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Editor: I read with interest Heidi Walters’ article on sneaker waves (“Sneaker Savvy,” March 10). Over a year ago and soon after the State Parks issued a rogue wave warning, they were informed in writing that the rope fence they have erected on Clam Beach poses a significant and unnecessary hazard to beach users. In […]

Editor: Thank you for your informative article about Coast Central Credit Union (“Big Job,” Feb. 17). I was shocked to see how much the CEO is paid and would like to see tellers paid more, and more money made available in loans to small businesses. I’m having a difficult time believing that Coast Central is […]

Editor: I understand Ric Schlexer’s reticence in challenging Barry Evans on a point of astronomical science (“Winter Hexagon,” March 10). I, too, am humble as the day is long-in December-and am loathe to express my lukewarm views. Sometimes, though, truth compels me to speak out. Such is the case with the tooth-grinding, blackboard-scraping phrase, “Far be […]

Editor: As a fan of the Field Notes columns, I find it ironic that when Barry Evans wrote about Jimmie Angel and Angel Falls (“Why Waterfalls,” March 10), he apparently didn’t know that the North Coast Journal and the international headquarters for the Jimmie Angel Historical Project share the same hometown-Eureka. Let me add some […]

Editor: I thought the Journal had gone downhill after Hank Sims left but I really got a charge out of the column (“Thinking Globally,” March 10) by new editor Tom Abate. He hit the nail on the head when he talked about: legalizing and taxing marijuana to prop up the county’s coffers; calling the hypocrisy of the […]

Editor: It makes me sad to see actors who go to work, school and travel on a shoe-string budget try to put on high quality productions, only to be upstaged by a mediocre review. William Kowinski’s review of the Ferndale Rep’s “Amadeus” was mainly devoted to a detailed account of his discomfort and annoyance at […]

Editor: In your article on suction dredge gold mining regulations in rivers (“Golden Rules,” March 3), new 49’er James Buchal made an ugly and untrue statement when he called cold-water refugia an “idiotic theory” of Native American tribes. Refugia are not a theory. I have more than 10 years of professional salmon biology experience in […]

Editor: Far be it for me to question the authority of one of my favorite local heroes, Barry Evans, and yet the truth compels me to do so. In his otherwise outstanding article on the Winter Hexagon (“Field Notes,” Mar. 6), Barry maintains that the star Regulus, in the constellation Leo (The Lion) marks Leo’s […]

Editor: Thank you for writing about the Eel River and its fall salmon run (“Return of the Salmon?” March 3). There are a few things I’d like to clarify. Instead of being worried that “the big runs will increase pressure to lift fishing restrictions,” I see the potential for more sport fishing access and an […]

Editor: I write regarding “Return of the Salmon?” in the March 3 Journal. The modest article compelled me to touch on additional problems facing the health of the Eel River watershed presented by Mr. Higgins’ report. More that a mere fish count, Mr. Higgins produced a point-in-time look at many aspects of the river, finding […]

Editor: Pursuant to your March 3 article, the new Marine Protected Areas in Southern California and the North Central Coast are null, void and unenforceable, because they were created by an illegal and corrupt Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) process. In a 55-page petition filed Jan. 27 in San Diego Superior Court, United Anglers of […]

Editor: Regarding “Very Last Asset” (Letters, Feb. 24), I cannot believe that Abbey and her neighbors pay $250 a week to stay in that dive! I saw one of the rooms 16 years ago when I first moved to the area and mistook it as a place I might stay for the night. The clerk […]