Updates + News
Growing Green Workshop Interview with Dave Feral of Mad River Alliance
April 11, 2014The following email interview with Dave Feral of Mad River Alliance gives an overview of the Green Growers Workshop, which will be held at the Arcata Theatre Lounge on Saturday, April 26 from 11am-5pm. What was the impetus for the Mad River Alliance working to organize this workshop? Mad River Alliance organized the Growing Green in 2014 […]
read more >>Is d-Con Our Next DDT?
April 8, 2014
Last month, the State of California took a step in the right direction by trying to ban over-the-counter sales of dangerous anticoagulant rat poisons that are harming children, killing pets, and devastating wildlife, including endangered species. But within days after California announced the new regulations—which are meant to take effect on July 1—Reckitt Benckiser, the $37.5 billion multi-national corporation that manufactures and sells d-Con, filed a lawsuit against the state. read more >>
Earth Day Beach Clean-up and Hoedown
April 7, 2014
Saturday April 19th from 9 am till noon, work to clean-up and restore the earth, later from 3-7pm put your hoe down to dance and celebrate! In a cooperative effort with Mad River Alliance, North Coast Environmental Center, Friends of the Dunes, Humboldt Baykeeper, Friends of the Eel River, Trees Foundation, Surfrider Foundation and Dell’ Arte International. read more >>
Who Will Stand Up for the Northern Spotted Owl?
April 7, 2014
EPIC's Northern Spotted Owl Self-Defense campaign uses a multitude of tactics to conserve the owl including monitoring, commenting on, and challenging logging projects that may affect the owl on both public and private lands, engaging with the Board of Forestry to improve rules regarding owl protections, and launching a campaign to end the use of “super-toxic” rat poison in agriculture operations. read more >>
EPIC in review
April 7, 2014
Much of EPIC's work involves staying up-to-date with local, regional and statewide natural resource management decisions and providing public comments to guide decision making in the interest of the best available science and with conservation in mind. Our staff has been busy! Here is a snapshot of the various items we have contributed to the local, state and national environmental movements over the last few weeks. read more >>
Get the Frack Out of California
March 27, 2014
Take Action Now: Support Bill to Ban Fracking in California. Fracking is a technique used to extract natural gas whereby millions of gallons of water mixed with sand and highly toxic chemicals are injected into the earth. This process has been proven to result in massive environmental effects including wasting large quantities of scarce water resources, ground water contamination, air pollution and earth quakes. read more >>
Injunction Sought to Halt Unnecessary Caltrans Highway-widening Project in Remote Northwest California
March 20, 2014
EPIC along with several other conservation groups filed for a preliminary injunction in federal court today to halt construction of a Caltrans highway-widening project that would harm threatened coho salmon runs and undermine public safety along the wild and scenic Smith River Canyon in California’s remote Del Norte County. The project is aimed at widening narrow sections of highways 197 and 199 to provide access for oversized trucks. read more >>
El Radio Fantastique plays the Arcata Playhouse Thursday, April 3
March 13, 2014
El Radio Fantastique features beautifully dark songwriting, their tunes are guaranteed to set your soul flying while your heart breaks and your body shakes. The Playhouse provides the perfect intimate and theatrical atmosphere for guests to enjoy the wild musical styling. Come thirsty and hungry. Doors open at 6:30 for specialty cocktails, beer, wine and delicious morsels. Show starts at 8pm. $12-20 sliding scale. read more >>
Take Action to Prohibit Wildlife Killing Contests in California
March 11, 2014
Take Action Now: Please join EPIC, and our allies, in calling on the California Fish and Game Commission and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to prohibit predator killing contests statewide and to develop comprehensive regulations and policies to reform and modernize predator management in California. Killing predators - or any wild animal- as part of a ‘contest’ ‘tournament’ or ‘drive' is ethically indefensible and ecologically reckless. read more >>
Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for Rare Coastal Plant in Oregon and California
March 11, 2014
EPIC joined a coalition with seven other organizations and filed a petition last week with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service seeking Endangered Species Act protection for silvery phacelia, a rare plant that grows on a 130-mile stretch of coast from Coos and Curry counties in southern Oregon to Del Norte County in northern California. The flowering plant is at risk of extinction due to off-road vehicles, development and nonnative beach grass. There are fewer than 30 surviving populations of the silver-leaved plant. read more >>
