Environment / Natural Resources
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Five Things to Know About Microgrids
More than 1 million Californians were left in the dark for days recently as their big utility companies shut off power for fear of sparking wildfires. Frustrated by those outages, some homeowners say they’d like to turn their backs on the companies in favor of smaller providers who might do a better job of keeping […]
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Why the Supes Denied Terra-Gen’s Wind Project, Despite a Series of 11th Hour Concessions from the Company
With Humboldt County supervisors Rex Bohn and Virginia Bass having indicated they would support controversial plans to erect a wind farm on Monument and Bear River ridges south of Rio Dell, and supervisors Steve Madrone and Estelle Fennell having indicated they would not, Supervisor Mike Wilson was left as the swing vote. Obviously deeply conflicted […]
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Divided Board Votes Down Wind Project
Clearly conflicted individually and collectively, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 to reject controversial plans to build a wind farm project on Monument and Bear River ridges south of Rio Dell. The vote, which saw supervisors Virginia Bass and Rex Bohn support the project and the balance of the board reject it, came […]
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Diverting Holiday Waste
Now that the holiday season has arrived, so has the waste generated by the festivities, from wrapping paper and plastic bows to dirty foil trays and more plastic packaging. During this time of the year, Recology Humboldt’s Material Recovery Facility starts to collect about 25 percent more waste, says General Manager Linda Wise. “Right now […]
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No Local Crab Before the New Year
The commercial Dungeness crab season off of Humboldt, Mendocino and Del Norte counties has been delayed again at least until Dec. 31 due quality tests that “continue to show crab are below the minimum testing guidelines.” According to a California Department of Fish and Wildlife release, another round of testing will take place around Dec. […]
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Rio Dell Mayor Asks Supes to Move Terra-Gen Appeal Meeting Down South
Rio Dell Mayor Debra Garnes has sent a letter to the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors officially requesting a change of venue for any future meeting on Terra-Gen’s proposed wind farm. The Humboldt County Planning Commission voted 4-2 Thursday, with commissioners Mike Newman and Alan Bongio dissenting and commissioner Brian Mitchell absent, to deny the […]
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Planning Commission Denies Wind Farm Project
The Humboldt County Planning Commission voted 4-2, with commissioners Mike Newman and Alan Bongio dissenting and commissioner Brian Mitchell absent, to deny a proposal to build a wind farm on Monument and Bear River ridges south of Rio Dell. An initial vote on a motion to accept the project stalled with a 3-3 vote, which […]
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Sheriff’s Office Releases Stats on Marijuana Enforcement Team
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has released stats for its Marijuana Enforcement Team, or MET, which just wrapped up its 2019 grant season. According to a release, the team conducted 86 operations on unpermitted grows that eradicated more than 200,000 cannabis plants, seized nearly $100,000 in cash and resulted in the arrest of 16 people […]
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Crab Quality Delays Commercial Season Opening
The commercial crab season for Mendocino, Humboldt and Del Norte counties is being delayed due to “poor crab meat quality tests,” according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. But there’s still hope for crab by New Year’s, if not Christmas. In a Nov. 15 memo, CDFW Director Charlton H. Bonham wrote that “quality […]
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Overflow Crowd Again Turns Out for Public Hearing on Controversial Wind Farm Proposal
The debate over the proposed Terra-Gen wind energy project seemed no closer to resolution after a second heated five-and-a-half-hour public hearing at the County Planning Commission on Thursday. Once again, the Supervisors Chamber was packed with people standing in the aisles. About 40 people who could not fit into the crowded room stood outside in […]
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CHP, Sheriff’s Office Upping the Enforcement Ante on Driving Around Livestock
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office and CHP are jointly “beefing up” (their words, not ours) enforcement around and awareness of driving on county roads with livestock crossings. According to a release, both agencies “CHP have received numerous reports of livestock being struck by motorists” over the last year. “As a rural county, several Humboldt County […]