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Monarch Butterfly: A Regal Species in Trouble
by Dan Sealy
In the 1980’s over 4.5 million monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus plexippus) migrated from the California mountain foothills and the Central Valley to...
Coming Soon – Feb 2026 | Eco News Digital Edition
Coming Soon - Feb 2026 | Eco News Digital Edition
CNPS Happenings– March 2021
Stay Updated:
www.northcoastcnps.org
https://www.facebook.com/NorthCoastCNPS/
CNPS welcomes anyone interested in native plants to join our events. No expertise required.
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Evening Program
March 10, Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. "Our Precious Prairies." Coastal...
Environmental Policy Intern
You can have a Virtual Washington, D.C. Experience and Learn how Policy is Made and Changed
Learn Where Conservation Meets National Politics
Knowledge of the...
Welcome to the Team: Jaime Carlino of HUM-RATS
It takes a lot of people to build a movement. Here at the NEC we are fortunate to be able to collaborate with folks...
Shorts: Bite-Sized Bits of Interest and Positivity
Protesting Just Got Easier
Due to COVID 19, the Bureau of Land Management will accept emailed protests of oil and gas lease sales “for the...
Supervisor’s Questionnaire: Energy
What would you do to improve the County’s energy infrastructure?
4th District:
Virginia Bass: I think it’s important for the county to become as self reliant...
News from the Center
Well, here it is - 2020. We’re still on the lookout for the prophesized flying cars and robot servants, but for right now we’ll...
Participate in the Regional Transportation Plan Update and Help Move Transportation Priorities Forward
press release
The way we choose to move ourselves through the community can have major impacts on the local economy, public health and our environment....
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 End of the Line: A Spur Track to Nowhere
By Caroline Griffith
Here we go again. A Sept. 2 article in Lost Coast Outpost left many north coast residents wondering if they had been...
Activism 101: Getting Started
Caroline Griffith, NEC Executive Director
For those of us who are seasoned activists, it can often be easy to forget the complex paths that got...
Letter to EcoNews: County and State Officials are Trading Our Fish and Owls for...
Local officials in county government and those in relevant state agencies are trading away our fish, owls, and other important elements of our natural...
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...
Trash Trackers
Join our group of Citizen Scientists!
- Clean & Collect: Anytime, Anywhere -
We all know that litter is harmful to our health, wildlife, forests, and...
2019 Year in Review
This Year’s Accomplishments
2019 was another successful and challenging year at the NEC! The following list features some of the many issues and events...
2024 Bike Rides
BIKE CULTURE, BOTANY AND PHOTOGRAPHY
Art-tea therapy session
FREE EVENT
Saturday, October 26 12-3pm
415 I st Arcata, CA 95521
We are delighted to extend an invitation for...
The Environmental Voter Project
The mission of the Environmental Voter Project is to significantly increase voter demand for environmental leadership by identifying inactive environmentalists and turning them into...
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)...
The NEC at 50: A Half Century of Defending the Planet
By Wesley Chesbro
On April 22, 1970, the first Earth Day was celebrated in Humboldt County with an Earth Fair held in Eureka. Concerned citizens...
Save Money and the Planet – Get Zero Waste Certified!
Caroline Griffith, EcoNews Journalist
The COVID 19 pandemic has disrupted many aspects of our lives, but those of us who are concerned with the growing...
Letter to the Editor: Black Lives Matter Still Matters in Humboldt County
I noticed that in the September edition of EcoNews that the Black Lives Matter movement has already been forgotten, and that's a shame because...
CNPS Happenings– December 2020
Stay Updated:
www.northcoastcnps.org
https://www.facebook.com/NorthCoastCNPS/
CNPS welcomes anyone interested in native plants to join our events. No expertise required.
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Evening Programs
December 9, Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. via Zoom. Three in...
Microplastics and Plankton
by Ivy Munnerlyn, NEC Coastal Programs Coordinator
If you’ve been reading EcoNews for a while, you’ve probably heard of microplastics. These tiny, ubiquitous plastic pieces...