Farm Feature: Community Food Guide
Elena Bilheimer, EcoNews Journalist
The 2022 Humboldt and Del Norte Community Food Guide, created by Cooperation Humboldt, is now available at newsstands throughout Humboldt and Del Norte Counties. Physical copies of the guide can also...
Creature Feature: Humboldt’s Flying Squirrel
Elena Bilheimer, EcoNews Journalist
Few rodents can capture the public’s attention and imagination like flying squirrels. Worldwide, there are about 46 species of flying squirrels out of the over 300 species of squirrels. Flying squirrels...
Volunteer Spotlight: Smith River Alliance Cleanup
Community volunteers and students from the Del Norte High School Interact Club collected 4,900 pounds of trash from Frontbeach Park and South Beach in Crescent City, as well as the Elk Creek Wetland and...
LTE: Tree Plantations Cause Forest Fires
I must take issue with one of the assertions in Farzad Forouhar’s otherwise excellent essay “Smokey Bear: A Savior or An Agent” in the April 2022 ECONEWS. The essay gives the reasons forest fires...
Piecing Together Humboldt’s Housing Problem
Sabriyya Ghanizada, EcoNews Intern
There is a housing crisis in California and Humboldt County (HumCo) is no exception. With Cal Poly Humboldt prospecting to double its enrollment, it will impact an already scarce market. Housing...
Carbon Footprint
Sasha Lyth, Redwood Coast Montessori
Redwood Coast Montessori (RCM) School 8th Graders have been studying climate change and possible solutions to various aspects of this global problem. As part of their investigation, they are designing...
Paving a Path for Safer Roads
Raven E. Marshall, EcoNews Intern
Humboldt County is known for many things but unfortunately it seems it has seen a concentration of pedestrian and biking injuries and fatalities leaving many guessing as to why.
Dangerous by...
Humboldt Baykeeper: Coastal Commission Approves Offshore Wind Exploration Plan (With Conditions)
Jen Kalt, Humboldt Baykeeper Director
On April 7, the California Coastal Commission unanimously approved the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s plans for studying marine life in the proposed Humboldt Wind Energy Area, 21 miles west...
An Initial Spark Generated
Illuminating Thoughts About Renewable Energy in Humboldt
Alec Brown and Lorelei Walker
What do you think about renewable energy projects? How do you feel about local renewable energy projects like microgrids and offshore wind? What is...
News from the Center: June 2022
Larry Glass, NEC Board President
Caroline Griffith, NEC Executive Director
Congratulations to the U.S. Forest Service - Klamath National Forest
The Klamath National Forest (KNF) has announced it will adopt alternative treatments to herbicides use as part...
EPIC: The Largest Timber Sale Ever?
Tom Wheeler, EPIC Executive Director
The Forest Service is attempting its largest timber sale in modern history. Innocuously titled the “Region 5 Post-Disturbance Hazard Tree Project,” the project would allow logging of fire-affected trees—so-called “salvage...
Hill Day with the Surfrider Humboldt Chapter
Sabriyya Ghanizada, EcoNews Intern
“The Surfrider Foundation is a grassroots non-profit environmental organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of our ocean, waves and beaches for all people. Founded in 1984 by a handful of...
Dear EcoNews: Curious Water Consumer
Dear EcoNews,
I keep hearing that California is experiencing terrible droughts and there is a huge concern over the amount of water we receive. I can tell that there is less rain up here in...
National Trails Day Celebration
Humboldt Trails Council
The Humboldt Trails Council (HTC) invites you to get out and celebrate National Trails Day on June 4th and stop by one of their three activity stations to learn more about the...
Eye on Washington | June 2022
Dan Sealy, NEC Legislative Analyst
The Current DC Climate and You
As the local beauty of spring in DC moves to the storms and unpredictability of late spring and summer, the national political climate also moves...
DIY Zero: How to Save Money on Your Electric Bill
Susan Nolan
Air conditioning is not something most Humboldters think about, but statewide, it’s a big driver of electricity demand, pushing up need in afternoons and evenings through summer and fall. That affects everyone in...
Author-Artist Obi Kaufmann Explores the Coasts of California
Dan Sealy, Northcoast Environmental Center
Picking up a book by artist and naturalist Obi Kaufmann feels very personal. The books are more compact than typical hardbound books, heftier than classic paperback books, and are rugged...
CRTP: Active Transportation and Health
Colin Fiske, Executive Director
The term “active transportation” most often refers to walking and biking. In recent years, though, many advocates and researchers have expanded the definition to include the use of all sorts of...
Juneteenth: Celebrate Freedom
Black Humboldt
Juneteenth is a national holiday celebrating the date African Slaves were both freed from Slavery but more importantly the day The US decided to recognize said freedom. Today we honor this day by...
Planning a Zero Waste Wedding
Krista Miller, ZWH
As you rethink how you organize your wedding in order to reduce waste, and ultimately your wedding’s carbon footprint, you must start with a commitment to sufficient advance planning, an emphasis on...
California Native Plant Society | June 2022
Field Trips
June 18, Saturday. Christmas Prairie Field Trip. We will explore this diverse lake at 2300 ft. on the forested ridge west of Redwood Creek, courtesy of Green Diamond Resource Company. This diverse site...
Three Science Projects Receive Awards from Sierra Club North Group
Sue Leskiw, Sierra Club
For the 15th year, North Group Sierra Club sponsored awards for the best projects relating to environmental issues at the annual Humboldt County Science Fair, which was held virtually in mid-March....
Get on Board for the Climate: Hercules for CAP Coordinator
Martha Walden, 11th Hour
The men and women who work for the county and the cities from Rio Dell to Trinidad have addressed a crucial question: How can we here in Humboldt County help avert...
Silver Spotted Butterfly Poem
by Ellen E. Taylor
The Gods of Everything are leaving:
Human evil fires their rage!
Missiles, drones, bombs, greed, pride, thieving:
Times to end the Iron Age.
Grabbing thunderbolts to throw
One studies Earth to pick his mark
But something stops...
Solutions Summit | June 2022
CALIFORNIA COMPOST AT WORK
Composting food scraps and using compost on farms helps resist droughts and hugely reduces emissions of methane, a serious greenhouse gas. California's new compost mandate (SB 1383) helps make this positive...