Over the last week, EPIC has been working with fishing and conservation groups across Northern California and the Pacific Northwest to build resistance to California Senator Dianne Feinstein’s proposal to suspend Endangered Species Act protections for endangered salmon and other wildlife in California’s Sacramento Delta. Senator Feinstein’s proposal would send more water from Northern California’s Trinity and Sacramento Rivers to the Westlands Water District, despite the harm to crashing salmon populations and the people and ecosystems that depend on healthy fisheries. (more…)
Archive for February, 2010
Panther Fire Salvage Project Threatens Critical Wildlife Habitat
Friday, February 12th, 2010
The Happy Camp District of the Klamath National Forest is planning to log 254 acres of steep post-fire hillsides. The hillsides were burned during the Panther Fire started during a lightning storm in July 2008. A combination of topography and weather resulted in a run that engulfed 13,000 acres, in a single day, on October 1, 2008. (more…)
EPIC and Allies Intend to Sue to Protect Pacific Fisher
Thursday, February 11th, 2010
ARCATA, CA – The Environmental Protection and Information Center (EPIC), the Center for Biological Diversity, Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center and Sierra Forest Legacy filed a notice of intent to sue the Department of the Interior last week, for its failure to protect the Pacific fisher. The fisher is a relative to the mink and otter with populations in northwest California and southwestern Oregon as well as the Sierra Nevada. (more…)
Del Norte County Encourages Illegal Off-Roading in State Park
Monday, February 1st, 2010
An example of one of the signs the County of Del Norte has put up around Tolowa Dunes State Park and the Lake Earl Wildlife Area.
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It looks like the County of Del Norte likes to disregard the law and play by its own rules. A series of signs designating county roads as combined use—allowing both cars and off highway vehicles (OHVs)—have been placed within the Pacific Shores subdivision providing easy access to adjacent Tolowa Dunes State Park and the Lake Earl Wildlife Area north of Crescent City, California. (more…)
Rebirth of Environmentalism Book Signing
Monday, February 1st, 2010
Please join EPIC Friday, February 19 at 7 p.m. at Northtown Books in Arcata, to hear excerpts from Doug Bevington’s new book, The Rebirth of Environmentalism: Grassroots Organizing from the Spotted Owl to the Polar Bear. Admission is free and donations are welcome. (more…)
EPIC to Host Community Forums on Richardson Grove
Monday, February 1st, 2010
In March, Caltrans will release its final plan to widen Highway 101 through Richardson Grove, giving large commercial trucks access to Humboldt County. Make your voice heard before it’s too late!
EPIC and the Coalition to Save Richardson Grove will host two forums to discuss the implications of the controversial project.
February 17 at 6:30, at the Bayside Grange in Arcata
February 24 at 7 p.m. at the Vets Hall in Garberville
Call 707-822-7711 for more information.