‘This is historic’: For at least a week, California’s Eel River stopped flowing
Fisheries biologist Pat Higgins said he was shocked when he discovered on Sept. 17 a section of the largest tributary in California’s third-largest watershed was dry. Higgins explained there was no water flowing above ground in the section of the South Fork Eel River where it meets the main stem in Dyerville below Highway 101 in Humboldt County. The river bed was exposed and the water just stopped, ending in a still pool. The south fork and the main stem were no longer connected.
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