King Tide Photo Initiative February 8 – 9
Jennifer Kalt, Director
Some of the highest tides of the year are coming on February 8-9. Please join our King Tide Photo Initiative to help document rising sea levels around Humboldt Bay! Baykeeper volunteers have...
Get on Board for the Climate: Now What, Humboldt?
Martha Walden, 11th Hour
It would not be much of an exaggeration to say that Terra-Gen unwittingly triggered a civil
war here in Humboldt county. Its bid to install wind turbines on two of our ridges...
Meet Your Humboldt County Board of Supervisors Candidates
Caroline Griffith, EcoNews Journalist
The State of California has changed the date of the primary election to March 3, meaning the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors election is right around the corner. County Supervisors determine...
Gold in the Redwood Forest
Carol Ralph, CNPS
One of the inconspicuous treasures I enjoy encountering on shady, damp trailsides in Redwood National and State Parks is Pacific Golden Saxifrage (Chrysosplenium glechomifolium). The first time I saw it was during...
Eye on Washington: Seeking Green Trade in North America
Dan Sealy, NEC Legislative Analyst
Trade is an important mechanism whereby a nation can not only protect its economic interests and trade priorities, but assure fair treatment of labor laws, civil rights, and public and...
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 stay focused on things that are actually happening around the...
Shorts: Bits of Interest and Positivity
Caroline Griffith, EcoNews Journalist
Norway Becomes First Country in the World to Ban Deforestation
Following through with a pledge made in 2014, Norway has declared that its public procurement policy will now be deforestation-free. The biggest...
Kin to the Earth: Cheryl Seidner
Adam Canter, Wiyot Tribe
Natural Resource Specialist
It was a gray and cold fall day in the lower Eel River Valley, or Wiyat as it was known in the language of the people that have...
Despite Objections, Motocross Track Proponents Keep Moving Forward
Caroline Griffith, EcoNews Journalist
Adjacent to the dragstrip on the Samoa Peninsula sits a roughly five-acre parcel of land, a former dumping ground for dredging spoils, that Ken Goldie thinks is the perfect spot for...
Last Chance Grade Environmental Study Starts
Caroline Griffith, EcoNews Journalist
Last Chance Grade is in bad shape. That’s easy to see. What is more difficult to discern is what the possible solution might be. Between 1997 and 2019, $85 million has...
But What About the Rain?
Colin Fiske
Coalition for Responsible Transportation
Executive Director
When you talk to residents of the North Coast about walking and biking this time of year, a common refrain goes something like this: “Sure, I’d walk or bike...
The 2019 Scott and Shasta River Salmon Runs
Felice Pace, Water Chair
Last issue, I reported on irrigation ditches being run full and pastures being irrigated in fall, when irrigation should have ended. These unlawful practices prevented Chinook salmon from reaching spawning grounds...
Arcata Takes Action to Reduce Single Use Plastics
Margaret Gainer, Zero Waste Humboldt
Every day, Redwood Coast residents and visitors throw away tons of plastic — food and beverage containers, lids, plates, bags, utensils, straws, single-condiment containers, transport packaging, and more. It’s time...
Smith River Estuary: Slow Progress on Water Quality Challenges
Felice Pace, Water Chair
At its December 2019 meeting, the North Coast Water Quality Control Board (Water Board) heard an update on the development of a Water Quality Management Plan for the Smith River Plain....
Greetings from your New EcoNews Reporter: Caroline Griffith
Caroline Griffith, EcoNews Journalist
Martin Luther King said, “It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single garment of...
EPIC: A Decade in Review
Tom Wheeler
Environmental Protection Information Center
Executive Director
It has been a tumultuous decade with a lot of changes and shifting of winds in the
environmental world. As an environmental community, we all have taken hits but we...
City of Eureka Asks for Input on What Happens Next with Climate
Caroline Griffith, EcoNews Journalist
Should the City of Eureka reduce greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions by purchasing more electric buses? Or by making certain bus routes free? Should we follow the lead of the City of...
Exploring Ecovillages with Cooperation Humboldt
Tamara McFarland,
Cooperation Humboldt Co-Founder
The average size of a new house in the United States has doubled since 1960, while the
average number of household members has dropped from 3.3 in 1960 to 2.6 today....
Casey’s Coastal Column | New Year’s Resolution: Debris Data Collection
Casey Cruikshank, Coastal Programs Coordinator
We’ve entered the New Year and the most important time for cleanups is upon us. With more rain comes more city trash washing down our storm drains and out to...