Where We Work

Welcome to the wildest corner of California; a land of ancient redwood groves, annual salmon runs, steep mountain valleys, and banana slugs. EPIC was founded in Humboldt County on the state’s North Coast, but our work extends to environments and communities throughout Northern California. From our first legal battle to save Sally Bell Grove in Mendocino County, to current efforts to protect Lake Earl and Tolawa Dunes State Park in Del Norte County, we cover a region with an abundance of biodiversity.

Our region is home to the Earth’s largest remaining stands of old-growth redwood trees, the striking Trinity Alps, the largest undammed river in California and other unique natural features. But, EPIC also works with the people and communities in the region, understanding that the environment of Northern California is an interconnected whole consisting of people, flora and fauna. EPIC’s goal is to protect Northern California so that people may live harmoniously in a community of all beings.