Broken slabs of concrete and plastic netting fill the channel of Little River. Sending the case to the attorney general would open a path for the state to pursue civil litigation to address noncompliance with the cleanup order, staff attorney Paul Ciccarelli explained. “CDFW recognizes the Little River Watershed as a critically important resource for salmonid recovery,” he said. “As you heard, Little River also supports spawning coho and other protected species. … The Little River doesn’t belong to any individual landowner; it belongs to all of us.”