Environment

PG&E Announces That It’s Now Accepting Bids on Potter Valley Dams, Which Take Water From the Eel Put it in the Russian

Mendo County Stakeholders Want to Take Over the Potter Valley Project, Which Diverts Water From the Eel; Local Enviros Say That Spells Trouble

Huffman Introduces ‘Northwest California Wilderness, Recreation, and Working Forests Act’ To Restore and Protect Local Land

(VIDEO) Protestors Lock Themselves to Gate to Prevent HRC Logging of Mattole Forrest

Paintings by Local Artist Matt Beard Selected to Promote This Year’s California Coastal Cleanup Day

Humboldt Bay is at the Highest Risk of Sea-Level Rise on the Entire West Coast, Study Says

County Government Says Klamath Dam Plan Represents ‘Major Milestone’ for the River, Fisheries

Klamath River Renewal Corp. Files ‘Definite Plan’ to Remove Four Hydroelectric Dams

County Health Department Develops Poop Test to Figure Out Who — or What — is Making Clam Beach So Poopy

The Humboldt Marten — an Adorable Mustelid Once Feared to Be Extinct — is Being Recommended for Protection Under California’s Endangered Species Act

Under Legal Threat From Feds, Van Duzen Gravel Miner Charged With Polluting and Altering Course of the River Agrees to Clean Up Mess

Friends of the Eel Decries ‘Secret Plans’ For Future of River-Draining Potter Valley Dams; Board of Supes Meets on Issue Tomorrow

(PHOTOS) OPERATION FREE THE DUDLEYA: Multiple Agencies Team Up to Replant Humboldt’s Stolen Succulents

Fateful Hearing on Klamath River Water Releases in San Francisco Today; Tribal Members, Upstream Farmers Caravaning to Federal Courthouse

SURVEY TIME! The North Coast Stormwater Coalition Wants YOU to Help It Help You Clean Up Our Waterways

Korean and Chinese Nationals Arrested for Allegedly Poaching 2,300+ Succulents From Trinidad

Yurok Tribe Acquires Thousands of Acres of Blue Creek Watershed From Green Diamond; Will Manage Land to Restore Ecosystem

PG&E Tells Regional Commission It’s Thinking About Selling or Abandoning Potter Valley Dams, Which Take Water Out of the Eel and Send It South

Lawmakers and Activists Blast Trump’s Move to Open Virtually All U.S. Waters to Offshore Drilling

This Free Shopping Bag Will Help You Remember the Eureka Street Sweeping Schedule

Local Environmental Group Submits Ballot Initiative to Recommend Clearcutting Ban in Humboldt County

Karuk Tribe Picks Up $100k PG&E Climate Change Grant to Fund Traditional, Prescribed-Burn Forest Management

(VIDEO) The Squabbling Has Ended and the Dredging Has Begun! After Bureaucratic Scrap, the City of Eureka is Finally Excavating the Gunk From the City’s Public Marina

Environmental Leaders Say County’s Weed Ordinance and Draft EIR are Fine But Enforcement is Sorely Lacking

‘Blue-Green Algae’ Found in Big Lagoon Says Environmental Health Officials; Toxins Especially Hazardous to Children and Dogs

MORE PARKLETS, Says Eureka!

Huffman Unveils Bill to Protect and Restore Local Forests and Watersheds, and He Wants Your Feedback

Clam Beach Named Most Polluted Beach in California by Watchdog Group

In Email to Sundberg, EPA Reaffirms Opposition to Beach Disposal of Dredge Spoils, But Eureka Official Insists It’s the Best Option

Supervisor Ryan Sundberg Appeals to National EPA Official on Marina Dredge Disposal

Senator McGuire to Hold Hearing on Collapse of Local Salmon Fishery

EPA Says Eureka, Harbor District Should Have Known Dredging Disposal on the Beach Wouldn’t be Allowed

EPA Rejects Eureka/Harbor District’s Plan to Dump Dredge Spoils on the Beach

City of Arcata to Plant 115 Urban Street Trees and Shrubs During February and March

County Fines PG&E and Three Local Businesses for Hazardous Waste Violations

Wells Fargo Issues Statement in Response to Dakota Access Pipeline Protests

As Arctic Ice Melts and Humboldt Bayfront Land Sinks, Arcata Braces for Sea Level Rise

Huffman Applauds Obama Decision to Permanently Protect Atlantic & Arctic Oceans from Oil Drilling

Thanks, Rain! Chinook Salmon Look Abundant and Healthy in the Eel River.

CAUTION! Trinity River to Surge Today Through Next Month, For Fish-Saving Purposes

See Ya, Highway 101 Billboards!

Careful, Reggae Goers: Potentially Toxic Algae Now in Full Bloom on the Eel River

For the First Time in History, There Will be No Salmon at This Year’s Yurok Salmon Festival

Do You Like Clean Air? Are You a Lawyer or Medical Professional? Your Air Quality Control Board Needs You!

Large Fish Kill at Mad River Estuary ‘Not Armageddon,’ Says State Fish & Wildlife Dept.

Small Release of Black Gunk Pauses Environmental Remediation Work in Henderson Center

EPIC, Others Prepare to Sue Feds Over Failure to Protect Pacific Fisher

Crab Time: Get Your Dungeness South of the Mouth of Humboldt Bay

Pacific Fisher Denied Endangered Species Act Protection; Feds Cut Deal With Timber Industry, Withdraw Proposal

Yesterday’s Other Emergency Drill: Scientists Prep for Future Humboldt Bay Oil Spills