This is another Thomas Dunklin film on the Klamath. Kumbaya …
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Klamaty? NEC Gives Restoration Agreement the Thumbs Down
The Northcoast Environmental Center has rejected the Klamath River Restoration Agreement because it doesn’t provide adequate water flows for fish, according to Executive Director Greg King. It’s the same thing the Hoopa Tribe said when the agreement was unveiled last month. In a press release sent out Sunday, the NEC wrote: “The decision not to […]
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A Town, Trains and Long-Awaited Development
The town of Bill, Wyoming is on one of the busiest train lines in the world in terms of tonnage. It’s also a crew-change station for the Union Pacific railroad. At 2 in the morning and 2 in the afternoon, railroaders roll into town looking for a place to sleep. Nonetheless, since WW II the […]
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Life Preserver
On a clear day in Petrolia, long-time environmental activist Richard Gienger and Seth Zuckerman, forestry director for the Mattole Restoration Council, sit outside of the council’s office at a weathered picnic table explaining what Zuckerman calls the "vision of stewardship" his organization has for the entire Mattole River watershed. Presently, that vision is focused on […]
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‘Bloodhounds’ Requested
The University of California at Davis has launched a dog blood-donor program . That’s dog-to-dog of course. Some die-hard owners would no doubt be willing to open a vein for their favorite pet, but that service isn’t available yet. And if you’re wondering, according to the UC Davis press release, dogs, unlike humans, have 13 […]
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A Yurok Perspective
Thomas Dunklin, a local fisheries geo-videologist, recently completed a documentary film, commissioned by the Yurok Tribe, about the Klamath River Restoration Agreement. It includes interviews with Yurok Tribal Chairwoman Maria Tripp, tribal member Troy Fletcher, who has been active in the settlement talks, and senior fisheries biologist for the tribe Mike Belchik. [vodpod id=ExternalVideo.481187&w=425&h=350&fv=] from […]
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Blog on Blog Ruling
Shasta County Superior Court Commissioner Gary Gibson has rejected a request from a reporter at the Record Searchlight in Redding seeking a restraining order against a former friend turned blogging nemesis. Beth Doolittle-Norby’s blog, “No Phat Pink Chicks,” pokes fun at journalist Christy Lochrie’s reporting, looks and personality, according to an AP report , which […]
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Poetry without Borders
Activist poet David Smith-Ferri will read from his book, Battlefield without Borders, at Northtown Books in Arcata, Saturday, March 9, at 7 pm. Smith-Ferri first visited Iraq in 1999 as part of an eight-member fact-finding delegation. According to his website, he wrote two thirds of the poems while in Iraq after encounters with Iraqi people. […]
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The Other Hillary
Where there’s a Will, there’s a way. Just ask 27-year-old Fortuna native Hillary Will, the fastest female in the history of NHRA drag racing. Will, in her nitro-fueled, 8,000-horsepower dragster, will compete this weekend, Feb. 22-24, at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series at Firebird Int’l Raceway in Phoenix, Ariz. If she doesn’t do well, […]
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Bulletproof
Lyal Corliss’ huge hands tell the story of his life. They have felled Sequoia sempervirens and shod countless horses. His fingers are burly and broad like tree roots, and they are wrinkled and weather-beaten. A finger on one hand is missing from an accident in the woods. Still, they are immensely strong hands, especially considering […]
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Swan Lake
Ballet performance by Saint-Petersburg State Academic Theatre Feb. 17 at the Arkley Center for the Performing Arts Those of you who went to the Arkley Center for the Performing Arts on Feb. 17 to see Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet, Swan Lake, might have failed to notice that while you were watching the graceful drama unfold […]
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Zoned For Kids
Last Wednesday, Hilary Mosher, director of the Strongbridge Montessori School in McKinleyville, tried to explain to her students the bind their school is in. The building she’s been operating out of for the past two years was sold recently and she has until to the end of February to relocate. Mosher sat on a short […]