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    Signs and participants awaited the start of the rally and Humboldt March for Science at the D Street Neighborhood Center in Arcata on Saturday.
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    A large crowd gathered to listen to a rally advocating for science at the D Street Neighborhood Center.
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    Bill Wenger, of Trinidad, added his sign to the crowd.
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    Eloi (center) and Ivan Hoopman, of Arcata, joined hundreds of other sign-carrying participants in the march.
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    Advocating for redwoods in the Humboldt March for Science.
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    Over a thousand people joined the Humboldt March for Science as it looped around the Arcata Plaza on Saturday.
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    Katrim Kumm and Destinee Trenberth, of Fortuna, added their signs to the march.
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    Randy Klein of Arcata threw in his support for science.
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    An art-heavy “We Love Science” sign at the march.
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    Part of the science expo prior to the Humboldt March for Science included a people’s choice award for artwork created by grade school children. A favorite caption from kindergartener Annaka (lower right): “Grace the scientist likes to study cats and after studying them she feeds them fish. She is trying to teach them to speak English.”
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    Missy Newkirk Fiedler, of Arcata, helped lead the face painting at the science expo at the D Street Neighborhood Center.
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    Kelly Garnett (in eagle mask) and Sandy Rosas (in wolf mask), of McKinleyville joined the crowd at the rally prior to the march.
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    After the rally, the Pandimonium band helped lead the march.
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    After the science expo and rally, participants in the Humboldt March for Science crossed the overpass on 11th Street in Arcata before looping around the Plaza.
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    The 11th Street overpass in Arcata was packed with signs and participants in the Humboldt March for Science on Saturday.
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    Quotes from Aldo Leopold to Dr. Seuss could be found on signs in the march.
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    Scott Osborn, of Manila, carried a two-sided sign with photos of Rachel Carson and John Muir in the Humboldt March for Science.
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    The crowd moving down the road.
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    One marcher carried a sign with a grim environmental warning.
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    Feeling the science love.
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    Some recent classic signs were revived.
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    A protest sign in the Humboldt March for Science.
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    After joining her grandmother Wendy Poppygeorge, of Hoopa, on stage at the rally, Gigi Alvarado (1 1/2 years old) walked in the Humboldt March for Science dressed in traditional clothing.