A timber operator in Healdsburg is getting a stiffer fine. Eighty-one-year-old Landowner Ken Bareilles tried to fight a $251-thousand penalty due to allowing sediment to flow into Felta Creek for two straight winters during logging operations. Bareilles attempts have back-fired with the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board now fining him $276-thousand in penalties. The Felta Creek, a few miles southwest of Healdsburg, is one of the last tributaries in the Russian River watershed where wild, endangered coho salmon are found.
Fine Increased for Healdsburg Timber Operator Over Sediment Runoff
