WEDNESDAY, JULY 2 at 7 P.M.

FOAM Lecture: Butcher Slough — Past, Present & Future

Arcata Marsh Interpretive Center

Two staff members of the nonprofit Humboldt Waterkeeper will cover the history of Butcher Slough, Waterkeeper’s work with the City to address the timber industry’s toxic legacy, and the implications of sea level rise in the not-so-distant future. Jennifer Kalt is the organization’s executive director and Sylvia van Royen is its GIS and policy analyst. Originally a travel route for Wiyot people canoeing to and from Arcata Prairie, Butcher Slough was converted into an industrial area that up until the 1980s was dominated by lumber and plywood mills. Today it is a restored tidal slough channel lined with salt marshes and popular trails, but the toxic legacy of the industrial era remains.

DATES/TIMES

• Wednesday, July 2 : 7-8:30 p.m.

WHERE

• Arcata Marsh Interpretive Center

PRICE

• Free