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(PHOTO) These Humboldt Kids are Waving at You
…Kids Ocean Day want to protect and learn from all seabirds because they can teach us so much about the marine environment and ocean health. Seabirds act as indicators of our ocean…
Yurok Tribe Hails New Science Showing Spring-Run Klamath Salmon as Genetically Distinct; Development Could Lead to More Protection for Fish
…that this newly discovered genetic variation should qualify springers for additional legal protection, possibly through the Endangered Species Act.From the Yurok Tribe:On August 16, 2017, University of California Davis researchers…
Yurok Tribe Warns of ‘Most Catastrophic Fisheries Collapse in Klamath River History’
…In one of the cases, the Tribe, in collaboration with other tribes and conservation groups, brought and Endangered Species Act challenge against the Bureau of Reclamation and National Marine Fisheries Service over…
YOUR WEEK IN OCEAN: Ocean Day Comes to Sacramento!
…This includes support for projects that protect life and property, safeguard people and infrastructure, strengthen the economy, and conserve and restore coastal and marine resources. The program has also supported regional ocean…
YOUR WEEK IN OCEAN: Women of the Waves, We Salute You!
…Interim Marine Advisor-Acting Senior Environmental Specialist at California Fish and Game Commission Leisyka Parrott, Interpretive Specialist, BLM###Delia Bense-Kang serves as the Northcoast Environmental Center’s Marine Protected Area Outreach…
YOUR YEAR IN OCEAN: The Ocean Had a Pretty Good 2016
…Marine Protected Areas: Make it a New Years resolution to visit all ten of Humboldt County’s Marine Protected Areas. MPAs conserve and restore wildlife and habitats in our ocean, just as…
YOUR WEEK IN OCEAN: New Chapter for Old Pulp Mill
…Andrew GoffThe most iconic landmark on Humboldt Bay can finally stop being called “the old pulp mill site,” and start its new life as the National Marine Research and Innovation Park with…
Eureka Man Freed from Iraqi Prison, Returns Home After Fighting ISIS
…Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance, aka the Recon Marines, as they traveled through war zones and civilian territories in up-armored Humvees."It was horrible," Hagg said. "We’d drive around, see kids…
(UPDATE) Former Supervisor Jimmy Smith, A Great Man, Has Died
…Water Management Plan 7-County Region Chair/Vice Chair 2005 – 2011 State of California Marine Life Protection Acts Blue Ribbon Task Force Member AWARDS Highliner of 1993,” the fishing industry’s highest…
YOUR WEEK IN OCEAN: The Ocean Comes to Sacramento and the Atlantic Beats Big Oil
…This years topics included the single use plastic bag ban referendum, the Coastal Commission crises, the success of California’s Marine Life Protection Act, ocean desalination and climate change impacts to California…
YOUR WEEK IN OCEAN: Whale You Be My Valentine?
…Cut them out of your life where you can. Visit Marine Protected Areas - Like parks on land, these areas protect vital ocean resources. In Humboldt we have several Marine Protected Areas from…
YOUR WEEK IN OCEAN: The 12 Days of Ocean (Part One)
…Six State Marine Reserves Back in 1999 the California legislature passed the Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) to designate marine areas for the preservation of fish breeding grounds, and habitats necessary for…
YOUR WEEK IN OCEAN: An Aerial Tour of Your Marine Protected Areas and More
…State Marine Conservation Area, one of the North Coast Marine Protected Areas! Marine Protected Areas are named discrete geographic marine or estuarine areas designed to protect and conserve marine life and habitat…
DEAD RECKONING: I Hunted Bear With My Crazy Oregon Uncle
Most families have a code these days, to protect the sanctity of shared holiday meals and allow the normally inane conversations at these events to proceed according to expectation. Don’t rock…
Your Week in Ocean: You Gotta Read this Stuff
…It’s fascinating, horrifying and something everyone who cares about 1.) human life; 2.) marine life; 3.) the ability for journalism to be powerful and change-invoking should read. A sampling – From…
Your Week in Ocean: ‘One of the Most Influential Surfers in the World’ – on KHUM
…Clean Water Act, saving Widow White Creek, fecal coliform (always a good one!), radiation (or not) from Fukushima and Mike's very favorite topic, the Marine Life Protection Act. Your ears will…
DOLLISON’S DOCKET: The Insanity Defense: Legal Farce or Important Protection for the Mentally Ill?
…The movie is based upon the courageous life (and ultimately tragic death) of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle. Kyle had an astonishing 160+ confirmed kills in the Iraq war. The movie launched a…
Your Week in Ocean: Talking #HealthyOcean in Sactown
…Linda Sheehan, Earth Law Institute She pointed to the Marine Life Protection Act's emphasis on intrinsic well-being as a potential model for success. "We're seeing a lot of really…
Your Week in Ocean: Oh, Buoy! Plus Our Radioactive Ocean
…Special attention is given to eelgrass beds – a focal habitat used in selecting sites for protection under the Marine Life Protection Act and found in Humboldt Bay – and how they may actually…
Your Week in Ocean: Fun, Fish and Fukushima
…The levels of Fukushima-derived radionuclides detected in air, drinking water, food, seawater and marine life in California are extremely low relative to the pre-existing background from naturally-occurring radionuclides and…
Your Week in Ocean, Part Two: U.S. Navy vs. Whales Comments Due
…A recap The proposed activities are expected to injure, disturb or kill more than 100,000 individual animals, including 29 different marine mammal species protected under the Marine Mammal Act. The proposed…
Your Week in Ocean: Indian Island Renewal, Ocean Night Tonight, Plastic Death, Dead Fish and Delayed Warfare Training
…tribal participation in the North Coast implementation of the Marine Life Protection Act. Perfect timing, as the completion of the statewide marine protected area network, the only one in the county, nears…
Your Month in Ocean: Whales, Spills and Cleaning Up
…Finally, good news for whales! And all marine life. And all life that depends on the ocean, i.e. everyone. The City of Arcata has become the 80-somethingth – they're increasing…
Will the North Coast Marine Protected Areas Spark a War With Oregon?
Everyone knows that the North Coast's implementation of California's Marine Life Protection Act has been fraught with turmoil and hard feelings. But probably not too many people knew that it…
This Week in Ocean, Part Two: Make the Most of The Weekend
…states' ocean protection has California in the number two position, thanks to the success of the Marine Life Protection Act. Sadly, 15 coastal states have no protection at all. Cool stuff You…
Restoring the Sponge on the North Coast: A Rehydration Revolution!
…In a society that sees the effects of diminishing streams and increasingly damaging wildfires, the more knowledge we can gain about the systems that affect them, the more we can act to…
New North Coast ‘Underwater Parks’ in Effect Today
…A slideshow! For more details on the Marine Life Protection Act, visit www.dfg.ca.gov/mlpa or www.caloceans.org. Jennifer Savage is Ocean Conservancy's North Coast Coordinator, Pacific Programs.
Restoring the Sponge on the North Coast —A History of Dehydration
…The forests were now unable to protect and feed the soil life and with this loss of bioregulation—the biological dam was opened—sending stored nutrients and minerals out of the system…
Restoring the Sponge on the North Coast —A Whole Systems Approach
…affect them, the more we can act to prevent some of the damage. "…we are circling in a continuous stream of land, water, and life, and every part of it is critical…
This Week in Ocean: Minus Tides, Positive News, Steady Opportunities
…as the first state with a full coastal network of protection. Anyone who’s followed the Marine Life Protection Act’s unfolding along the North Coast knows one of the toughest challenges…