Voices of Humboldt County

What’s Most Important About Humboldt’s Future: Watershed Restoration Funds

admin — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 01:27:32 +0000

From Times-Standard: Watershed restoration efforts in Humboldt County are receiving $1.23 million in grants from the state Department of Conservation. The grants are part of $9.1 million available through Proposition 84 to 41 organizations and non-profit groups throughout the state. The funds will be distributed over three years and are meant to hire watershed coordinators [...]

Good News: Smith River Salmon Run

admin — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 19:10:34 +0000

Big Salmon Run Spawns Profits Wall Street Journal February 7, 2011 By Justin Scheck CRESCENT CITY, Calif.—An unexpectedly large run of salmon in the rivers of far Northern California this winter is providing an economic boost to local communities across the hard-hit region. After years of declining fish numbers, some waterways, including the Smith River—which [...]

Eel River group wants NRCA’s tracks for trails

admin — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 23:07:28 +0000

Thanks to Rare Earth News for Pointing this out! Sunday, January 30, 2011 rails to trails along the North Coast’s Eel River? Eel River group wants NRCA’s tracks for trails (The Ukiah Daily Journal, 1/18/11) “A grass-roots effort is under way to rip out the rails and ties along the North Coast Railroad Authority corridor [...]

California’s Klamath River / Scott River: Chinook Salmon and Property Rights Fanatics are doing well this year!

admin — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 07:19:34 +0000

From: http://klamblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/report-from-scott-river-chinook-salmon.html This year, as a result of heavy snowpack and unusual late spring storms, fish habitat in the Scott River Canyon (lower third of the sub-basin) is in the best condition we’ve seen over the past 30 years. We dove at Gold Flat and near Kelsey and Canyon Creeks. The flows are good, water [...]

Almost 20,000 acres to be preserved by State this month

admin — Tue, 04 May 2010 21:23:16 +0000

Read the full story here: http://rare-earth-news.blogspot.com/2010/05/state-finds-cash-to-buy-more-land-and.html NOTICE OF MEETING–WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD May 27, 2010–10:00 AM–State Capitol, Room 112–Sacramento, California 95814 http://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=19402 HIGHLIGHTS: MONTEREY COUNTY—1 acre RIVERSIDE COUNTY—404 acres SISKIYOU COUNTY—10,500 acres SIERRA COUNTY—1455 ACRES SANTA CLARA COUNTY—1557 acres MADERA COUNTY—2990 acres SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY—2355 acres–Avila Beach LOS ANGELES COUNTY—139 acres—Cahuenga Peak ORANGE COUNTY—100 acres—Los [...]

An Example of a Phone App That Monitors Water Quality (South Africa)

admin — Tue, 04 May 2010 08:21:27 +0000

http://mobileactive.org/tagging/water-quality-reporter From: http://spatialdatamanagement.uct.ac.za/water-quality-reporter/system-descript… System Description The Water Quality Reporter cellphone application provides a simple structured data collection form on the user's phone. The user navigates through the form, responding to questions such as 'where was the sample taken?' or 'what was the reading for turbidity?'. Once data about the sample has been entered into the [...]

A New Era in Watershed Monitoring Begins

admin — Tue, 04 May 2010 08:11:57 +0000

Noah: Networked Organism Noah helps people reconnect with nature and contribute to organizations that are working hard to catalog and preserve our planet's biodiversity. Noah connects aspiring citizen scientists with current research projects focused on documenting various plant and animal species. Think of Noah as a tool that nature lovers can use to explore and document [...]

Richard Gienger’s latest edition of Diggin’ In

admin — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 02:57:29 +0000

In this issue I’ll be “recapping” some of the continuing sagas, like the bond funding freeze and watershed / fisheries restoration work. But first I’m going to try to summarize some of the elements of the so-called “timber wars” over the last three-plus decades and then focus on crucial current conflicts and opportunities. - I’ll have to skim over years of fundamental detail in order to get to the here-and-now. For those [...]

HWC on Both Sides of Richardson Grove Issue at County Board of Supervisors Meeting

admin — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 02:37:35 +0000

Heraldo’s coverage of today’s County Board of Supervisor’s meeting features a quote from HWC’s Vice President extordinaire Carlos Quilez. Also featured is former HWC board member Cliff Clendenen: “Chairman Clif Clendenen said he would cut comments to 1-minute per person and only allow 30-minutes for the entire comment period. When the crowd reacted negatively he [...]

Healthy Humboldt Coalition and League of Women Voters are co-sponsoring the 5th District Supervisors Race Forum

admin — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 08:22:26 +0000

Greetings, You are invited to attend the 5th district supervisor candidates forum specifically focused on the county General Plan update. The Healthy Humboldt Coalition and League of Women Voters are co-sponsoring the forum to educate the public about the issue and the candidates’ views on this important topic. This is your chance to ask the [...]

Participate: Healthy Humbolbt

Bill — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:09:21 +0000

Healthy Humboldt Coalition How to contact them: (707) 633-8478 info@healthyhumboldt.org www.healthyhumboldt.org NEXT ACTION DATE: On March 11th at 6pm the Humboldt County Planning Commission will convene (in the Supervisor’s Chambers at the Humboldt County Courthouse) to hear comments and make its final decisions on the Agricultural Resources section of the General Plan’s Land Use Element. [...]

HWC- Signs on to Protect the Tomales Dunes

Bill — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:19:26 +0000

At the request of the West Marin Camaign to Protect Tomales Dunes, the HWC upon review and cosideration agreed with thier position and signed on the the below printed letter. Feb 24, 2010… For more information contact: Environmental Action Committee of West Marin Campaign to Protect Tomales Dunes P.O.Box 884 Inverness, CA 94937: Contact Person: Catherine [...]

Clean Water Act: Supreme Court gives 3 huge victories

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:13:59 +0000

“Industry has really been trying to play this as unique in history as an unparalleled expansion of regulatory power, but if you look at the history of the Clean Water Act, a lot of industrial sectors have already been regulated and EPA has been slapped down for trying to exempt other sectors.” All passages from:http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/02/23/23greenwire-supreme-court-denies-3-high-profile-environmen-26153.html [...]

March 10: Van Duzen Watershed Project invitation to review HRC’s Watershed Analysis: Yager & Lawrence Creek

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:01:07 +0000

At the end of the 20th century, the most productive forests of Pacific Lumber Company were in the Yager & Lawrence Creek drainages, a tributary of the Van Duzen River… . In the eighties and nineties Under Maxxam’s ownership these fragile erosive forested soils endured clearcutting at triple the level of what was once considered [...]

HWC and many other ogranization write Feinstein on ESA in Delta

Bill — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:28:15 +0000

Alliance of Communities for Sustainable Fisheries * California Fisheries Coalition California Sportfishing Protection Alliance * California Water Impact Network Clipper Yacht Harbor * Emeryville Sportfishing Center * Friends of the Eel River Friends of the River * Friends of Trinity River Golden Gate Fishermen’s Association * Humboldt Watershed Council Johnson Hicks Marine * Northcoast Environmental [...]

Humboldt Watershed Council can’t support the Klamath settlement deal!

Bill — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:02:43 +0000

Why the Humboldt Watershed Council can’t support the Klamath settlement. By Bill Thorington, President Humboldt Watershed Council The mighty Klamath River—once the third largest salmon producing river on the west coast—ends its 263-mile trip at the border of Humboldt and Del Norte Counties surrounded by Redwood National Park. Here, the widened river sparkles in the [...]

Myths and Facts about San Joaquin Valley Job Loss

Bill — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:17:44 +0000

Myth: The high rate of joblessness in the San Joaquin Valley is due to agricultural unemployment. Fact: The subprime mortgage crisis and housing implosion caused most of the job loss in the San Joaquin Valley. UOP studies have estimated that 47,000 construction jobs were lost in San Joaquin Valley, as opposed to 8,500 jobs in [...]

Judge relaxes Delta Salmon rules

Bill — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:47:27 +0000

Judge relaxes Delta Salmon rules By Mike Taugher Contra Costa Times In a win for central and Southern California farmers and cities, a federal judge on Friday suspended salmon protection rules just weeks after they began affecting water deliveries. The decision, which angered salmon fishermen, means that for at least the next two weeks water [...]