TMDL Final Draft Released
In October, 2002, the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) released the Draft Technical Report for the Mattole Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL). The MRC hosted two informational public meetings on the TMDL this past spring for Mattole residents to find out about the TMDL process and how it might affect them. Both meetings were well attended, and gave local landowners an opportunity to ask questions and make comments to the SWRCB staff. (read more)


Natural but out of place: Sediment in the Mattole Valley
In the past half-century few inhabited areas of the United States have managed to support a steady population and retain a respectable degree of autonomy. The Mattole Watershed is one of those few places. By virtue of its inhabitants’ physical and ideological distances from the rest of the country, a type of local perspective has taken root here, while in most modern communities anything local is often diluted or lost altogether. For many residents and other concerned citizens, the sense of isolation here is a treasured quality. However, isolation guarantees neither serenity nor purity. There is perhaps no better illustration of this truth than the issue of sedimentation in the Mattole River and its tributaries. (read more)

Blueslide to Grindstone Sediment Assessment Report - click here