December 2024

The Monarch Butterfly is Being Nominated for Endangered Species Protection

June 2024

Your Humboldt Summer Can Now Include Trips to Freshwater County Park, Which is Open for the Season

March 2024

25 Years of Headwaters Forest!

February 2024

Check Out The Cool New Wiyot-Centric Interpretive Signs on the Mad River in McKinleyville!

December 2023

(VIDEO) Local Naturalist Griff Just Can’t Stop Going Viral, This Time With a TikTok About What Happens When a Redwood Tree Falls

Cal Poly Researcher Hopes to Find New Home For Endangered Lassics Lupine

November 2023

MUSHROOM TIPS! With the Mushroom Fair Approaching, the President of Humboldt Bay Mycological Society Shares Some Advice for Fungi Foraging

These 48 Humboldt Bird Species Will Need to Be Renamed, Says American Ornithological Society

September 2023

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Will List the Lassics Lupine as an Endangered Species, and Also Designate 512 Acres of Public Land as Critical Habitat

TRAIL UPDATE: They’ve Put in a Lot of Work on the Trails Around Eureka So Maybe Get to Walkin’ on ‘Em, OK?

June 2023

CONVERSATIONS: Need Some Kid-Friendly Hikes This Summer? These Local Authors Have a Book For You

May 2023

BOOBY SIGHTING! Red-Footed Booby, Usually Found in Tropical Seas, Spotted Near Trinidad

BIOBLITZ! Let’s Catalog All the Plants, Animals and Funguses That Live Around Sequoia Park on Saturday Sunday

April 2023

[PHOTOS, VIDEO] The Carcass of Juvenile Gray Whale Washed Ashore and Is Now Rotting on the North Spit

New PBS Digital Series Releases Gorgeous Episode on the History, Ecology and Future of the Redwoods

February 2023

INTRODUCING CUB TRACKS! Arcata’s New Nature-Based Education Program for Little Kiddos

July 2022

Missing Humboldt Redwoods State Park Hikers Located After Dark After Failing to Arrive at Trailhead at Established Meetup Time

June 2022

Elk River Estuary Enhancement Project Breaks Ground; 114 Acres of Eureka Wetland to be Restored

May 2022

GROVE of TITANS: New Trail Opened Through Ancient Jed Smith Redwoods

DISCOVERY: Redwood Trees Use Two Completely Different Types of Leaves to Manage Sunlight and Water Intake, UC Davis and Cal Poly Humboldt Scientists Say

April 2022

(PHOTOS) BURL THEFT! Can You Help Park Rangers Identify These Wood-Nappin’ Bums?

March 2022

Permit System to Limit Number of Cars Entering Fern Canyon and Gold Bluffs Beach During Peak Months; Entrance Fee Increased

Yeah, You Can’t Just Carve Up a National Forest and Not Expect Consequences

October 2021

(UPDATING, DELAYED) WATCH LIVE: Majestic Six Rivers National Forest Tree ‘Sugar Bear’ Being Cut Down to Fulfill Its Destiny

Treasured Local Star Sara Bareilles Shows Love for ‘Sugar Bear,’ the Fir from the Six Rivers Forest that Will Be This Year’s U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree

‘Sugar Bear,’ the Local 84-Foot White Fir Selected to Be This Year’s U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree, Will Be Sawed Down Live on Facebook Later This Month

(VIDEO) Humboldt County Naturalist ‘Griff’ Takes His Dance Moves to TikTok to Spread the Word About Biodiversity Loss

July 2021

Joe Biden’s Congress’s Demand for Tribute From Our Local Life-Giving Forests Has Been Fulfilled: ‘Sugar Bear’ the 84-Foot White Fir Will Serve as the 2021 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree

June 2021

(VIDEO) Funny, Informative Internet Botanist Returns to Humboldt, Discusses Native Plants and Checks Out Some Roosevelt Elk Butts

(VIDEO) Humboldt Redwoods State Park Naturalist ‘Griff’ Talks Viral Bear Pushing Video, Gives Tips on How to Handle a Bear Encounter

April 2021

Beloved Intertubes Botanist With a Chicago Accent Partners With Humboldt Field Guide Publisher on Streamable ‘Blue-Collar’ Lecture Series

March 2021

NO SPRING PICKING: City of Arcata Reminds Forest-Goers To Not Touch the Fragile Trillium Flowers

Local Engineer to Star in National Geographic Ocean Exploration Series Produced By James Cameron

February 2021

This Year’s U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Will Come From the Six Rivers National Forest

January 2021

(VIDEO) Humboldt Redwoods State Park Naturalist ‘Griff’ Riffs About the Connection Between Spotted Owls, Flying Squirrels, Old-Growth Trees and Truffles

December 2020

(VIDEO) Humboldt Redwoods State Park Naturalist ‘Griff’ is Back With a Holiday Special on Christmas Trees

Green Diamond Announces State Funding for New, 552-Acre McKinleyville Community Forest

(AUDIO) Local Experts Record Chorus of Humpback Whales Singing Same Song Off the Humboldt Coast

July 2020

Green Diamond Asks Locals to Stay off the Strawberry Rock Trail For a While Due to Logging Operations in the Surrounding Area

April 2020

Some Arcata Marsh Trails Are Now One-Way to Help You Stay Six Feet Apart From Other Humans

December 2019

U.S. Forest Service Slashes Price of Firewood Cutting Permits to $2 a Cord in Hopes of Reducing Wildfire Fuel in Six Rivers National Forest

October 2019

Why are They Draining the Sequoia Park Duck Pond, You Ask?

June 2019

Check Out This 59-Year-Old Cancer Survivor Who’s Swimming the Eel River From Benbow to the Ocean

Got These Useful Native Plants on Your Land? Want to Share Them With Wiyot Tribal Members?

FIELD TRIP! 1,000 Humboldt Kids Had a Fun, Productive, Educational Time at the Beach Today

May 2019

(VIDEO) Orca Pod Spotted in Humboldt Bay This Morning

Missing Strawberry Rock Hiker Found Safe

July 2018

Long-Closed Section of California Coast Trail Reopens This Friday

May 2018

You Are Once Again Cleared for Elk River Trail Excursions

April 2018

‘Modest’ Fee Hikes Coming to National Parks to Cover Mounting Maintenance Costs