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by Carrie Tully and Larry Glass To quote Julie Sze’s Environmental Justice in a Moment of Danger, “The resurgence of explicit racism is unsurprising for...

What inspires you to volunteer your time? I really value and cherish my favorite outdoor places and picking up trash is an awesome feel-good...

Outside News Source July 18-26 is National Moth Week, a time when citizen scientists are encouraged to leave their porch lights on to attract and...

By Joan Tippets Some of you may have noticed a cream and red colored ship docked near Samoa in Humboldt Bay since May 14 of this...

By Caroline Griffith   “Food sovereignty is the right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their...

By Jasmine Harvey We are in very uncertain times. This year has been marked with massive changes to society from a global pandemic and widespread...

By Carrie Tully   I begin by acknowledging that I am on the land of the Wiyot peoples which includes the Wiyot Tribe, Bear River Rancheria...

By Caroline Griffith "We know that there is no climate justice without racial justice. The exploitation of black people is the greatest extractive system of...

By Caroline Griffith   From the Dakota Access Pipeline fight at Standing Rock, to the Jordan Cove LNG Pipeline, to the decades long battle to keep...

By Tom Wheeler   Economists warn that we are at the beginning of a prolonged recession. Congress has already appropriated vast sums to stave off a...

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...

By Casey Cruikshank In keeping with the collaborative spirit of Coastal Programs at the NEC, this month I’m featuring the Smith River Alliance and their...

By Tom Wheeler In the midst of the turmoil and unrest of last week, the Trump administration quietly used the COVID-19 pandemic to undermine federal...

By Caroline Griffith The Ventana Wildlife Society, two miles inland from Big Sur, CA, has been releasing and documenting captive-bred condors since 1997. On April...

By David Cobb Tamara McFarland is a person of deep convictions who lives her values everyday. She consistently challenges herself and those around her to...

By Tom Wheeler, Executive Director Novel Hoof Disease Detected in Del Norte Elk The California Department of Fish and Wildlife recently announced that treponeme-associated hoof disease...

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By Maggie Gainer The connection between reducing the food we waste and global warming is not yet commonly understood. Methane emissions resulting from the decomposition...

By Dan Sealy NOTE: The opinions expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the positions of the NEC or its Member Organizations. In 1982, Washington...

By Casey Cruikshank   Note: The NEC has started a weekly Creature Feature post on our social media. Here is a sample of posts from the...

Ciara Emery is a graduate of Humboldt State University, Summa Cum Laude, where she obtained a Master of Social Science in Environment and Community...

By Caroline Griffith The largest dam removal project in U.S. history is inching closer to fruition. In April, the State Water Resources Control Board issued...

By Dan Sealy and Kenny Mort   In Congress Congressional committee hearings are planned for mid-July where budgets for departments and agencies that administer the environmental and...

By Martha Walden 11th Hour On top of a pandemic, climate change and economic upheaval, protests and riots are shaking cities across the nation as I...

Yurok Tribe and Parks Service Sign Historic Pact On June 1, 2020, the Yurok Tribe officially took over operation of the Stone Lagoon Visitor’s Center...

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...