Save the Redwoods League announced today that Westfall Ranch, a 72-acre property outside Eureka in Humboldt County, has been transferred to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for permanent protection adjacent to Headwaters Forest Reserve. With this ownership change, Save the Redwoods, which purchased Westfall Ranch in 2016, completes a decade-long effort to restore the land, expand habitat […]
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NRLT Completes the Kinsey Ranch Conservation Easement
The Northcoast Regional Land Trust (NRLT) is proud to announce the completion of a conservation easement on the Kinsey Ranch, a historic 6,625-acre working cattle ranch along the East Branch of the South Fork Eel River in Benbow, CA. The easement permanently protects the ranch’s agricultural, forest, and watershed values while allowing the Kinsey family […]
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A Wing and A Prayer
There is still “a sliver of hope” this year will be the one for the first condor chick in more than a century to hatch on the North Coast. The breeding pair A0 and A1 have recently been seen together away from their nesting site during a time when a hatchling would still need constant […]
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Volunteer with Redwood Parks Conservancy This March to Restore Coastal Habitats
Redwood Parks Conservancy (RPC), in partnership with California State Parks North Coast Redwoods District, invites the public to volunteer this March to help restore coastal prairies, dunes, and native plant habitats across Northern California. These hands-on restoration days will focus on removing invasive non-native plants and encroaching vegetation that threaten native ecosystems. Volunteer efforts will […]
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Butterflies, Real Estate Mysteries and Pop-up Dining
This week we’ve got a story about how conservationists are working to bring an endangered butterfly back from the brink of extinction. Also, the Eureka City Schools’ property sale mystery continues. We’ve got a brief on the hostage situation and police shooting in Eureka. Finally, we’ll look at how pop-up nights at Alchemy Distillery are […]
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Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Saving the Humboldt Marten
The Humboldt marten is about the size of a 4-month-old human baby and adorable, with small, round ears, a fluffy tail and a button nose. Don’t let these looks fool you. This member of the weasel family is a voracious predator that fights hard for a spot in the animal kingdom, taking down large rodents […]
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Californians Used More Water as State Braces for Another Dry Year
Californians used 2.6 percent more water in January compared to before the drought emergency was declared, a sign that urban residents are ignoring the state’s pleas to take the drought seriously and cut back. The increased water use in California’s cities and towns came during the second-driest January on record, as the Sierra Nevada snowpack […]
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No, California’s Drought Isn’t Over. Here’s Why.
In a clear sign that the drought persists, California this week adopted new emergency regulations aimed at stopping residents from wasting the state’s precious water. The rules ban practices such as hosing down sidewalks and driveways with drinking water, washing cars without a shutoff nozzle on the hose and irrigating lawns and gardens too soon […]
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Newsom Declares Drought Emergency Across California
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday declared a drought emergency for the entire state of California, as conservation efforts continue to fall far short of state targets. Newsom also authorized California’s water regulators to ban wasteful water use, such as spraying down public sidewalks, and directed his Office of Emergency Services to fund drinking water as […]
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Trinidad Asks Residents to Curtail Water Use As Creek Runs Low
The city of Trinidad is asking residents to curtail water usage amid drought conditions, as Luffenholtz Creek — the city’s sole water source — has seen flows decrease steadily since June. “This year’s drought is steadily approaching the peak severity of the last one,” said Richard Clompus, who serves on the Trinidad City Council and […]
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Prey-go-neesh One Step Closer to Soaring in Humboldt Skies
After nearly a century, California condors will soon once again soar over Yurok ancestral lands, the culmination of years of work by the tribe on behalf of the bird Yurok people know as prey-go-neesh. Nearly lost to extinction in the 1980s, condors are integrally connected to the Yurok Tribe and others in the region, where […]
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Arkley’s ‘Dog Ranch’ Peninsula Property Sold to Conservation Coalition
It turns out “never, ever, ever, ever, ever” isn’t so long after all — sometimes it’s a little more than 15 years, in fact. Back in 2005, after swooping in at the 11th hour to outbid Friends of the Dunes and the Humboldt Bay Harbor District for a 200-acre property on the Samoa Peninsula known […]