Kin to the Earth: Goldman Prize Winners
Goldman Environmental Prize recipients focus on protecting endangered ecosystems and species, combating destructive development projects, promoting sustainability, influencing environmental policies, and striving for environmental justice. Prize recipients are ordinary citizens who choose to take...
News from the Center – Oct/Nov 2018
It seems like once a year the financially infeasible and environmentally destructive east-west railroad concept is brought back from the dead and actually talked about as a real project. Most of our readers simply...
Volunteer Spotlight: Fred McLaughlin
Fred McLaughlin
In the early 1990’s, right before I ventured over to Humboldt County from Baton Rouge, Louisiana for a summer vacation, my old friend from Arcata mailed me a brochure packet containing the Redwood...
East-West Train Back From the Dead—Again
Like a zombie, the east-west railroad is back from the dead. Last we looked, in February 2017, Trinity County gave the idea a fatal blow by refusing a grant to perform a feasibility study...
A Century of Efforts to Save Redwoods
• 100th Anniversary of Save the Redwoods League
• 50th Anniversary of Redwood National Park
For those who love redwood forests, with their towering trunks and carpets of ferns and redwood sorrel, 2018 has been a...
National Trails System Celebrates 50 Years
The year 1968 was a tumultuous one in our nation’s history, but it was also a significant year for redwoods and trails. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Trails System Act into law...
Gov. Brown Signs 100% Clean Energy Bill
Earlier this month, Governor Brown signed a plan to bring 100 percent clean grid electricity to California by 2045. State Senator Kevin de Leon, who is running against Dianne Feinstein for U.S. Senate, was...
Coastal Cleanup Day Wrap-up 2018
YOU made a difference for our Coasts and Waterways!
The Northcoast Environmental Center held the 39th Annual Coastal Cleanup Day on Saturday, September 15—our biggest event of the year!
For those of you who don’t know what...
Eye on Washington – Oct/Nov 2018
Looking Back, Looking Forward
The 115th Congress (2017-2018) is about to wrap up most of its business. Elections in November will determine the make-up of both the House and Senate for the 116th Congress which...
Kin to the Earth: Steve Madrone
5th District Supervisor Elect
After a well-orchestrated, grass-roots campaign, Steve Madrone was elected to the position of Humboldt County Fifth District Supervisor on June 6, 2018. Some may have considered his prospects to be a...
Where Are They Now? Justin Zakoren
In the spring of 2014, I had the pleasure of joining the team at the NEC as a Coastal Education Specialist. In this role, I developed and delivered an environmental education program primarily comprised...
Summer Slough Social was a Success!
On August 26, NEC supporters, staff, board, and volunteers enjoyed good food, beverages, a gorgeous location, music, and guided dune hikes during our successful Summer Slough Social!
Be an Advocate for Zero Waste Laws
One of the best ways to move Humboldt County toward Zero Waste is to contact your representatives, stay up to date on policy, and vote! Zero Waste Humboldt has recently released several advocacy letters...
Ecological Rights Foundation v. PG&E; Coastal Cleanup Day
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. recently settled a lawsuit brought in 2010 by the Ecological Rights Foundation of Garberville. As a result, PG&E has agreed to protect San Francisco and Humboldt bays from dioxin-containing...
EPIC Fights for North Coast Wildlife
Humboldt Marten Protected in California, Run Over in Oregon
On August 23, the California Fish and Game Commission unanimously voted to list the Humboldt marten under the California Endangered Species Act. The decision is a...
Wildfire Shenanigans; North Group Underwrites Three Campers; Events
Timber interests are once again attempting to use fear of wildfire as a means to increase logging and the Trump Administration, with Ryan Zinke in the lead, is pushing the timber industry’s agenda. Zinke...
CNPS Updates & Happenings
In July, we saw nine species of conifers around Sugar Lake in the Russian Wilderness, and three more along the trail there. The trail was modestly graded, about 3 miles long, and earned the...
CRTP Weighs in on Local Projects
At the Coalition for Responsible Transportation Priorities, we know that well-designed transportation systems can go a long way toward achieving many popular public goals, from protecting our environment to promoting public health to supporting...
Creature Feature: Nudibranchs
All nudibranchs are sea slugs, but not all sea slugs are nudibranchs.
Sea slugs are soft-bodied marine gastropods (mollusks). The word nudibranch refers to a specific type of sea slug, but is often misused as...
Blast From the Past: October & November 1978
Center of Attention
by Pat Ferris
This article is reprinted from the October 1978 issue of EcoNews.
After seven years of struggling for your environment and sometimes its own existence, the Northcoast Environmental Center still offers the...
Wind Energy Projects Proposed for Humboldt County
As the world’s finite energy sources continue to be depleted—creating massive environmental damage and increasing the rate of climate change along the way—shifting to renewable energy sources is becoming more important than ever.
As they...