Tribe Establishes Rights of the Klamath, Dam Removal Closer
Dam removal on the Klamath River is one step closer to reality. The Klamath River Renewal Corporation (KRRC), which is the entity charged with...
June Trash Craft Night
Trash Craft Night!
When: June 27, 6-8pm
Where: NEC Office 415 I St, Arcata
Join us monthly for turning trash into art!
refreshments & supplies provided
Feel free to...
Mindful☼Mondays: Water Meditation
Click the image below to watch the Water Meditation Video
With everything feeling very hot right now - fires, divisiveness between people, rage over social...
Upcycling Workshop at Arts & Drafts – July 19
Upcycling Workshop at Arts & Drafts
Friday, July 19, 2019 at 6 PM – 9 PM
Join the Northcoast Environmental Center and Arts & Drafts for...
Hermosos pero venenosos | Los daños ocultos en los cultivos de bulbos de lirio
Caroline Griffith
Traducido por Denise Villalva
El 6 de agosto, en una medida muy poco habitual para la agencia, la EPA emitió una orden de emergencia...
Letter to the Editor: Black Lives Matter Still Matters in Humboldt County
I noticed that in the September edition of EcoNews that the Black Lives Matter movement has already been forgotten, and that's a shame because...
Lawsuit filed over cannabis cultivation impacts
Press release from Friends of the Eel River:
Friends of the Eel River (FOER) has filed suit against the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors...
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...
News From the Center
by Larry Glass and Carrie Tully
Sometime during the last two decades climate scientists warned that a tipping point would be reached when carbon emissions...
Volunteer Spotlight: Michael “Data” Le
What inspires you to volunteer your time?
When I moved to Humboldt County from Southern California, I was awestruck by the natural beauty of the...
Andrea Pickart, Kin to the Earth
by Annie Eicher and Linda Miller
We are pleased to offer this tribute to our dear friend and colleague, Andrea Pickart, a true Kin to...
Behind the Scenes at the NEC
Meet the minds and faces behind the NEC and learn what we've been up to.
Chelsea Pulliam, the NEC’s Outreach Coordinator and EcoNews Graphic Designer...
An NEC Remembrance…
by Tom Leskiw
Summer 1978 found me working as a hydrologic technician in Hayfork for the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. My primary duty was to walk...
Burned Tree Logging: Economics Disguised as Safety
By Caroline Griffith
Though the intensity and frequency of wildfires has increased due to climate change and past forest-management decisions, fire has always been a...
NEC Supports SB 424 – Tobacco Product Recyclability and Producer Responsibility Act
Senator Jackson is currently authoring a bill (SB 424) that seeks to eliminate plastic waste and pollution due to single-use tobacco products. The bill...
Zero Waste Craft | 3-D Animal Portrait
You’ll need: Cardboard,Egg carton, Glue, Scissors, Markers/Paint
Step 1: Cut out a circle or oval shape in your cardboard, and draw your desired background.
Step 2: Cut...
Wedgewood: Poetry from Catherine Gurin
For much of its newfound natural gas richness the United States can thank the horrifying mass extinctions of the Late Devonian period.
—Peter Brannen, The...
Another Caltrans Travesty
by Elaine Weinreb
Westhaven has always been a quiet rural place with no downtown, no stores - at least in recent years - and no...
Plankton Sampling | June 2025
Wanna learn how to sample plankton?
Come tow some nets on the Del Norte Pier with us and learn how we collect samples for the...
NEC’s Spaghetti Dinner FUN(d)Raiser with Music
NEC Press Release
The Northcoast Environmental Center (NEC) invites you to attend this year’s spaghetti dinner, dance and silent auction FUN(d)Raiser at Bayside Community Hall...
News from the Center
Climate Crisis
Since the last issue of EcoNews was published, the climate crisis has become more real to many members of the public who normally...
Review: Future Ecologies and Traditional Knowledge
By Caroline Griffith
The environmental movement is seeking to right the wrongs of industrial capitalism using the best available science, but what about traditional ecological...
Save the Date! Nationwide Summit to Stop Cop City February 23-26, 2024
Provided by @stopcopcitysummit
Tucson, Arizona - Cop City, the $90M police training facility slated to be built in south Atlanta, would drastically increase police militarization...
Indigenous Double Film Screening Recap: Culture As Land & Life
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...
Soil Vapor Monitoring at NEC’s Ninth Street Property Points to Next Steps in Cleanup
by Jennifer Kalt
Results from sampling in November are the latest in the NEC’s multi-year effort to clean up contamination at its former headquarters near...