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EcoNews Report Roundup October 2018

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13 Environmental stories in 30 minutes – that’s the EcoNews Roundup! For October's EcoNews Report Roundup Larry Glass, NEC’s Executive Director, and Bella Waters, NEC’s...
Randy Klein with large sedge on the Mad River Credit Dana Stolzman/ Salmonid Restoration Federation

Hydrologist Randy Klein on Low Stream Flows on the North Coast

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The ways that we manage (or fail to manage) our impacts on the land have left many rivers and creeks without enough water year-round...
EcoNews Oct/Nov 2018 East West Zombie. Credit to Terry Torgerson

EcoNews Report: Return of the East-West Railroad

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EPIC's Tom Wheeler interviews Lost Coast Outpost Reporter Ryan Burns and Northcoast Environmental Center's Larry Glass as they discuss the return of the zombie...
Northwest Pacific Rail alongside the mainstem Eel River. Credit Scott Greacen/Friends of the Eel River

Governor Brown Signed the Great Redwood Trail Bill!

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Scott Greacen, FOER's Conservation Director and Humboldt County's 3rd District Supervisor Mike Wilson discuss SB 1029. Formerly known as the Great Redwood Trail Act, SB...

EcoNews Report Roundup

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14 Environmental stories in 30 minutes – that’s the EcoNews Roundup! On today’s EcoNews Report Roundup Larry Glass, NEC’s Executive Director, and Bella Waters, NEC’s...
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Humboldt Alliance for Responsible Planning Calls for Public Input on Trinidad Rancheria Hotel

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The Trinidad Rancheria is planning a 100-room, 6-story hotel adjacent to the Cherae Heights Casino on Scenic Drive near Trinidad. My guests, Richard Johnson...

In Landmark Decision California Court Finds Public Trust Doctrine Applies to Groundwater

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“It feels like law has yet to absorb the lessons of science.” Friends of the Eel River’s Conservation Director Scott Greacen is joined by Glen...

EcoNews Report Roundup: Latest environmental news stories

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14 Environmental stories in 30 minutes – that’s the EcoNews Roundup! On today’s EcoNews Report Roundup Larry Glass, NEC’s Executive Director, and Bella Waters, NEC’s...
Indian Island Stephen Kullmann Quote Credit U.S. EPA

The Wiyot Tribe’s Long Path to Renewing Indian Island

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Today my guests are Ted Hernandez Tribal Chairman of the Wiyot Tribe; Michelle Vassel, Tribal Administrator; and Tim Nelson, Director of the Natural Resources...
North American Beaver Credit Wikimedia Commons

Are You a Beaver Believer?

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Are you a beaver believer? You May become one after listening to this EcoNews Report! Beavers are nature's engineers, helping to turn unproductive streams...

Why Huffman’s NW California Wilderness Bill is Special

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"Many of us have been fighting for these since the whole concept of wilderness was created in the first place." Scott Greacen, Friends of...

EcoNews Report Roundup: Latest environmental news stories

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10 Environmental stories in 30 minutes – that’s the EcoNews Roundup! On today’s EcoNews Report Roundup Larry Glass, NEC’s Executive Director, and Bella Waters, NEC’s...

Planning for Rising Seas in the Humboldt Bay Area

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Aldaron Laird is a local environmental planner who has spent years thinking about how best to prepare the Humboldt Bay area for flooding, erosion,...

Salmon People in an Era of Ecological Colonialism

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“When we call ourselves salmon people, that’s very literal in our purpose to take care of salmon. So that means the river and the...
Humboldt marten. Photo: Charlotte Eriksson, Oregon State University.

EcoNews Report Roundup: Latest environmental news stories

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13 Environmental stories in 30 minutes - that's the EcoNews Roundup! On today’s EcoNews Report Roundup Larry Glass, NEC's Executive Director, and Bella Waters, NEC's...
Joe Tyburczy of California Sea Grant Extension and HSU graduate student Eric LeBlanc recently deployed instruments during very low tides to measure pH levels and other environmental conditions in and near eelgrass beds in Humboldt Bay. Credit Brian Carter

Can Eelgrass Reverse the Effects of Ocean Acidification?

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Joe Tyburczy is a marine ecologist with the California Sea Grant Extension who is studying the effects of eelgrass on ocean acidification. Joe and...
Colin Fiske at Clam Beach. Photo: Courtesy of Colin Fiske.

How Do We Design the Plaza for People?

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What does it mean to design a public space for people over cars? Colin Fiske of the Coalition for Responsible Transportation Priorities discusses the...

Questioning Local Government Transparency and Accountability

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“The key piece of this whole scheme, is that you get out from under the requirement to provide fish passage over Scott dam” Tom...
Arcata Marsh CC Flickr Terrence McNally

Local Author Sharon Levy Discusses the Arcata Marsh

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George Zaminsky, Friends of the Arcata Marsh, interviews local science author Sharon Levy on her newly released book "The Marsh Builders: The Fight for...
Humboldt Board of Supervisors Candidates during May 10 2018 Candidate Forum

Who are the Board of Supervisors?

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Elections are coming up June 5, and that means it is time once again to vote for local measures and candidates, including the Board...
Hundreds of people, including Tribal members, landowners, and climate activists, rallied at the Oregon State Capital in 2015 to ask Governor Kate Brown to oppose the Jordan Cove LNG proposal. Credit Alex Milan Tracy

Broad Coalition Says No to Jordan Cove LNG and Pipeline

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Pete Nichols talks to Waterkeeper Alliance Senior Organizer Lesley Adams about a fracked gas pipeline that would trample farms, ranches, and tribal lands to...
Coho spawning on the Salmon river Credit Wikimedia Commons

Victory in Court for Klamath Salmon

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"Rivers carry more than just water – they also carry sediment which is very important to a river’s function and its ability to naturally...
Julian Lange at a NO-GO Road Protest. Photo: Native American Studies Graduate Student Symposium.

The NO-GO Road 30 Years Later

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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)...
Marbled Godwits are one of manny species of shorebirds that flock to Humboldt Bay in the spring. Artwork courtesy of Godwit Days.

Godwit Days Festival is this weekend!

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Godwit Days is an annual festival celebrating spring bird migration in and around Humboldt Bay, an important stop on the Pacific Flyway for thousands...
Scott Dam graphic from PG&E.

Dam Safety and Railroad Bills Move Forward in Sacramento

Stephanie Tidwell, Friends of the Eel River Executive Director, and Scott Greacen, Friends of the Eel River Conservation Director, discuss new and proposed state...