August 2021

by Michael D. Pulliam HSU'S COMMERCIAL SEAWEED FARM Humboldt Bay is host to California's first commercially-approved seaweed farm, thanks to a partnership between Humboldt State University and environmental nonprofit GreenWave. Pioneering solutions to numerous challenges in...

by Martha Walden for 350 Humboldt   Like everything else, aquaculture has its benefits and drawbacks. At a time when fisheries are collapsing around the world due to pressures on their wild stock, the ability to...

by Dan Sealy For 50 years, EcoNews Documents That Change Is Slow Readers of the early EcoNews might be surprised and somewhat baffled that many, if not most, of the same topics of interest captured in...

By Michael D. Pulliam   Why do people cooperate together? How can you help a group you care about to function well instead of stalling out to disengagement? How can our society cultivate more supergroups like...

by Ivy Munnerlyn, Coastal Programs Coordinator   Well, folks...it’s that time of year again! At the NEC, August means one thing: Coastal Cleanup Day is right around the corner! After a challenging year, we couldn’t be...

by Tamara McFarland, Cooperation Humboldt Food holds power. The power to heal or to harm. To connect or to divide. To restore or to exploit. With every bite we take, we register a tiny vote...

      Stay Updated: www.northcoastcnps.org  https://www.facebook.com/NorthCoastCNPS/ CNPS welcomes everyone.  No expertise required. ................................................................. Evening Programs will resume in September--we hope in-person as well as via Zoom! ................................................................................................... Field Trips Pay attention to the plants wherever your August travels take you!  ...................................................................................................................... Native Plants for Your...

  By Jess Barger, ZWH Projects Manager   You may be familiar with the statistic that about 10% of plastic waste generated in the U.S. every year is recycled. One type of plastic waste that continues to...

by Felice Pace, Redwood Chapter Grazing Chair    Over recent decades the number of reporters and editors delivering news to Americans has declined sharply. Staff no longer have time to fact check claims made by spokespersons...

  Jennifer Kalt, Director   Last month, Clam Beach landed on Heal the Bay's “Beach Bummer” list of California's most polluted beaches yet again, getting an 'F' for water quality on the 2020-21 Beach Report Card. This is...

New Lawsuit Launched Seeks to Compel Remediation of Public Land EPIC—together with our allies at the Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center, Californians for Alternatives to Toxics, Northcoast Environmental Center, and Safe Alternatives for our Forest Environment—filed a...

Por Caroline Griffith Traducción por Johanna Rivera El miércoles 16 de junio, la Comisión de Pesca y Caza de California votó a favor de incluir el salmón Chinook de Primavera de Klamath en la lista de...

By Caroline Griffith  On Wednesday, June 16, the California Fish and Game Commission voted to list Klamath spring Chinook salmon as threatened under the California Endangered Species Act. The listing came in response to a...

by John Amodio, former NEC Executive Director   The early 1970’s, when the NEC was founded, was a tumultuous time in America.  “Liberation” was the common goal for an array of marginalized groups seeking greater recognition...

By Sue Leskiw The late Congressman John Lewis described his involvement in the Civil Rights movement as getting in “good trouble, necessary trouble.” That phrase aptly applies to actions taken by Lucille Vinyard and Dave...

by Chris Jenican Beresford   My involvement with the NEC is quite different from others in that I was married to Tim McKay from 1976 through 1988.  Our lives revolved around the environmental movement in those...

by Maggie Gainer Following Earth Day 1970, drop-off recycling programs run by volunteers sprung up in college towns all across the U.S. With the leadership of NEC’s first executive director, Wesley Chesbro, Arcata Community Recycling...

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 adventures that would be at my Redwood doorstep. Nor did...

  Local officials in county government and those in relevant state agencies are trading away our fish, owls, and other important elements of our natural ecosystems for the benefit of large out-of-control cannabis grows. The...

Northcoast Environmental Center staff   A half-century is a long time to do anything, but fifty years as a coalition of environmental groups is particularly impressive. While it’s incredibly valuable to learn from the experiences, successes...

by Larry Glass and Carrie Tully Here are some of the issues we've been talking about. Pacific Northwest Heat Storm We were a little unnerved, but not surprised, to read lead scientist at Berkeley Earth, Dr. Robert...