Please, watch out for the highway horses! These fuzzy pets were hurrying across Highway 96 in Hoopa today.
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Water’s for Fighting
When’s the last time you visited the Trinity River? Late spring, when the bathtub rings begin to appear on rocks near Kimtu, when crisp, warm air and cold, fast flows combine to beckon swimmers? Late August, when the canyon walls are bleached, baked and orange-hued from overhead wildfire smoke? Winter, when the water pours into […]
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Firefighters Shift to ‘Direct Attack’ on Corral Complex
Nearly a thousand firefighters this week are going on the offensive in their battle against the Corral Complex wildfires burning in the Six Rivers National Forest, just east of the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation. After two weeks of road-clearing, bulldozing and other “indirect” efforts at containment — and with milder weather forecast through Friday — […]
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Anatomy of a Fire Fight
They were celebrating down in Hoopa when the storm rolled in on a warm, smoky Saturday. It was Aug. 10, in the middle of the annual Sovereign Day celebrations, when the tribe celebrates its independence with a parade, games, a rodeo. It had been a bad air quality day; smoke from the Butler Fire up […]
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Update: Let the Trinity Flow, Judge Rules
Update: Both the Yurok Tribe and the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority — one of the agencies that sued to prevent the release — released statements following the judge’s decision. They can be read below. Trinity River water will flow. The Fresno judge who issued a restraining order on extra releases from the Trinity […]
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Fish Out of Water
What’s at greater risk — today’s fish or next year’s farms? That’s the crux of a fight between Central Valley irrigators and the federal government that goes before a federal judge in Fresno this week. Three days of hearings are anticipated to wrap on Friday, with fish friendlies arguing for water to flow downstream and […]
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New Fires in Eastern Humboldt
Lightning sparked fires east of Hoopa over the weekend, adding to the smoke-congested air along the Trinity, Klamath and Salmon rivers. Joining fires in Orleans and along the Salmon River, the latest blaze (called the Corral Complex) started Saturday morning and grew to 375 acres by this afternoon. Lots of fuels and extreme terrain — […]
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Central Valley Farmers Sue to Stop Trinity Flows
Irrigators in the San Joaquin Valley filed suit this week to block a recent decision to increase water flows down the Trinity River. The San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority — a collection of water agencies the operates in from as far north as Stockton down to Fresno — said in its filing that valley […]
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River Rising
The Trinity and Klamath rivers are going to get colder, higher and faster next week when the Bureau of Reclamation increases water flows from the Trinity Reservoir. The release is expected to help another strong run of returning chinook salmon in the Klamath, hopefully preventing the spread of disease that contributed to a fish kill in […]
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Unhealthy Air Warning Issued
Fires in Southern Oregon and Eastern Humboldt County are choking Northern California with smoke. Air quality alerts were issued today for Humboldt, Del Norte and Trinity Counties. The North Coast Air Quality District declared air unhealthy in Willow Creek, Orleans, Forks of Salmon and Burnt Ranch. “People are recommended to restrict any outdoor activity,” the […]
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Planned Trinity Water Release Rankles Central Valley Irrigators
Another round of the all-too-familiar fight over Trinity and Klamath waters has pulled North Coast congressmen and Central Valley irrigators into the mix. The Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) — which controls the release of water from the Trinity Reservoir — announced last week that it was considering an extra release of Trinity water this year […]