piercy, California, a secluded spot three hours north of San Francisco. Garcia broke out Grateful Dead ...

The formerly large lamprey runs described as great "wriggling masses of lampreys" once characterizing streams such as northern California's Eel River have largely disappeared.

The early months of 2025 marked a milestone for stakeholders along the Eel River and Russian River watershed ... a feasibility study paid for by the California Department of Water Resources ...