Farewell to the NEC: Goodbye Chelsea!
Chelsea Pulliam
I started working for the Northcoast Environmental Center in the Spring of 2019. Now, 5 years later, it's time for me to say farewell to this amazing organization. I was originally hired on...
Community Submission: Visions for the Future
Jeff Hedin, Piercy Fire Protection District Board & Institute for Sustainable Forestry Board
Guest Contributor
I want to see a healthy forest with a healthy human community around and within it. These communities are so entwined...
Community Submissions: Eco-Poetry
Old Growth Coast Redwood
Shooting straight up into the sky,
the tallest trees in the world
see everything.
They see their kind diminishing
from drought, mega-fires,
real estate development, vineyards.
Between 1850 and 1960,
clear cutting—
culminating after WW II
by the building industry...
Get on Board for the Climate | February 2024
Martha Walden
The Last Days of Fossil Fuels
“The transition to clean energy is happening worldwide and it’s unstoppable. It’s not a question of ‘if’, it’s just a matter of ‘how soon’ — and the sooner...
Restaurador de Plantaser: Frutos Rojos Brillantes.
Carol Mone, Restoration Gardener
Traducido por Denise Villalva
¡Oh!, cuando tenía 20 años menos, vivía en la arrogancia de la mediana juventud, pensé que la Restauración significaba ayudar a la Naturaleza. Simplemente sembrar cosas buenas, ayuda...
Restoration Gardener: Shiny Red Berries
Carol Mone, Restoration Gardener
Oh, when I was 20 years younger, in the hubris of middle-aged youth, I thought Restoration meant helping Nature. Just plant good stuff, help the old gal Mother Nature out. Never...
Coastal Column: Plankton in Our Bay
Sable Odry, Coastal Programs Coordinator
What are plankton? Why should we care? And what do they have to do with our Bay?
As described by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA), plankton are marine drifters....
Creature Feature: Northwestern Pond Turtle & Southwestern Pond Turtle
Hart Welsh, Ph.D.
Research Wildlife Biologist (retired)
Guest Contributor
Northwestern Pond Turtle (Actinemys marmorata); Southwestern Pond Turtle (Actinemys pallida)
Pond turtles are ancient freshwater denizens of the Pacific slope of North America, ranging from northern Baja California to Puget...
Save the Date! Nationwide Summit to Stop Cop City February 23-26, 2024
Provided by @stopcopcitysummit
Tucson, Arizona - Cop City, the $90M police training facility slated to be built in south Atlanta, would drastically increase police militarization and the spread of violent policing tactics across the world,...
Green Diamond Clear Cut at Tsurai– Update from Forest Defenders
leaf, forest defender
Guest Contributor
The view on your drive to work might seem somehow different. Somehow lesser.
In late November/early December, Green Diamond Resource Company brought loggers and a slew of heavy machinery into the eastern...
After some setbacks, Rou Dalagurr Food Sovereignty Lab set to open in spring
Dezmond Remington, EcoNews Intern
Underneath tons of brutalist concrete is a lab. The workers in this lab don’t synthesize chemicals. They don’t analyze bacteria or use microscopes. What the Rou Dalagurr Food Sovereignty Lab does...
Public Transit Workers Named 2023 Responsible Transportation Champions
Colin Fiske, Executive Director for Coalition for Responsible Transportation Priorities
The Coalition for Responsible Transportation Priorities (CRTP) has named the Humboldt Transit Authority’s drivers, vehicle service workers, mechanics and equipment technicians as the 2023 North...
Embracing Repair Culture: A Step Towards Zero Waste Living
Brad Buchmiller, Intern at Zero Waste Humboldt
In a world inundated with fast-paced consumerism, a growing movement is encouraging individuals to shift their mindset from replacing to repairing, heralding a new era of sustainability and...
California Native Plant Society | Feb. 2024
Evening Program
February 14, Wednesday, 7:30 pm: California Desert Plants: Ecology and Diversity
The desert areas of California include the northwestern portion of the Sonoran Desert, the largest part of the Mojave Desert, and the western...
Port of Humboldt Announces Green Terminal Strategy
Matthew Simmons, EPIC Climate Attorney
On January 11, 2024, the Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation & Conservation District committed to developing a green terminal strategy for the new offshore wind terminal. This is a big win...
Both Sides: No on Measure A
Jackee Riccio, Executive Director & Co-Founder of Cannabis for Conservation
Guest Contributor
Data is the most important driver of any environmental policy. It starts with observations of phenomena, followed by questions and hypotheses, research of variables,...
Both Sides: Measure A is Essential
Betsy Watson and Mark Thurmond, Sponsors of Measure A
Guest Contributors
By the time the state initiative had legalized marijuana use, there was already an abundance of plastic greenhouses, plastic pipes draining streams, chemicals and pesticides...
The Sandpiper | February 2024
From Redwood Region Audubon Society
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To Pollute and Extract: Greens Against the Military
Mox Alvarnaz, NEC Staff
The legacy of war includes toxic landscapes, land mines, and unexploded ordnance, posing persistent environmental and social threats. Military operations have become forever linked to global contamination… Military institutions, in the...
Did You Know? Nature is Queer!
Elena Bilheimer, EcoNews Journalist
In 2004, Roy and Silo, penguins at the Central Park Zoo, took the world by storm when they successfully became parents to a new baby chick named Tango. Although their story...
Tolowa Dee-ni’ Language Preservation: An Interview with Marva Sii~xuutesna Jones
Interviewed by Tali Trillo, NEC Staff
Would you mind introducing yourself, and who do you bring with you today when speaking about language?
Dvlaaha~ shxuushi Marva Sii~xuutesna Jones, my name is Marva Siixuutesna Jones. I am...
News from the Center | Feb. 2024
Larry Glass, NEC Board President
Caroline Griffith, NEC Executive Director
Although we could start off 2024 talking about the extreme weather that’s sweeping across the US, we thought we’d kick this issue off with some good...
An Evening with a Redwood Legend: Photographer Dave Van de Mark
An Evening with a Redwood Legend: Photographer Dave Van de Mark
Join the Northcoast Environmental Center as we celebrate the success of Dave’s photographic expedition on Redwood Creek in Redwood National and State Parks.
For...