The Humboldt martens, a small, cat-like woodland creature once thought to be extinct, will now receive protection as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. According to Environment Protection Information Center (EPIC), the decision comes 10 years after EPIC and the Center for Biological Diversity petitioned for the animals to have protected species under […]
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Lawsuit Filed Over Humboldt Marten Endangered Species Listing
The continued survival of a small, elusive woodland creature once thought to be extinct is the subject of a lawsuit filed today against the Trump administration, which a pair of conservation groups argue has failed to finalize Endangered Species Act protections for the Humboldt marten. According to a press release from the Center for Biological […]
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A Listicle to Save the World
With all the bleak environmental news out there — climate change, rising sea levels, endangered species, starving abalone — it can be easy to feel lost and disheartened, unsure of what you can do to make a difference. With that in mind, we reached out to a handful of local environmental nonprofits and asked them […]
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Ruling Puts Martens Up For Endangered Species Reconsideration
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will likely need to revisit providing endangered species protections to the coastal marten after a federal court judge today overturned the agency’s decision not to list the small woodland creature. The Environmental Protection Information Center and the Center for Biological Diversity had sued the service after the latter unsuccessfully […]
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Protesters: ‘Fish Need Water’
More than 100 people gathered in front of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Sacramento office Tuesday to demand that the bureau release additional water into the Trinity River, and by turn the Klamath, to prevent what they see as an imminent large-scale fish kill similar to that of 2002, when more than 50,000 salmon died […]
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UPDATED: Planning Commissioner Arrested on Suspicion of DUI
The California Highway Patrol issued a press release this morning providing some details of Saturday’s arrest of Humboldt County Planning Commissioner Noah Levy. See the full release following the original post below. Original Post: Humboldt County Planning Commissioner Noah Levy was arrested early Saturday morning on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol in […]