April 2026

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?

March 2026

Fishing Boat Sinks at Eureka Public Marina

Appellate Court Sides With Caltrans on Richardson Grove Highway Project, Declares an End to 15-Year Legal Battle

THE ECONEWS REPORT: The Fight over Richardson Grove, Explained

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Fix Your Stuff (And Save the Planet)

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Transmission Upgrades for Offshore Wind

Coastal Commission to Officially Deny Eureka’s Marina Center Application

February 2026

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Assemblymember Chris Rogers on This Legislative Session

Next Step in Trump’s California Offshore Oil Drilling Effort Announced

Future ‘Bright’ For Klamath Salmon: California’s Runs Show Signs of Recovery After Three-Year Commercial Fishery Shutdown, Raising Hopes for Upcoming Fishing Season

Phase One of Elk River’s ‘Ecosystem-Wide Restoration Project’ OK’d, Aims to Address Flooding

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Trump Spikes Climate Regulations

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Wildlife Crossings Help Wildlife and Motorists

January 2026

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Fix Fourth and Fifth Streets!

Five Old-Growth Redwoods Were Cut Down in Lower Redway. How Could That Happen?

Schneider Agrees to Pay $400K in Penalties for Mega-Home Permit Violations, Fully Restore Property and Then Give It to a Tribe, Nonprofit or Government Agency

Enviro Group Cries Foul as Caltrans Removes a Few Small Trees in Richardson Grove; Agency Says Construction on Long-Delayed Improvement Project Will Start in Spring

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Climate Action Theatre

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Dealing with Eco-Anxiety

Rep. Huffman, Environmental Organizations and State Legislators to Hold ‘Educational Forum’ on Offshore Oil Drilling in Eureka

December 2025

Klamath Indigenous Land Trust Buys 10,000 Acres Along the Klamath River From PacifiCorp

Cal Poly Humboldt Scientist Discovers That Wildfire Can Transform Serpentine Soils — Unusually Common Around the Klamath Range — Into a Potent Carcinogen

THE ECONEWS REPORT: The Temperate Rainforests of North America

Trump Administration Intervenes in Potter Valley Dam Removal, as Department of Agriculture Asks FERC to Halt Decommissioning Process

2,700 Acres Behind McKinleyville Community Forest Conserved; Green Diamond, Northcoast Regional Land Trust Sign Easement That Will Keep the Land for Sustainable Logging, Wildlife Habitat

A Campground in Manila is Just One Possibility After Friends of the Dunes Secures $430K Grant Land Trust

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Local Governments to Finally Take Action on Climate Change?

PG&E Extends Deadline for Comment on Potter Valley Project Dam Removal; Friends of the Eel Urges Humboldt People to Make Their Voices Heard

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Exploring the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument, a Unique California Landscape Just a Few Hours From Humboldt

November 2025

GUEST OPINION: Local Environmental Groups Urge Community to ‘Fight Like Hell’ Against Trump’s Plan to Expand Offshore Oil Drilling to West Coast

THE ECONEWS REPORT: What’s So Special About the Siskiyou Crest?

Kneeland’s Backcountry Press Wins Prestigious Prize at the National Outdoor Book Awards

Yurok Tribe, Round Valley Indians Sign Treaty of Friendship in Advance of Potential Eel River Dam Removal

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Tell FERC That Eel River Dams Gotta Go!

THE ECONEWS REPORT: The Water Remembers, With Amy Bowers Cordalis

October 2025

Celebration Marks Completion of Tributary Restoration at Key Klamath River Sites

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Northern Humboldt Indians

THE ECONEWS REPORT: The Week Without Driving in the Rearview Mirror

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Assemblymember Connolly Reflects on the Legislative Session

One Year After Klamath Dam Removal, ‘There’s Just Fish Jumping All Over the Place’: Scientists Describe Improvements to Water Quality and Wildlife

New Research Suggests That Trespass Grows Scar the Land for Longer Than You Might Have Thought

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Are Your Easter Lilies Poisoning the Smith River?

September 2025

THE ECONEWS REPORT: Rethinking High-Severity Fires?

THE ECONEWS REPORT: You Should Attend the Eel River Community Meeting

Spill of Chlorinated Water Into Janes Creek During Water District Repair Work Kills More Than 250 Fish, Including Coho Salmon

THE ECONEWS REPORT: What Will Humboldt County’s New ‘Dark Skies’ Ordinance Accomplish?