REDWOOD NEEDLES Presented by the Sierra Club Redwood Chapter Newsletter, The REDWOOD NEEDLES Return to Article Menu Let's Go Rafting! Planned for Year 2000 Wild and Scenic Main Eel - Mid May. 4 days,approx. $400 Cache Creek Wilderness Run. Late June/early July, 2-3 days, approx. $200-$300 Lower Klamath River. July 23-29, 2 days Wilderness Exploration, 5 days River Rafting, $745 For more information contact Margaret Pennington, 829-2294, penningt@sonic.net   Eel River Update Friends of the Eel River's opening brief in their lawsuit to stop the Sonoma County Water Agency's faulty EIR for their Water Source and Transmission Project and the lock down of Eel River Water was filed on October 18, 1999 in Sonoma County Superior Court. The brief has been posted to the FOER website, www.eelriver.org. Check it out. "The 'Water Project'. . .challenged in this suit, would have two profound impacts. First it would dramatically increase existing diversions of water from the Russian River for consumptive uses throughout Sonoma and Northern Marin Counties, unleashing a tidal wave of urban growth throughout the region. Second, it would consume for urban growth the only surface water remaining in Sonoma County that could be used to replace the 181,000 acre-feet of water now diverted annually from the Eel River. . .Once this potential replacement water is committed to urban growth, restoration of the Eel River's natural flows and recovery of its fishery would be virtually impossible." The trial date will likely be set for some time in January 2000. Redwood Chapter and Sonoma Group have contributed funds to this important lawsuit. FOER needs additional financial support for the suit. Please contribute if you can. PO Box 2305, Redway, CA 95560 Phone: 707-923-2146 Fax: 707-923-1902   Return to Article Menu Last updated on 12/01/99 Comments or suggestions? Drop us a line at heyneedles@aol.com