News From The Center

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NEC Co-directors Combing through EcoNews archives for this month's Flashback on the Northwest Forest Plan, Time and Sid's legacies tell us the story of the first year of what was then called "Option 9." As many...

Hands On: Smith River Alliance Invites Cal Poly Humboldt Natural Resources Club for Restoration...

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Emma Wilson, EcoNews Intern Throughout the weekend of April 20-21, 2024, the Natural Resources (NR) club of Cal Poly Humboldt was invited to Rock Creek Ranch (RCR), a 175-acre home operated by the Smith River...

New Report by Farm Forward: “Corruption and Consumer Fraud at Alexandre Family Farm”

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EcoNews Staff On April 11, 2024, Farm Forward, a research and advocacy non-profit focused on environmental and animal rights abuses of factory farming, released a comprehensive report of alleged abuses and likely certification violations happening...

Factory Farm Ban Qualifies for Ballot in Sonoma County

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First-ever U.S. county ballot measure to ban Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) could have national implications Press Release, The Coalition to End Factory Farming March 27, SANTA ROSA, CA - On Wednesday, the Sonoma County Registrar...

Indigenous Double Film Screening Recap: Culture As Land & Life

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Tali Trillo, NEC Staff On April 13, 2024, spring showers poured as elk stew and popcorn could be smelled from Arcata Playhouse. Over 150 community members overflowed the venue while organizers scrambled to find extra...

Get on Board for the Climate | Oct. 2024

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Sacred Emissions Martha Walden, Guest Contributor Oil and gas have a deservedly bad rap for how much methane they emit just from drilling and delivery.  California’s Air Resources Board counted almost 19 million metric tons...

California Native Plant Society | Oct. 2024

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Evening Program Tall tales—Insights from two Decades of Coast Redwood Canopy Research: Wednesday, October 9, 7:30–9:00 p.m. Marie Antoine is a tree-climbing botanist and research associate in the Department of Forestry, Fire, and Rangeland Management at...

From the Center – October 2024

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Larry Glass, NEC Board President Caroline Griffith, NEC Executive Director As many astute readers know, our recycling system has long been broken, corrupted by a plastics industry desperate to keep producing its product. The latest “solution”...

Plankton Presentation May 2024

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What is that? Join us May 24, 4-6pm, at the NEC office at 415 I st, Arcata Learn about the Plankton Monitoring Network, how to ID plankton, and a chance to check out cool critters under...

Trash Craft Night May 2024

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  Trash Craft Night! Come zhuzh up your bike for the kinetic grand championship! When: May 21, 6-8pm Where: NEC Office 415 I St, Arcata What: Turn trash into art and spruce up your wheels! We have lots of fun...

Comment Letters

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Recent Comment Letters submitted by the Northcoast Environmental Center:   California Ocean Protection Council Statewide Plastics Monitoring Strategy and Plan

NEC Comments on NCIP

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EcoNews Staff We wholeheartedly agree with Abigail on the importance of engaging in this process. When the Bureau of Land Management was formed it was tasked by Congress with “a mandate of managing public lands...

Op-Ed: Biden Admin Responding to Global Crisis by Updating NCIP

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Abigail Black, Guest Contributor President Biden is on the verge of protecting more land than any other modern first-term President in American history: he’s already protected 1.5 million acres of American public land as new...

News from the Center | March 2024

Larry Glass, NEC Board President Caroline Griffith, NEC Executive Director Oregon gray wolves The US Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating the killing of three gray wolves from the Gearhart Mountain Pack in southeastern Oregon. The death...

Community Submission: Visions for the Future

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Jeff Hedin, Piercy Fire Protection District Board & Institute for Sustainable Forestry Board Guest Contributor I want to see a healthy forest with a healthy human community around and within it. These communities are so entwined...

Community Submissions: Eco-Poetry

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Old Growth Coast Redwood Shooting straight up into the sky, the tallest trees in the world see everything. They see their kind diminishing from drought, mega-fires, real estate development, vineyards. Between 1850 and 1960, clear cutting— culminating after WW II by the building industry...

Get on Board for the Climate | February 2024

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Martha Walden The Last Days of Fossil Fuels “The transition to clean energy is happening worldwide and it’s unstoppable. It’s not a question of ‘if’, it’s just a matter of ‘how soon’ — and the sooner...

Restaurador de Plantaser: Frutos Rojos Brillantes.

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Carol Mone, Restoration Gardener Traducido por Denise Villalva ¡Oh!, cuando tenía 20 años menos, vivía  en la arrogancia de la mediana juventud, pensé que la Restauración significaba ayudar a la Naturaleza. Simplemente sembrar cosas buenas, ayuda...

Save the Date! Nationwide Summit to Stop Cop City February 23-26, 2024

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Provided by @stopcopcitysummit Tucson, Arizona - Cop City, the $90M police training facility slated to be built in south Atlanta, would drastically increase police militarization and the spread of violent policing tactics across the world,...

Green Diamond Clear Cut at Tsurai– Update from Forest Defenders

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leaf, forest defender Guest Contributor The view on your drive to work might seem somehow different. Somehow lesser. In late November/early December, Green Diamond Resource Company brought loggers and a slew of heavy machinery into the eastern...
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Embracing Repair Culture: A Step Towards Zero Waste Living

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Brad Buchmiller, Intern at Zero Waste Humboldt In a world inundated with fast-paced consumerism, a growing movement is encouraging individuals to shift their mindset from replacing to repairing, heralding a new era of sustainability and...
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California Native Plant Society | Feb. 2024

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Evening Program February 14, Wednesday, 7:30 pm: California Desert Plants: Ecology and Diversity The desert areas of California include the northwestern portion of the Sonoran Desert, the largest part of the Mojave Desert, and the western...

Port of Humboldt Announces Green Terminal Strategy

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Matthew Simmons, EPIC Climate Attorney On January 11, 2024, the Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation & Conservation District committed to developing a green terminal strategy for the new offshore wind terminal. This is a big win...
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The Sandpiper | February 2024

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From Redwood Region Audubon Society Click this text to read the full Sandpiper for February 2024!

To Pollute and Extract: Greens Against the Military

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Mox Alvarnaz, NEC Staff The legacy of war includes toxic landscapes, land mines, and unexploded ordnance, posing persistent environmental and social threats. Military operations have become forever linked to global contamination… Military institutions, in the...