river and its tributaries. High water temperatures is another significant problem. Logging has removed large streamside trees that provided shade and reduced the amount of large woody debris, which creates pools. In 2002, Alaska businessmen and former Reagan administration Interior Department official Ric Davidge announced plans to collect water from the Albion and Gualala rivers in large bags and tow it several hundred miles south to San Diego as drinking water. However, the plan drew local opposition, and was eventually shelved after the state government passed new laws requiring extensive studies of the effects on fish habitats before any such plan could proceed. The governor later signed a law declaring the two rivers as recreational areas, preventing similar attempts at exploiting their resources. See also Gualala Point Regional Park List of rivers in California List of watercourses in the San Francisco Bay Area References External links Friends of the Gualala River Klamath Resource Information System Gualala River Watershed Council California Coastal Watershed Program - Gualala River Video of the lower Gualala River Rivers of Sonoma County, California Rivers of Mendocino County, California Rivers of Northern California