The NO-GO Road 30 Years Later
This April marked the 30th anniversary of the GO Road. A road originally scheduled to run from Gasquet to Orleans (hence the name G-O)...
Proposed Cannabis Facility on the Mad River Puts Humboldt’s Drinking Water at Risk
Mercer-Fraser, an engineering company based out of Eureka, is proposing the construction of a 5,000-square-foot cannabis manufacturing facility at their property on the Mad...
Klamath Dam Removal in its First Stages
The Klamath dams have been a source of debate and controversy on the North Coast for decades. In 2016, the Klamath River Renewal Corporation...
Changing the Law Rather than Enforcing it: The County’s Response to Illegal Activity on...
Titlow Hill has been the location of illegal and unpermitted activities for decades. From building roads to sub-dividing and selling parcels, the development in...
Northcoast Environmental Center’s Board of Supervisors Candidate Questionnaire
NEC Press Release
Northcoast Environmental Center’s
Board of Supervisors Candidate Questionnaire
The Northcoast Environmental Center believes it is important for the electorate to be informed regarding the...
National Monument Cutbacks the Largest in US History
“This is really a political move, I believe”, states Oregon representative Pam Marsh. In early December, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke released his...
Join the Northcoast Environmental Center to make every day Earth Day!
NEC Press Release
Celebrate the 48th year of Earth Day with the Northcoast Environmental Center! We will be hosting a beach cleanup Sunday, April 22nd,...
NEC’s Spaghetti Dinner FUN(d)Raiser with Music
NEC Press Release
The Northcoast Environmental Center (NEC) invites you to attend this year’s spaghetti dinner, dance and silent auction FUN(d)Raiser at Bayside Community Hall...
The NEC, EPIC, and Humboldt Baykeeper call for the resignation of Humboldt County Planning...
NEC Press Release
The Northcoast Environmental Center, EPIC, and Humboldt Baykeeper call for the resignation of Humboldt County Planning Commissioner Kevin McKenny.
As reported by...
Hundreds of North Coast Volunteers Work to Make Trash Extinct on 33rd Annual California...
NEC Press Release
Hundreds of Humboldt County residents turned out Saturday, September 16 for Coastal Cleanup Day to lend their hands in support of clean...
Kin to the Earth: Tamara McFarland
By David Cobb
Tamara McFarland is a person of deep convictions who lives her values everyday. She consistently challenges herself and those around her to...
The Scott Dam May Be Coming Down, But Questions Remain
Caroline Griffith
The Scott Dam is one step closer to coming down, allowing Eel River salmon passage to upstream habitat for the first time in...
Trash-A-Thon!
In the midst of quarantine the NEC staff has been working hard to come up with creative ways to safely rally our community into...
Short Bits of Interest and Positivity
Yurok Tribe and Parks Service Sign Historic Pact
On June 1, 2020, the Yurok Tribe officially took over operation of the Stone Lagoon Visitor’s Center...
Letter to the Editor: Lights Off for Moths
It was with mixed feelings that I read in the July issue that people were being encouraged to leave their porch lights on at...
Letter to the Editor: Hope for the Future
06 September 2020
To the EcoNews editor,
I was pleased to find a couple of articles in the September edition profiling young, dynamic, hard-working women. Amber...
M I N D F U L ☼ M O N D A Y...
Brittany Kleinshnitz helps ground us for the week ahead with Mindful Mondays on the NEC’s Instagram and Facebook. Follow us @your_nec and start your...
My Start In Conservation On The North Coast
by Dave Van de Mark
The circumstances leading to 2-plus decades of activism had certainly begun even before I drove north from southern California in...
Trinity Public Utility District Proposes Massive Clearcuts in Name of Wildfire Safety
By Kimberly Baker, EPIC Public Lands Advocate and Matt Simmons, EPIC
Sparsely populated Trinity County is defined by its granite peaks, national forests and wild...
Eye on Washington April, 2021
by Dan Sealy, NEC Legislative analyst
New Leadership
Transition for the new administration has been intentionally slowed by outgoing leadership. President Biden’s priority has been confirmation...
Mindful Mondays: Hope Punk
Hope Punk as a Model for Climate Anxiety Resilience
“Hope Punk is the idea that regardless of how wrecked something is, or how bad something...
Into the Wild
by Dan Sealy
As a young man moving to Arcata from Oklahoma in 1970 to attend HSU, I had little-to-zero experience with the typical outdoor...
Alliance of Mission-Based Recyclers
by Maggie Gainer
While Zero Waste Humboldt appreciates several regional and national Zero Waste and recycling organizations, we are excited by a new coalition recently...
Solutions Summit
by Michael D. Pulliam
REWILDING CANADIAN FARMS
Topsy Farms on Amherst Island, Ontario, Canada, has rededicated an acre of their sheep pasture to the wild plants...
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,...