Dos Rios News

It is that time of year again where the magnificent Chinook salmon follow their instincts and their noses to the spawning beds of the Upper Eel River.

Irrigating the Emerald Triangle marijuana crop is having a noticeable effect on the Eel River and its creeks and tributaries, based on a look at this year's water flows.

A warden for the California Department of Fish and Game reported a significant water diversion from the Eel River from a six garden cluster near Dos Rios.

An illegal water diversion from the Eel River between Highway 101 and Dos Rios led to the seizure of 766 marijuana plants and the arrests of 12 migrant pot farm workers, most of them from Southern California, the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office reported.