Creature Feature: Wild Foods
Check before you go:
Foraging can be fun but practice good land ethics. Know where you are foraging. If it is private or tribal land, ask permission first. If it is public land, check with...
Solutions Summit
Michael D. Pulliam
ARTIST RESIDENCY AT RECOLOGY SAN FRANCISCO
Recology is a private employee-owned company whose mission is shifting 'waste management' to 'resource recovery' through sustainable collection and recycling programs. The following is reprinted from their...
Keep That Solar Power Coming
Martha Walden
During the middle of the day on sunny days, California has so much solar power available that it's dirt cheap, sometimes even free. It comes from big solar farms and the rooftops of...
Traveling Light: How to Ride the Bus
Susan Nolan
“I can skip this article,” you may be thinking, “I have a car.”
But wait! The bus has a lot to offer. It’s cheaper than driving. The bus will never hit you up for...
Eye on Washington
Dan Sealy, NEC Legislative Analyst
Rep. Huffman’s FISH Act, to Protect Salmon Strongholds Nationwide
After conducting several town hall style meetings in coastal communities across the U.S., Congressman Huffman used his chairmanship of the House Natural...
Local Governance: What is HCAOG?
Elaine Weinreb
The Humboldt County Association of Governments, or “HCAOG” (pronounced “h-cog”) is a powerful but little-known Joint Powers Authority – a government agency made up of other government agencies but independent of them. Such...
A Sustainable Death: Benefits of a Natural Burial
Ivy Munnerlyn, Coastal Programs Coordinator
Death is all around us, from the decomposing redwood log to the California condor’s midday snack. Anyone who has spent time in nature has witnessed the cycling of nutrients from...
Got an IRA? Here’s How to Make a Tax-Free Donation to Your Favorite Nonprofit
Gary Falxa and Jim Froland
You may have seen a notice in EcoNews about using funds from an IRA (Individual Retirement Account) to make a gift to the NEC, without paying income tax from the...
Gray Wolves’ Reprieve
Dan Sealy, NEC Legislative Analyst
On February 10, 2022, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White of Oakland, California restored federal protections to gray wolves across much of the U.S. White’s ruling reverses a 2020 decision by...
Tax Time: Honor Taxes and Land Acknowledgements
Elena Bilheimer, EcoNews Journalist
The month of March is when most people are preparing their taxes and taking inventory of their income and expenses. While the majority only consider the taxes they need to pay...
Activism 101: Getting Started
Caroline Griffith, NEC Executive Director
For those of us who are seasoned activists, it can often be easy to forget the complex paths that got us into the movement. Whether we first dipped our toes...
Zero Waste Humboldt: National Recycling Strategy
Maggie Gainer, Zero Waste Humboldt Consultant
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is developing a series of strategies to “build a circular economy for all.” The first part of the series is the National Recycling Strategy,...
California Native Plant Society
Evening Programs
“Hope for a Bee, a Forest, and a People Lies in Native Plants.” Botanist, native bee expert, native plant farmer, and ethnobotanist Brian Dykstra spent last summer looking for an endangered bumble bee...
A New Year in the Struggle to Save Jackson Demonstration State Forest
Matt Simmons, EPIC Legal Fellow
The struggle to save Jackson Demonstration State Forest (JDSF) from greedy industrial logging started off the new year with a bang.
First, on January 10, CAL FIRE issued its first arrests...
Criticism Abounds for Eel River Sustainability Plan
Elena Bilheimer, EcoNews Journalist
Eel River Basin boundary map. Includes Hydesville, Ferndale, Fortuna, Loleta, and Rio Dell. Source: Humboldt County Groundwater Sustainability Agency Eel River Valley Groundwater Sustainability Plan
A recent decision made by the governing...
Nordic Aquafarms DEIR Raises Questions
Nordic AquaFarms’ proposed aquaculture facility in Samoa would be the largest project in Humboldt County in decades. Based on the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR), numerous significant impacts have not been fully assessed and...
What is FERC? FERC and the Eel River Dam Removal
Elena Bilheimer, EcoNews Journalist
Recently, the Two Basin Partnership joined project owner Pacific Gas and Electric in the decision not to relicense the Potter Valley Project and its two dams on the upper Eel River....
¿La fuente de la vida o un recurso para la vida?
Puntos de vista occidental e indigenas sobre el medio ambiente
por Farzad Forouhar
traducción por Carlrey Arroyo
Todos recordamos las historias de nuestra infancia, en muchas de las cuales había una bruja, un demonio, un lobo feroz,...
The Source of Life or a Resource for Life?
Western vs. Indigenous Views Regarding the Environment
Farzad Forouhar
We all remember the stories from our childhood, in many of which there was a witch, a demon, a big bad wolf, something vile and sinister residing...
Project Rebound at Cal Poly Humboldt
Elena Bilheimer, EcoNews Journalist
Project Rebound, a program created to empower formerly incarcerated students, is now in the midst of its second year at Cal Poly Humboldt. Cal Poly Humboldt is the newest school in...
Focus on Housing: Humboldt Struggles to Develop Enough
Tom Wheeler (EPIC) and Colin Fiske (CRTP)
Housing is an environmental issue. The failure to provide enough housing in our urban cores means that housing pressure will be relieved by converting farms and forests in...
Student Focus: BLC & RESU
Bicycle Learning Center
Adam, BLC Instructor & Mechanic
The Bicycle Learning Center (BLC) of Cal Poly Humboldt is here for students learning how to maintain their bikes. We aim to keep more bikes on the road...
Welcome to the Team
Carlrey Arroyo
Hello to all EcoNews readers. My name is Carlrey Arroyo. I am Xicanx with Yoeme roots. I grew up in Southern California, and have been a guest on Wiyot land for the last...
News from the Center
Larry Glass, NEC Board President
Caroline Griffith, NEC Executive Director
Nordic Aquafarms
We’ve submitted comments, along with a coalition of allies, on the massive Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) compiled by Nordic Aquafarms to support its multi-million...