Updates + News
Buy Your Tickets for EPIC's Forest Prom!
April 22, 2018
Join us for EPIC's Forest Prom Saturday, April 28th at the Veterans Hall in Arcata.This redwood carpet affair will provide an experience you do not want to miss! Whether you never went to your High School Prom, desperately want a "do over", or just want to have a good time, this event promises to create lasting memories all in support of EPIC's efforts to protect and restore the forests of Northcoast California. EPIC Forest Prom is ALL AGES! read more >>
Action Alert: Seiad “Salvage”- Bad for Water, Wildlife and Wild Places
April 18, 2018ACTION ALERT: The Klamath National Forest has done it again, planning over 1,200 acres of post-fire logging adjacent to the Pacific Crest Trail on the steep slopes of the Siskiyou Crest. The Seiad-Horse Creek project would: significantly increase sediment in already impaired watersheds critical for salmon, require “take” or killing of threatened species, harm wildlife connectivity, and affect Roadless and Botanical Areas. Rather than fully address the impacts through an Environmental Impact Statement, the Forest Service released a Draft Environmental Analysis (EA) initiating the public scoping comment period. read more >>
EPIC in Court (Again) to Defend Richardson Grove
April 11, 2018EPIC was back in court on March 28th to defend Richardson Grove against Caltrans’ effort to dismiss our most recent state lawsuit, filed last summer in Humboldt County Superior Court. (For more on our older but currently ongoing state lawsuit, click here.) Once again, the courtroom was packed to the gills with supporters of the Grove. And, once again, our longtime attorney, Sharon Duggan, put on a great show for supporters. read more >>
Modest Victory for Rare Plant - Volunteers Needed in Shasta to Remove Noxious Weeds
April 10, 2018There are only twenty known populations of the Shasta snow-wreath (Neviusia cliftonii) on the planet, endemic to the shores and canyons around Shasta Lake. In a modest victory through the objection resolution process EPIC has protected a few of these populations from the possible drift of herbicides, glyphosate and aminopyralid. The Shasta Trinity National Forest has agreed to partner with EPIC and the Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center to pull and cut scotch broom in areas growing near creeks and Shasta snow-wreath populations. read more >>
EPIC Petitions to Ban Humboldt Marten Trapping in Oregon
April 4, 2018On April 4th, EPIC and four sister conservation organizations filed a rulemaking petition asking the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to ban trapping of Humboldt martens in Oregon’s coastal forests. The petition follows a new study that found that trapping could easily wipe out the species in the state. read more >>
Richardson Grove in Court: Supporters Needed!
March 21, 2018Where will you be on March 28th?
Come show your support! EPIC and allies will be back in court on March 28th in Eureka at 1:45, defending our most recent case filed in the Humboldt County Superior Court. We should be in Courtroom 4, but due to a shortage of courtrooms, we might get moved on the day of. Please check the directory by the elevators to determine the correct courtroom. read more >>
SOS: Save Our Salamanders!
March 21, 2018EPIC and our sister conservation groups KS Wild, Cascadia Wildlands, and the Center for Biological Diversity filed a federal petition for Endangered Species Act protection for the Siskiyou Mountains salamander, a rare terrestrial salamander that lives in old-growth forests in the Klamath-Siskiyou region of southern Oregon and Northern California. “The Siskiyou Mountain salamander is under imminent threat from numerous timber sales,” said Tom Wheeler, Executive Director of EPIC.read more >>
CDFW Stalls, Green Diamond Clearcuts, Humboldt Marten Looses Ground
March 21, 2018The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) continues to unlawfully delay production of a status review and report to support the California Endangered Species Act listing process of the critically-imperiled Humboldt marten. The California State wildlife agency has been negotiating terms of a potential Safe Harbor Agreement with voluntary marten conservation measures from Green Diamond Resource Company, while at the same time, it has been over two years since the agency was directed by the Fish and Game Commission to complete a status review and report within one-year. read more >>
EPIC & Latino Outdoors Redwood Hike Series & Outdoor Skills Training
March 21, 2018The Environmental Protection Information Center (EPIC) and Latino Outdoors are pleased to present a series of bilingual interpretative hikes and associated outdoor skills training workshops to connect diverse communities with nature and outdoor experiences. All events are free and open to all ages. read more >>
Fish and Wildlife Service Says Goodbye to Spotted Owl Assistance in California
March 7, 2018So long, and thanks for all the technical assistance! The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced it will no longer provide technical assistance to private timberland owners in California to ensure Timber Harvest Plans and other logging plans avoid “take” of the federally-threatened northern spotted owl. The announcement closes a 19-year chapter in which the federal wildlife agency has provided private timberland owners and the California Department of Forestry with biological review of THPs and other state-sanctioned logging permitting frameworks aimed at avoiding “take” of the spotted owl.read more >>