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YOUR WEEK IN OCEAN: Haunted Seas and Costumes Sure to Scare
Delia Bense-Kang / Oct. 30, 2015, 8:29 a.m. / Ocean
… Cleanup Day and continue to be a problem at Humboldt's beaches. Don't insult our wonderful local brewers by turning their bottles into litter! And don't demean our beaches by trashing them. Pro …
(UPDATED) YOUR WEEK IN OCEAN: Photo Edition
Jennifer Savage / Sept. 9, 2015, 8:31 a.m. / Ocean
… screening of OSOM’s documentary film Search for the Perfect Day. OSOM is a team of three sea kayakers with the goal of inspiring and motivating paddlers to pick up trash and litter when they find it …
YOUR WEEK IN OCEAN: ‘Big Blue,’ Baby Birds, Buoys
Jennifer Savage / Sept. 1, 2015, 2:49 p.m. /
… Humboldt State University report threatened snowy plovers nesting on gravel bars raise more successful offspring than those utilizing sandy beaches – that factor was the single most important …
YOUR WEEK IN OCEAN: Kick Down, Clean Up
Jennifer Savage / Aug. 11, 2015, 7:59 a.m. / Ocean
… environment. In 2014, over 1,000 Humboldt County Coastal Cleanup Day volunteers removed over eight tons of trash and recyclables from our beaches, rivers, bay and estuaries – Coastal Cleanup Day …
Your Week in Ocean: Pisaster Disaster, Critter Crawl, Fish Kill?
Jennifer Savage / July 24, 2015, 7:25 a.m. / Ocean
… , with support from local businesses, organizations and volunteers, over 1,000 people joined together to remove over eight tons of trash and recyclables from Humboldt's beaches, rivers, bay and estuaries …
Your Week in Ocean, Part Two: Shark Week, Coastal Cleanup, #EarthIsBlue
Jennifer Savage / July 8, 2015, 7:23 a.m. / Ocean
… County Coastal Cleanup Day volunteers removed over 8 tons of trash and recyclables from our beaches, rivers, bay and estuaries. Coupled with efforts throughout the state and around the world, Coastal …
Humboldt Kids Assemble to Clean South Spit, Yank Invasives, Form Giant Sturgeon
Andrew Goff / June 3, 2015, 4:27 p.m. / Environment
… marine detritus education program handled locally by Friends of the Dunes. This morning, somewhere in the ballpark of 1,000 youth invaded the South Spit to learn about biodiversity, neutralize trash …
In Shelter Cove, Cultures Collide on Either End of a Disputed Coastal Trail
Ryan Burns / May 16, 2015, 6 a.m. / Cannabis , Culture , History , Local Government , Nature
… .Californiacoastline.org. On a steep coastal property in Shelter Cove lies a trail that descends several hundred feet from a tall bluff to the black sand beach below. The top of the bluff, which is accessible by car, offers a panoramic …
The Great Ladybug Washup
Jennifer Savage / April 20, 2015, 7:21 a.m. / Del Norte , LoCO Challenge , Nature , Ocean
… The Great Ladybug Washup A Northcoast Environmental Center cleanup crew spent part of Sunday at Point St. George, a site regularly monitored by the NEC. We expected to find trash (we did), and we …
Being the Change: Zoe and Emma On Untrashing Humboldt
Jennifer Savage / April 17, 2015, 1:11 p.m. / Activism , Community , Environment , Feel Good , I Want To Help , Ocean
… hiking along the south end of Centerville Beach when their casual beachcombing turned into a serious collecting of litter. “We noticed some trash and decided to pick it up. Eventually, our arms were …
Your Week in Ocean: Champions of the Coast
Jennifer Savage / March 3, 2015, 8:02 a.m. / Activism , Humboldt , Nature , Ocean
… , Friends of Del Norte's Joe Gillepsie worked to collect trash off Kellogg Beach. NEC staffer and HSU students Madison Peters and Cherry Sripan. By NEC. Rope, tarp, netting and general garbage collected …
… Beach. Sometimes, he pulled me in a little wagon and we'd go down to the parking lot and pick up trash. Now, I'm 27 with a big ass wagon and I decided to pick up trash again.” Thank you …
Your Week in Ocean: “It Was The Worst Thing I’ve Ever Seen”
Jennifer Savage / Nov. 19, 2014, 10:22 a.m. / Activism , Crime , Environment , Ocean
… Your Week in Ocean: “It Was The Worst Thing I've Ever Seen” Scene from the foot of Del Norte Street by Aaron Ostrom. Most everyone agrees that trashing Humboldt …
Trash Talking—How to Be Part of the Solution
Kym Kemp / Oct. 17, 2014, 10:31 p.m. / :)
… . In the northern half of the county, PacOut Green Team has cleanup planned for Mad River Beach on October 18. Trash, particularly that found in homeless encampments, has become a public concern across …
Humboldt Woman May Have Intentionally Driven Children off Cliff, Says Santa Rosa Newspaper
Kym Kemp / Oct. 5, 2014, 1:36 p.m. / News
… because authorities are concerned that it could have been intentional. According to Guy Casey, a former firefighter who was cleaning trash and debris from Blues Beach near the Chadbourne Gulch area north …
Your Week in Ocean: Drought Workshop, Kayaking Nightmare, Marine Protected Areas Confab
Jennifer Savage / Oct. 1, 2014, 10:53 a.m. / Activism , Coastal Currents , Ocean
… Your Week in Ocean: Drought Workshop, Kayaking Nightmare, Marine Protected Areas Confab Happy Sharktober! Here is a gratuitous shark vs shark video for your viewing pleasure: Less Trash! While …
Bye, Bye, Bags
Jennifer Savage / Sept. 30, 2014, 2:08 p.m. / Nature , Ocean
… County Beaches, Now With Less Trash Your Week in Ocean: The Ocean and You Supervisors Renew Contract With Wildlife Services, Move Forward on Plastic Bag Ban Your Week in Ocean: The Life and Death of Seals …
Humboldt County Beaches, Now With Less Trash
Jennifer Savage / Sept. 21, 2014, 8:15 a.m. / :) , Activism , Community , Environment , Feel Good , Humboldt , Ocean
… Humboldt County Beaches, Now With Less Trash Fortuna High School students, Riverwalk Good on ya, Humboldt! About 1,000 of you community-minded volunteers spent part of your Saturday cleaning up …
Your Week in Ocean: UnTrashing The Beach
Jennifer Savage / Sept. 17, 2014, 8:59 a.m. / Activism , Ocean
… Your Week in Ocean: UnTrashing The Beach Come Sunday, expect cleaner beaches. This Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon, your friends, neighbors, coworkers, kids, students, maybe even you will take part …
Your Week in Ocean: Engage! Clean Up, Paddle Out, Solve the Drought
Jennifer Savage / Sept. 10, 2014, 6:57 a.m. /
… millions of tons of trash. Leaving the beach cleaner than you found it is one of the tangible benefits derived from Coastal Cleanup Day participation. The longer-term rewards stem from the data collection …
Your Week in Ocean: The Ocean and You
Jennifer Savage / Sept. 3, 2014, 7 a.m. / Ocean
… you in the lurch, however, but will offer the salve of action in the form of Coastal Cleanup Day, Saturday, Sept. 20. Join hundreds of fellow community members in helping out. The beach needs you. Also …
Your Week in Ocean: Oh, Buoy! Plus Our Radioactive Ocean
Jennifer Savage / Aug. 20, 2014, 11:23 a.m. / Ocean
… Your Week in Ocean: Oh, Buoy! Plus Our Radioactive Ocean Image courtesy California Coastal Commission Less litter! Let’s start local. None of us like trash on the beach …
(UPDATES) Your Week in Ocean: More Dead Things, Live Things, Things to Do
Jennifer Savage / July 31, 2014, 6 a.m. / Ocean
… timber company gates at least five miles from the windy part of Highway 1, laying on the mossy streambank next to the rare plants we were mapping. My field partner informed me that this is Princess Sophie …
Mind the Plovers
Jennifer Savage / July 11, 2014, 6 a.m. /
… of the Dunes would like to remind community members to share the beach with snowy plovers that are nesting and raising their young from March to September. The best way to avoid disturbing a nest is to keep …
Your Week in Ocean: Not Completely Doomed
Jennifer Savage / July 2, 2014, 7:57 a.m. / Activism , Ocean , Science
… . If you're looking to help make that so, the PacOut Green Team's Saturday cleanup events are the places to be. This Saturday, it's a post-July 4 trash collection on the north end of Manila Beach …
Did A Tsunami Boat Wash Up?
Mike Dronkers / June 2, 2014, 4:06 p.m. / Ocean
… Dunes on the beach adjacent to the Samoa State Marine Conservation Area. Says Savage: “Unfortunately trash on our coast is a regular occurrence, so we're keeping track of the usual …
Your Week(end) in Ocean: Oysters Gone Bad! Oregon Uses Protection! Go See Clowns on The Beach!
Jennifer Savage / May 30, 2014, 6:55 a.m. / Ocean
… Your Week(end) in Ocean: Oysters Gone Bad! Oregon Uses Protection! Go See Clowns on The Beach! To state the obvious: Climate change threatens all aspects of life as we know it. Consequences …
Talking Trash: Samoa Peninsula Forum Today
Jennifer Savage / May 12, 2014, 7:40 a.m. / Activism , Community , Environment , Guest Opinion , Ocean
… today at 1:30 p.m. in the Woodley Island Meeting Room to address the following questions: Who wants to help take care of the beaches? How can we best coordinate existing cleanups and/or new ones? What …
Litter ‘Still a Big Problem’: Caltrans Picks Up Trash
Jennifer Savage / April 25, 2014, 8:27 a.m. / Activism , Community , Environment , Transportation
… up over 133,000 bags of trash from California's roadsides – enough to fill almost 1,200 garbage trucks. One way the public can help is by participating in Caltrans' Adopt …
Litter ‘Still a Big Problem’: Caltrans Picks Up Trash
Jennifer Savage / April 25, 2014, 8:12 a.m. / Activism , Community , Environment , Transportation
… picked up over 133,000 bags of trash from California’s roadsides – enough to fill almost 1,200 garbage trucks. One way the public can help is by participating in Caltrans …