EcoNews Report: Return of the East-West Railroad
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...
Is Your Pot Killing Northern Spotted Owls?
November 9, 2019
On this week’s episode, the Green Gang talks with Jackee Riccio of the CROP Project about trespass cannabis grows —those rascals growing...
Why Spring- and Summer-Run Salmonids are So Damn Interesting and Weird
A discussion of spring-run Chinook and summer-run steelhead. With Bill Tripp of the Karuk Tribe, consultant Craig Tucker and fish researcher Sam Kannry.
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Food Waste Fuels Climate Change
Before you throw away that half-eaten sandwich, you’ll want to listen to this week’s EcoNews Report. Every year, Humboldt County sends thousands of pounds...
What do You Know About Alternative Energy?
Humboldt County is faced with some important and difficult decisions regarding our energy future, and if the TerraGen project taught us anything it’s that...
Do We Have a Human Right Not to Die in the Climate Wars?
Do we have a fundamental human right to a healthy climate? If so, how do we know when our rights have been violated? Global...
What’s the Deal With All the Construction on Highway 101?
Anyone who’s traveled between Arcata and Eureka lately has seen a whole lot of construction going on. Humboldt County Supervisor and Coastal Commissioner Mike...
Who are the Board of Supervisors?
Elections are coming up June 5, and that means it is time once again to vote for local measures and candidates, including the Board...
Fishing Community Sustainability for Eureka and Shelter Cove
Dr. Laurie Richmond of Humboldt State University led a team of researchers who interviewed commercial and charter fishermen, fishing families, deckhands, local business owners and operators,...
What Does ‘Urbanism’ Mean in a Place Like Humboldt County?
Jan. 19, 2020. Urbanism is not just for big cities like San Francisco. To keep Humboldt bucolic and pastoral our urban centers need to...
Organic Toxins Found in the Mad River
This week, we are joined by Jacobs Pounds of Blue Lake Rancheria Environmental Department, who recently detected toxic algae in the Mad River from...
It Sounds Great on Paper: The 30×30 Movement
In October 2020, California Governor, Gavin Newsom, issued an executive order pledging to conserve 30 percent of California’s lands and coastal waters by 2030....
PG&E Spraying
News of PG&E spraying power poles alarmed Humboldt County residents. Humboldt, Trinity, and Mendocino Counties have a long and storied history in challenging the...
Scott Dam and its Shaky Seismic Stability
Tune into the EcoNews Report for big news about Eel River dam removal – PG&E is finally taking dam safety seriously! On March 16...
Our New Years’ Poetry Show
Start your new year on a poetic note. Poets Jerry Martien and Katy Gurin join the EcoNews for our annual new year’s poetry reading....
Planning for Rising Seas in the Humboldt Bay Area
Aldaron Laird is a local environmental planner who has spent years thinking about how best to prepare the Humboldt Bay area for flooding, erosion,...
WELC’s Big Win Over Oil & Gas Leases
In March, a federal court judge set aside massive gas leases in Wyoming, finding that the Bureau of Land Management failed to consider the...
The Wildlands Conservancy Protects Valuable California Ecology by Buying it Up
This week: Emily Allee of the Wildlands Conservancy joins Tom Wheeler (of EPIC) and Alicia Hamann (of Friends of the Eel) to talk about...
What is Jackson State Forest Telling Us, and How Should We Manage It?
On this week’s EcoNews Report, Gang Green heads south to learn about the Jackson Demonstration State Forest outside of Fort Bragg and the new...
The Climate Crisis is Here
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s most recent report is clear: the climate crisis is here and humans are causing it. Gang Green break...
Coming Soon — Camping by the Grand Canyon of the Eel River
Have you ever seen the “Grand Canyon of the Eel River?” Few have, but that might change soon thanks to a major new conservation...
A Love Story About the Klamath Mountains
Michael Kauffman and Justin Garwood are in love with the Klamath Mountains, the rugged and remote mountain range in Northern California that is world-renowned...
What’s That Fence In the River?
This week on the EcoNews Report hosts Alicia Hamann from Friends of the Eel River and Tom Wheeler from EPIC discuss an experimental installation...
Can We Clean Up Humboldt Bay Before the Sea Rises?
The industrial legacy of the 20th Century left many contaminated sites around Humboldt Bay. Our second special episode on communities at risk from sea...
EcoNews Report Roundup October 2018
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...