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Paul Trichilo
Van Duzen Watershed Project
Director Paul Trichilo
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VAN DUZEN CITIZENS
MONITORING TRAINING
Oct. 15,2006

Van Duzen Citizens Monitor Training
Photo By Barbara A. Domanchuk

From left to right:
front row: Virginia Mullan, Paul Mullan, Dona Blakely, Dave Slyter
Middle Row: Clark Fenton, Dana Johnston, Jim Johnson, Cara Weare, Sal Steinberg,
Marge Lasky, Ken Jorgensen, Maria Jorgensen
Back Row: Pat Boyle, Paul Trichilo, Bill Weare, Randy Klein.
Not pictured: Jesse Noelle, Barry Stewart


Clark Fenton and Jesse Noell
Jesse Noell and Clark Fenton setting up the Turbidity Threshold Station at Cumminings Creek with the housing, the data logger, and the ISCO.

Jesse noell
Jesse Noell setting pipes for pressure transducer in Cummings Creek.


Jesse and Maria doing a discharge measurement


Eel River Estuary - Sniff Test
Eel River Estuary

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Eel River Estuary Clean Up
Estuary Clean up
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Lower Cummings Creek Fall
Lower Cummings Creek
Fall
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The Van Duzen River Watershed
Humboldt County, California


The river cascades through 70 miles of Coastal Mountains, from an elevation of 5,906 feet at the headwaters, to its confluence with the Eel River at an elevation of 62 feet.
The Van Duzen has been federally designated as a "Wild and Scenic River", but also has been listed as "sediment impaired" under section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act.

Van Duzen River

The Van Duzen River basin is the site of redwood parks, ranches, timberlands, and residential neighborhoods.

The Van Duzen Watershed Project

The Van Duzen Watershed Project area is called the "Lower Van Duzen River Basin", which is made up of 8 sub basins, although not every sub basin has a monitoring site, and some have more than one.

The Project Description and Monitoring Plan

Van Duzen Project Overview
by Sal Steinberg, Field Manager

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Quality Assurance Project Plan
for the Van Duzen Watershed Project


Toward a Working TMDL:
A Watershed Plan for
The Van Duzen River Basin
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The Annual Monitoring Report
October 2007



First Annual Community
Watershed Workshop Report - August 8, 2007

Have a question about the Van Duzen Watershed Project? Click here to fill out our question form.


Meetings and Events

THE PUBLIC IS INVITED

The Van Duzen Watershed Project will present its Third semi-annual Stakeholders Event - March 12th at the Rhoner Recreation Hall in the Fortuna Park from 6:30 – 8:30.

The community is invited to learn about this water quality monitoring project along 10 sites on the Van Duzen River. Speakers include Dr. Paul Trichilo, Project Director; Pat Higgins, Fisheries Biologist; and Sal Steinberg, Field Manager. Topics will include turbidity, suspended sediment, road densities, total maximum daily load (TMDL), and the Citizens’ Monitoring Group. For more information contact Sal Steinberg, 845-5828

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Salmon Watch on the Van Duzen River

Friends of the Van Duzen River and the Van Duzen Watershed Project will be sponsoring their annual Salmon Watch Night at the Cuddeback Elementary School in Carlotta on Wednesday, November 28th from 6:30-8:00.

We have invited Steve Cannata, California Fish and Game Biologist, to give a talk about the historic salmon runs in the Eel River estuary, and to lead a panel discussion. Sal Steinberg will share information about the Science in the Schools projects. Join the Salmon Watch Project for the Van Duzen River and help to count live fish and carcasses, and to map spawning grounds. All ages are welcome.

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Salmon Tales click here to read about salmon sightings and other tales.

If you have a Salmon Tale to tell,
click here to fill out our form


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our latest Salmon Observation Form


Court Upholds Listing of Coho Salmon
read article by Bingham McCutchen LLP

Photos from the meeting

Audience 1

Audience 2

Fish ID

Fish Counts

Steve Cannata, CA Dept. of Fish and Game


Stakeholder's Event
Click on the links below to see photos taken at the Stakeholder's Event


Cumming Creek - Ethan Bertz
Cummings Creek - Photo by Ethan Bertz

 

Please Consider Making a Donation:
Friends of the Van Duzen
PO Box 315
Carlotta, CA. 95528
(707) 845-5828
Thank You!

 

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Views of the River

Michael Guerriero
Michael Guerriero
Photo by Mona Krupski

It was a beautiful day, with blue sky and our goal was to paddle a pair of sea kayaks on this 12 mile reach to the Eel River, then the 3 miles of Fortuna. . . .

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