Environment

September 2026

Dam Removal Activists to Rally Ahead of Eureka Public Input Sessions Next Week

Hoopa Valley Tribe, California Department of Fish and Wildlife Join Forces to Improve Salmon Habitat, Advance Sustainable Fishing Practices on Trinity River

THE ECONEWS REPORT: It’s Transit Month!

August 2026

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Barred Owl Removal, Working as Intended

Construction Underway on Elk River Estuary Restoration Project, Kickstarting a Big Wetlands Fix

THE ECONEWS REPORT: RWE is Out. What’s Next for Offshore Wind?

Researchers Found Almost Triple the Normal Number of Dead Marine Mammals on North Coast Beaches Last Month

Arcata Earns Over Half a Million Dollars to Study Restoration and Climate Change Adaptation Project for Jolly Giant Creek

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Get Ready for the Super El Niño

‘It’s Unacceptable’: North Coast Water Board Forwards Little River Pollution Case to Attorney General’s Office for Review

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Trump’s Plans to Disrupt Dam Removal Get FERC’d

July 2026

‘Healing the Land and Honoring Its History’: Save the Redwoods League Returns 125 Acres of Ancestral Territory Near Orick to Yurok Tribe

(PHOTOS) Stymied for Months by Insurance Investigations and Obtaining Permits, the Arcata Jan. 2 Fire Cleanup Began Today

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Land Back as Conservation

Big Trouble in Little River: After 16 Years, an Environment Dispute Between State Regulators and an Octogenarian Farmer Just Upstream From Moonstone Beach Could be Coming to a Head

McKinleyville Amazon Project Raises Community Pollution Concerns

Yurok Tribe Deploys LiDAR-Equipped Helicopter to 3D-Map the Undammed Klamath River Corridor

Arcata Jan. 2 Fire Cleanup to Begin Before the End of July

Local Conservation Groups are Set to Sue the Trump Administration Over Its Redefinition of ‘Harm’ in the Endangered Species Act

THE ECONEWS REPORT: The Remarkable History and Uncertain Future of Abalone with Author Ann Vileisis

June 2026

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Fish-killing Chemical Found in Local Water

McKinleyville Man Arrested for Allegedly Poaching Old Growth Redwood Log, Says State Parks

There Are Less Than Half As Many Coastal Sand Dunes in California as There Were 175 Years Ago, UCSB Researchers Say

ECONEWS REPORT: Offshore Wind Port Development

Humboldt Planning Commission Denies Permit for Old-Growth Tree Removal in Lower Redway, Finding No Evidence of ‘Imminent’ Hazard

Save the Redwoods League Says Caltrans’ Last Chance Grade Mitigation Plan is ‘Deeply Flawed,’ Urges Stronger Protections for Old-Growth Redwoods

Interested in Eel River Dam Removal? Friends of the Eel and the Sierra Club Redwood Chapter Urge People to Attend FERC Meetings in Ukiah Next Week

As Parasites Threaten Juvenile Salmon in the Upper Klamath River, the Karuk Tribe Emphasizes That the ‘River Is Still in the Early Stages of Healing’

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Cleaning Up Cannabis

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Get to Know River Otters!

Bill That Would Make State Agencies Consider Tribes During Water Policy Decisions Passes State Assembly

A DAM GOOD TIME: What We Learned About the Eel River’s Dams 1,000 Feet In the Air

May 2026

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Native Plant Nerds, Unite!

Have Thoughts on the Old-Growth Redwood Slated for Removal in Lower Redway? You’ll Want to Attend the Humboldt Planning Commission’s June 18 Meeting

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Bring Back Our Grizzlies!

THE ECONEWS REPORT: What’s Wrong with the Forest Service?

Water Board Tosses HRC’s Proposed Regulation Changes for Elk River Because Sediment Levels Are Not Improving

Lower Redway Old-Growth Redwood Cannot Be Removed Until the Property Owner Secures a Special Permit, County Says

THE ECONEWS REPORT: New Threat to Eel River Dam Removal?

Upcoming Logging Permit Changes Could Mean More Sediment in Elk River, CalTrout Says

Removal of Lower Redway Old-Growth Redwood Temporarily Halted Amid Safety Concerns

April 2026

SoHum Residents Protest the Removal of a 252-Foot Old-Growth Redwood From a Lower Redway Property

Sewage Keeps Spilling Into Humboldt Bay. It’s Hurting Oyster Farmers

Humboldt Hill Property Owner Faces Potential Fines, Misdemeanor Charges for Dirt Dumping and Stream Bed Alteration

THE ECONEWS REPORT: How Can We Restore the Elk River?

That SoCal Water Agency Says It’s Just in the Very Initial, Exploratory Phase of its Potential Bid to Take Over the Eel River Dams

Headwaters Forest Poised To Get 73 Acres Bigger This Summer

THE ECONEWS REPORT: A New Mandate for State-Owned Forests?

THE ECONEWS REPORT: The ‘God Squad’ Returns!

The Final Master Plan for the Great Redwood Trail is Out. What Does it Mean for Humboldt?

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