Jann Dorman Jann Dorman

Looking to the Future, 2025

We have welcomed the New Year, and we want to express our deepest gratitude for your support. Thanks to your generosity and commitment to rivers, we have achieved our 2024 budget target. Your support in 2024 funded a year of impact and important wins. With your help we were able to…

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The Friends of the River Team The Friends of the River Team

Does Gavin Newsom Know What He’s Talking About RE Water Infrastructure?

Governor Newsom recently made a pit stop on his California Jobs First press tour, where he touted the proposed Sites Reservoir and Delta Tunnel projects. During the conference, Newsom made questionable statements, both factually and culturally. Some of his statements even contradicted his own policies. Inside is a list of questions for Governor Newsom, to better understand the his positions—and the facts.

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Greg Reis Greg Reis

River Favorites: Devil’s Gulch Creek

Devil’s Gulch Creek, in Samuel P. Taylor State Park, is a tributary of Lagunitas Creek, which flows into Tomales Bay from the wild north slopes of Mount Tamalpais. Lagunitas Creek hosts the largest remaining Coho salmon run in Central California. Devil’s Gulch is the most intimate place to see the Coho spawning…

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The Friends of the River Team The Friends of the River Team

Remembering Bill Kier, 89, Water Policy Legend

One of California’s most knowledgeable and colorful water warriors, Bill Kier, passed away on November 14, 2024. He was 89. Bill spent his entire career working to conserve and protect the state’s endangered native fish and wildlife species from unsustainable water uses and other threats, starting in the late 1950s as a biologist at the California Department of Fish and Game, where he helped developed instream flow assessment methods and eventually became chief of the water projects branch…

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