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unusual facts about Russian River



Emil Janel

During the 1930s, he spent considerable time at Russian River, where he produced carvings of a local species of Alder Wood.


see also

Alexander Valley AVA

The Alexander Valley covers a broad expanse of land east of the Russian River consisting of the watershed that runs southeast from the Mendocino County line down to the boundaries of the Chalk Hill AVA.

Carol Sklenicka

She lives near the Russian River in northern California with poet, novelist, and lyricist R. M. Ryan, author of Vaudeville in the Dark and several other books.

Russian River State Marine Reserve and Russian River State Marine Conservation Area

In the Russian River SMCA, the taking of all living marine resources is prohibited, except the recreational and commercial trapping of Dungeness crab and the taking of Hypomesus pretiosus (surf smelt) by hand-held dip nets or beach nets.

Russian River Valley AVA

In 1997, the Russian River Winegrowers association attempted to expand the AVA all the way down to the town of Cotati in the southeast corner of Sonoma County.