Healdsburg Letters to the Editor, Oct 18
Editor’s note: Thank you, Healdsburg, for your passionate belief in the value of free expression through your local newspaper. Due to the high volume of letters, we have set aside extra space. In this week’s paper, we are running every letter we received through Tuesday morning, on elections and other topics.
Commentary: Critical wild Coho salmon watershed threatened by aggressive logging plan
As wild Coho salmon have disappeared in nearly every tributary of the Russian River, Felta Creek remains a rare exception. Even in the low fish years of 2006 and 2008, endangered wild Coho survived in the shady pools of this boulder strewn west county stream. This spring, UC Sea Grant biologists discovered multiple spawning beds, or “redds,” in the creek’s gravel bars. Wild fish will be there again this summer.
New Year’s Eve bank robbery suspect arrested after slashing tire
On Tuesday, sheriff’s deputies arrested a man suspected of robbing a bank in Guerneville on New Year’s Eve.
