You’ve gotta be careful with those wiley bivalve mollusks. Sometimes the tasty filter feeders are packed with enough toxins to — worst cases — make you tingle, burn, talk funny, choke, fall over and even die. That’s why the California Department of Public Health routinely sets quarantines on sport-harvested bivalve shelfish such as clams, scallops […]
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A New Trail!
OK, so it’s been out there ready to tromple along for some time now. But tomorrow – Saturday, March 2 – is the grand opening for the 1.5 mile multiple-use trail through the wildlife sanctuary along the Elk River. It’s called the Hikshari Trail – a Wiyot name for the place. […]
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Madaket Rides Again
Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum’s MV Madaket, launched in 1910, took her first cruise of the season today, with the full cruise season starting on May 19. 75-minute narrated cruises will run from the C Street Dock–call 445 1910 for times and details. Cruises over Mother’s Day weekend (May 11, 12 and 13) depart at 1.00 […]
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Time to Sharpen Your eTrek Sticks
The Guv has proposed closing 70 state parks to ease the budget burden a bit, and several are in our area — including Fort Humboldt and Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park, through which the Van Duzen River flows. Some of these parks have been saved from closure by private and government entities; most have not. […]
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Neighhhhhh, they say
About 80 equestrian trail advocates “flash mobbed at Clam Beach today,” reports Uri Driscoll. They parked about 35 horse trailers alongside the frontage road between U.S. 101 and Clam Beach/Little River State Beach, and then assembled on foot in front of them with sign boards and a petition. They demanded that Redwood State Park listen […]