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Homeless “Bunkers” Found During Routine Beach Cleanup
Mike Dronkers / April 14, 2014, 1:07 p.m. /
… Homeless “Bunkers” Found During Routine Beach Cleanup On Saturday, the PacOut Green Team volunteers say they were doing their regular weekly cleanup when they happened upon these shelters …
Your Week in Ocean: Fecal Matters, Whales and Birds
Jennifer Savage / April 9, 2014, 7:42 a.m. / Activism , Ocean
… still cleaning up Pacific Outfitters' effort to rid Humboldt County beaches of trash continues every Saturday. Join the weekly event on a regular basis or as you're able …
Your Week in Ocean, Part Two: Pack Your Bags, Take a Walk, Admire the Improved Call Box
Jennifer Savage / March 26, 2014, 4:21 p.m. / Activism , Ocean
… it prompt you to finally get that emergency kit ready? Concerned about highway trash getting into the bay and ocean? Join volunteers from Arcata Sunrise Rotary, Friends of the Dunes and PacOut Green …
Your Week in Ocean: Trash, Trash and More Trash
Jennifer Savage / Feb. 26, 2014, 8:58 a.m. / Activism , Ocean
… Your Week in Ocean: Trash, Trash and More Trash We're surrounded by beauty. Redwoods, rivers, beaches, Humboldt Bay, the dunes, the ocean crashing against sea stacks – it's one …
MATTHEW IN THE MIDDLE: Humboldt Honeys With Dope Douchebags
Matthew Owen / Jan. 8, 2014, 10:07 a.m. / Guest Opinion , In the Middle
… ;ldquo;Double D-bag”), looking like a white trash version of fat Jesus, is pushing his flat cart filled with twenty bags of fertilizer, five cases of beer and two cartons of smokes. When he reaches …
LoCO’s 2013 Top 50, Part Three: And the Most Clicked Post Of the Year IS … ?
Andrew Goff / Dec. 30, 2013, 11:30 a.m. /
… ;nbsp;Only in Humboldt: Pounds in the Trash … # # # 8. Crossbow Slaying Suspects in Custody … # # # 7. LoCO's Big, Dumb Guy Fieri Watch … # # # 6. Truck in the Ocean Near Moonstone …
Coastal Cleanup Among the Homeless
Jennifer Savage / Sept. 22, 2013, midnight / Community , Environment , Homelessness , Humboldt
… Coastal Cleanup Among the Homeless This time wasn’t like the others. The mission was the same, picking trash off the ground to prevent it from washing or blowing into the water …
This Week in Ocean: Sharks Return and so Does Coastal Cleanup Day
Jennifer Savage / Sept. 19, 2013, 11:52 a.m. / Activism , Ocean
… , surprisingly, are pro trash, but for those who prefer a cleaner ocean, safer beaches and a more beautiful world, here's a couple excellent opportunities: Join Humboldt Baykeeper at the foot of Del Norte …
This Week in Ocean: Volunteer, Visit and Vote
Jennifer Savage / Aug. 29, 2013, 11:33 a.m. /
… This Week in Ocean: Volunteer, Visit and Vote Which beach is your favorite? Hopefully you've had a chance to hit the beaches during this seemingly endless warm spate. (Have you voted for your …
This Week in Ocean, Part One: The Scourge of Mad River Beach Parties
Jennifer Savage / Aug. 21, 2013, 3:56 p.m. / Guest Opinion , Ocean
… , then take the bottles home to recycle. It's easy! Trashing our beaches are for losers. Don't be that. Love, Jennifer Savage Chairperson, Surfrider Foundation Humboldt Chapter P.S. Want to be even …
This Week in Ocean: Sand Wars, Debris Debriefing
Jennifer Savage / June 27, 2013, 9:49 a.m. / Local Happenings , Ocean
… ;ldquo;regular” trash this weekend. In collaboration with the California Coastal Commission, the NEC hosts two Japan Tsunami Debris monitoring events: Samoa Beach in Humboldt County on Saturday, June 29& …
This Week in Ocean, Part Two: Make the Most of The Weekend
Jennifer Savage / May 31, 2013, 4:01 p.m. / Activism , Ocean
… campaign. What other kinds of trash show up most often on our beaches? Results from last year's International Coastal Cleanup (organized by Ocean Conservancy on the grand scale and coordinated locally …
This Week in Ocean: Plastic Bags (Literally), MPA Monitoring Update, Whale Sightings!
Jennifer Savage / May 9, 2013, 12:39 p.m. / Activism , Environment , Guest Opinion , Ocean
… . All over the world, plastic bags are wherever we go! They always make the Top 5 list of Things Found On The Beach That Are Not Actually A Natural Part Of The Beach And Are In Fact Trash. How amazingly …
This Week in Ocean: Tsunami Debris Hits Cali, Samoa Litterbugs on Notice, Fish Mgmt Moves Into Future
Jennifer Savage / April 12, 2013, 11:44 a.m. / Activism , News , Ocean
… Humboldt Surfrider's campaign kickoff to stop illegal dumping on the Samoa Peninsula. The dunes and beach? Beautiful. The plastic trash? Not so much. Opportunities to explore and clean up …
Dunes or Garbage Dump? Some People Can’t Tell the Difference
Jennifer Savage / April 11, 2013, 2:57 p.m. / Activism , Ocean
… to handle finding trash on the beach. This is exactly where most people would opt to chuck their empty cups and full diapers. Mostly, you'll want to clean it up. I left the condom and diaper …
Trash on the Beach Sucks: Humboldt Surfrider Kicks Off Anti-Dumping Campaign Tonight
Jennifer Savage / April 9, 2013, 12:24 p.m. / Activism , Ocean
… Trash on the Beach Sucks: Humboldt Surfrider Kicks Off Anti-Dumping Campaign Tonight Humboldt Surfrider volunteers clean up torched RV residue and other garbage Anyone who has spent time …
This Week in Ocean: Get Trashed!
Jennifer Savage / April 4, 2013, 11:09 a.m. / Activism , Community , Education , Environment , Event , HSU , Local Happenings , Nature , Ocean , Science
… This Week in Ocean: Get Trashed! Just Another Molting Elephant Seal Who Needs Some R&R “R&R” as in “rest and recuperation,” not “rock'n' …
This Week in Ocean: Lots to Look At
Jennifer Savage / March 27, 2013, 11:44 a.m. / :) , Environment , Humboldt , Local Happenings , Ocean , Science
… here on the North Coast, but we have our problems — when's the last time you visited the beach and didn't find trash? — and what happens around the world affects us, too. However …
This Week in Ocean (and Dunes and Marsh)
Jennifer Savage / Feb. 7, 2013, 10:46 a.m. / Humboldt , Local Happenings , Ocean
… , all-ages. (More on the movies here.) Then, this weekend, when the skies have cleared, join Friends of the Dunes for some good times in the mud and along the beach: I Love Mud! A Nature Exploration event …
U.S. Fish & Wildlife: Save the Plovers, Kill the Ravens
Jennifer Savage / Oct. 24, 2012, 6:38 a.m. / Local Government , Wildlife
… of recreational beach users – those with horses and/or 4-wheel drives – for interfering with what’s viewed as a veritable birthright. People expect free rein to ride and drive on Clam …
So Much Ocean: Tsunami Debris, Coastal Cleanup, Surf 4 Peace, Coasties are Awesome
Jennifer Savage / Sept. 13, 2012, 9 a.m. / Ocean
… So Much Ocean: Tsunami Debris, Coastal Cleanup, Surf 4 Peace, Coasties are Awesome Rope is super useful, except when it's trash. Help clean up the beaches this Saturday …
Medical Marijuana Growers Diss Feds for Cracking Down on Dispensaries and Not Focusing on Illegal Grows on Public Lands
Kym Kemp / July 17, 2012, 8:29 p.m. / Cannabis
… are trashing habitat and depleting our water, and now we know they also are killing the California fisher, among other species.” EGA Vice Chair, Matt Cohen, whose work helped to establish Mendocino …
… iSmell Moments With Andy: In a rare and profound insight, Andy discovers our beaches look way more beautiful without trash everywhere; Iditarod and THC; and iSmell. The Night Show, hopefully …
Has the Tsunami Debris Finally Arrived on Humboldt Shores?
Hank Sims / June 11, 2012, 5:26 p.m. / News
… Has the Tsunami Debris Finally Arrived on Humboldt Shores? The Humboldt County Office of Emergency Services thinks: maybe. At Mad River Beach. In the form of the thing above — a soda pop bottle …
Ocean Optimism: 5 Things to Give You Hope
Jennifer Savage / May 2, 2012, 6 a.m. / Guest Opinion , Ocean
… in the sunshine left me dashing off to a remote KSLG 94.1 FM broadcast with a comical circular tan line on my face. But looking silly was a small price to pay for the two hours of bliss that took my head out …
Grab Some Butts! (and Other Beach Trash) for Earth Day
Jennifer Savage / April 20, 2012, 8:40 a.m. / Guest Opinion , Ocean , Our Culture
… Grab Some Butts! (and Other Beach Trash) for Earth Day Last time I strolled out to the beach with my elderly yellow dog, I returned with not only a stinky beastie who'd found enough youthful …
Japan’s Tsunami Debris and Working toward Trash Free Seas
Jennifer Savage / March 6, 2012, 6 a.m. / Guest Opinion , Ocean
… Japan's Tsunami Debris and Working toward Trash Free Seas Last Saturday’s sunshine and balmy breeze inspired a lot of people to head to the beach. The peninsula beach access points …
Mysteries of the Deep, Cool. Mystery on Your Plate, Not So Much.
Jennifer Savage / Jan. 18, 2012, 6:41 a.m. / Guest Opinion , Ocean
… , and using the beach as a dumping ground for household trash, our local environment suffers. (See this story in the Arcata Eye on Ted Halstead, Liscom Slough champion, for more on the abuse of our Humboldt …
This Week’s Beach and Bay To-Do List
Jennifer Savage / Jan. 5, 2012, 9:23 a.m. / Guest Opinion , Humboldt , Ocean
… This Week's Beach and Bay To-Do List 1. Read this gorgeous chronicle of Aldaron Laird’s Humboldt Bay walkabout. That an NCJ story written by Heidi Walters makes for fine storytelling …
Read This, Then Go Outside
Jennifer Savage / Nov. 18, 2011, 7:57 a.m. / Ocean
… as the daylight dwindles. Already the sun is setting before 5 p.m., making an after-work head-clearing, soul-soothing stroll on the beach nearly impossible. Which is why I am formally encouraging you to get outside …