The Delta Tunnel The Tunnel benefits big agriculture corporations, not the people of California. The Tunnel will speed up damage to northern California rivers and the Delta. The Tunnel is not needed to capture flood waters. The Tunnel has been designed without proper planning for climate change. The Tunnel is a multibillion-dollar boondoggle. The Draft […]
Our Story: 40+ Years of Friends Saving Rivers Foundational Years: 1973-79 1973: Jerry Meral, Rob Caughlan, David Oke, and David Kay came together as Friends of the River to protect the Stanislaus River from the New Melones Dam and Reservoir. Friends of the River (FOR) became an organization that gathered signatures to place an initiative on the statewide ballot to […]
Sign Up HERE to Receive Our E-Newsletter – River Advocate In this issue: FOR 50th Anniversary Currents: Victories and Threats Newsom Executive Order a Water Grab Smith River Wild and Scenic Action Three bills threaten CA Rivers FOR litigation to Supreme Court? Del Puerto Canyon Dam Stumbles Sites Dam Water Availability Isabella Dam on the […]
Sign Up HERE to Receive Our E-Newsletter – River Advocate In this issue: Reflections and Directions for 2023 Currents: Victories and Threats Wild & Scenic River Proposals in Congress Flooding – A Sacramento Valley Perspective Flooding – A Wider Perspective Cosumnes River Makes National News Reflections on Living in a Flat Place Remembering Bill Jennings […]
Ron Stork joined Friends of the River as Associate Conservation Director in 1987 and became its Senior Policy Advocate in 1995. His knowledge, passion and experience has been a driving force for our organization. Enjoy Ron’s passion for rivers and his water policy updates in his articles for our E-Newsletter – River Advocate. Sign up HERE […]
Taking Action in California to Protect the state’s national wild & scenic rivers Last year in the California Legislature AB-43 (wild & scenic rivers) passed the California legislature and signed by Governor Newsom on October 7, 2025! Governor Newsom signed Friends of the River’s AB-43 on October 7, 2025. The bill was needed because this […]
Speak Up For the Sacramento River and Against the Sites Reservoir Project The massive Sites Offstream Storage Reservoir is proposed for the western Sacramento Valley near the small town of Maxwell in Colusa County. The Sites Reservoir would be filled by significant water diversions from the Sacramento River, which could harm the river’s dynamic flow-based […]
Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) Public Comment Library The future of the San Francisco Bay-Delta watershed is at stake! In December of 2013, 40,000+ pages of documents advocating for the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP)—Delta Water Tunnels—were issued by the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in the form of […]
The River Advocate: June 8, 2016: Volume 6,Number 5 In this issue: Ca Rivers Day & the Capital River Awards ALERT: Help Stop HR8 – An Assault on America’s Rivers Plans to Dewater Upper South Fork and Silver Forks of the American River Get Involved – Join us for a Summer Adventure A Delta Playbook […]
The River Advocate March 25, 2016 Vol6 #2 In this issue: River Advocacy Training School – Apply By April 1 California Rivers Day – Visit Your Legislator New Dam proposed for the Bear River Just The Facts…FOR coordinates a storage response. Intern with Friends of the River River Currents California River Calendar: Events & Activities […]