Creature Feature
Molly Taylor, NEC Intern
Usnea, commonly known as Old Man's Beard, is a genus of fruticose lichen. Lichens consist of a fungus and a photosynthesizing...
Community Coastal Column
Sable Odry, NEC Advocacy Co-Director
Offshore Wind Draft PEIS:
On February 12th, the comment period closed for the California Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) published...
Restoration Gardner
Carol Mone, Guest Contributor
Happy new year! Year of the Snake, an important character in the ecosystem.
This column, I diverge from my usual rant about...
Leonard Peltier Freed!
Leonard Peltier was released from prison after 49 years of incarceration on Tuesday, February 18th. The NEC celebrates the release of the longest held...
The Urgent Need for Safety Improvements in Eureka
Colin Fiske, CRTP
Within the city of Eureka state highway US-101 consists of Broadway to the south, and the one-way “couplet” of 4th and 5th...
EPIC | Water Board Adopts Emergency Flows for Scott and Shasta Rivers: A Step...
Amber Jamieson, Water Advocacy Director, EPIC
On January 7, 2025, the California State Water Resources Control Board (Water Board) unanimously adopted Emergency Minimum Instream Flow...
The 1994 Northwest Forest Plan: Your Public Comment is Needed!
24.5 Million Acres Under Threat:
7 National Forest, 6 National Parks, National Wildlife Refuges and Department of Defense Lands. Washington, Oregon, and Northern California.
30 Years...
Oppose: Fix Our Forest Act
The North Coast Environmental Center along with 155 Environmental groups across the country sent this letter to members of the United States Senate:
Dear Members...
Trumpeter Swans & The Threat of Lead
Interview with Ivonne Romero by Tali Trillo, NEC Co-Director
Ivonne Romero is an ecologist who has been in Wiyot Country since 2018 and has been...
Letters to EcoNews
Dear Editor,
I just read the News From The Center, in the February issue of the Econews. It was nice to be reminded of Tim’s...
What’s on Larry’s Radar
Larry Glass, NEC Board Secretary and Public Lands Director
Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)
On the first day, Trump took radical executive action to gut the...