In the sixth episode of Vine and River podcast, we give the microphone to our own executive director of the last 23 years, Don McEnhill, who, together with staff attorney Jaime Neary, has been commenting on a North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board order. This order directly links vineyard farming activity and protection of water quality in North Coast rivershed areas, Lenka Davis talks to Don about Russian Riverkeeper position and reasoning behind the individual items within the order.

The order name is “General Waste Discharge Requirements for Commercial Vineyards in the North Coast Region, Order No. R1-2024-0056” and you can access it here: https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/northcoast/water_issues/programs/agricultural_lands/Vineyards/