Updates + News
Action Alert: Protect Marine Mammals from Navy Sonar and Weapons Testing
March 5, 2014
Take Action Now! The US Navy has prepared an Environmental Impact Statement to assess the impacts associated with a five-year authorization of military testing and training operations off the coast of the Pacific Northwest in an area that stretches from Cape Mendocino all the way north to the Canadian border, including Alaskan waters. The proposed activities are expected to injure, disturb or kill more than a hundred thousand individuals consisting of 29 different marine mammal species. read more >>
Public Action has Exposed Caltrans Need for Reform
March 5, 2014
Caltrans is seriously out of step with the times, with the needs of the state of California, and with the North Coast community. EPIC has been voicing this criticism of Caltrans since we first rose to the defense of the ancient redwoods of Richardson Grove. Now an independent study has come to that same conclusion. read more >>
12th Annual Pisces Party with the No Good Redwood Ramblers
February 24, 2014
The 12th Annual Pisces Party will be held Friday, March 14, at the Beginnings Octagon in Briceland. The Pisces Party tradition has become an EPIC community ritual and harbinger of the coming spring. The event is an annual fundraiser to honor and support EPIC adviser and mentor Richard Gienger's ongoing work restoring the forests and watersheds of the region. read more >>
Take Action Today to Protect Wolves in California
February 20, 2014
Take Action Today: Gray Wolves in California may be left without state protections under the California Endangered Species Act if the California Fish and Game Commission were to follow the recommendation of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to not list the species. For California, the decision as to whether the Gray Wolf warrants state protections must be informed by public opinion as well as the best available science, both of which largely support the “endangered” listing. read more >>
Speaking events at HSU featuring Derrick Jensen and Rod Coronado
February 14, 2014
EPIC hosts two highly acclaimed and well regarded authors and environmental activists, Derrick Jensen on Thursday February 27 in the Kate Buchanan Room and Rod Coronado on Thursday March 27th in the Native Forum. This is a great opportunity to hear the insights, beliefs and principals that have guided these longtime advocates, and engage in discussions about the future of sustainable life. read more >>
Take Action For the Love of Wild Nature ♥
February 14, 2014
Take Action Now ♥ Save the Siskiyou 1 Roadless Area: 300 acres of native forest in the Siskiyou 1 Roadless Area is threatened with road building and logging. The Crawford Timber Sale on the Klamath National Forest (KNF) is located in one of the largest unroaded low elevation areas remaining on the Forest. This vital wildlife connectivity corridor links the Marble Mountain and Siskiyou Wilderness Areas. read more >>
California - State of Wildlife
February 11, 2014
California is home to more species, including endemic species (those found nowhere else on Earth), than any other state in the nation. North to south, spanning over 500 miles, the state bridges the temperate redwood rainforests of the Pacific Northwest to the subtropical deserts of Mexico. This remarkable diversity of habitat provides for an outstanding array of animals and plants. Over 60 percent of California’s 3,488 native plants are endemic. read more >>
Northern Spotted Owl Abandoned to Whims of CAL FIRE
February 7, 2014
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has chosen to defer to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection timber harvest plan review and approval process in hopes of preventing “take” of Northern Spotted Owls as defined under the California Endangered Species Act during the candidacy period for the species. EPIC considers this to be an incorrect decision, a violation of public trust, and an inappropriate abandonment of duties considering the new lumber tax that has been imposed upon California consumers to specifically fund CDFW review of timber harvest plans for private lands logging in the state. read more >>
California Department of Fish and Wildlife Gives Green Diamond a Free Pass
February 3, 2014
Green Diamond Resource Company continues to maintain that Northern Spotted Owl populations are either stable or increasing on its lands, despite low apparent survival rates, low reproductive rates, lack of recruitment of new sites to offset lost sites, and the slow growth of new suitable habitat for the species. Issuance of a Consistency Determination for Green Diamond's federal Northern Spotted Owl Habitat Conservation Plan by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife virtually ensures that these alarming trends will continue, and raises serious questions about public notification, process, and involvement in the issuance of these determinations. read more >>
EPIC teams with Future Productions
February 1, 2014
An Electronic Dance Music party featuring Marty Party and Joker, plus Jocelyn! Saturday, March 1st at the Mateel Community Center, which will be transformed for one night only into "Club Mateel" with towers of thundering speakers and jaw dropping FX lighting. Doors open at 8pm. This is an all ages event with full bar for Ages 21 and up. read more >>
