May 2020

• PARK BOARD VOTES TO MAINTAIN IGNORANCE –  Martinez Beavers (May 6, 2020)

March 2020

• The Battle for Elk River – North Coast Journal (Mar. 5, 2020)

January 2020

• EPIC V. Carlson et al Sierra Pacific Intervenor Order – Forest Policy Pup (Jan. 23, 2020)

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December 2019

• Board of Supes Sinks Terra-Gen Wind Farm on 4-1 Vote, Following Days of Hearings – Lost Coast Outpost (Dec. 17, 2019)

• (LIVEBLOG) Terra-Gen’s First Day of Hearings at the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors – Lost Coast Outpost (Dec. 16, 2019)

• SUPERVISOR FENNELL SHOULD ‘VOTE AGAINST THE ILL-CONCEIVED TERRA GEN PROJECT,’ SAYS LETTER TO THE EDITOR – Redheaded Blackbelt (Dec. 16, 2019)

November 2019

• Letter to the Editor: Consider what a jewel we have on Bear Ridge – Eureka Times Standard (Nov. 27, 2019)

• Planning Commissioners Explain Their Flip-Flops as Supes Prepare to Hear the Terra-Gen Wind Project Appeal at the Adorni Center – Lost Coast Outpost (Nov. 27, 2019)

• 9th Circ. Breaks Logjam Over Post-Fire National Forest Project - Law360 (Nov. 25, 2019)

• The Planning Commission Could Reach a Decision on the Humboldt Wind Energy Project Tonight – Lost Coast Outpost (Nov. 21, 2019)

• Green Versus Green – North Coast Journal (Nov. 14, 2019)

• Conservation Groups Urge Rejection of Controversial California Wind Energy Project – American Bird Conservancy (Nov. 13, 2019)

• OP-ED: Citing Danger to Birds, Three Conservation Groups Urge the County to Reject Humboldt Wind Energy Project – Lost Coast Outpost (Nov. 13, 2019)

• Wind Farm Under Scrutiny – The Lumberjack (Nov. 13, 2019)

• Judge approves temporary restraining order against post-Ranch Fire logging projects – Lake County Record-Bee (Nov. 13, 2019)

October 2019

• Environmental groups to sue over lack of protections for feisty Humboldt marten – Eureka Times Standard (Oct. 31, 2019)

• Lawsuit Launched After Trump Administration Fails to Protect Humboldt Martens in Oregon, California – Center for Biological Diversity (Oct. 31, 2019)

• E-Bikes in Tahoe Draw Equestrian Group’s Ire – Bloomberg Law (Oct. 24, 2019)

• Environmentalists clash with feds, timber group over salvage logging – Capital Press (Oct. 21, 2019)

• Forest Service sued over timber sales on Mendocino National Forest – Lake County News (Oct. 20, 2019)

• EPIC DEMANDS NEPA ON ~7,000 ACRES OF FOREST IN MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST – Redheaded Blackbelt (Oct. 18, 2019)

• Nonprofit sues Forest Service for environmental violations in Ranch Fire footprint logging – Lake County Record-Bee (Oct. 17, 2019)

• Mendocino National Forest sued by environmentalists for allegedly logging under guise of roadside maintenance – The Press Democrat (Oct. 17, 2019)

September 2019

• In the Balance: Local enviro groups ‘insist’ on changes to wind farm project – National Wind Watch (Sep. 19, 2019)

• Oregon Bans Trapping of Humboldt Martens – Center for Biological Diversity (Sep. 16, 2019)

• Local Enviro Groups Demand Changes to Proposed Terra-Gen Wind Energy Project Slated for Ridges South of Rio Dell – Lost Coast Outpost (Sep. 12, 2019)

• THE ECONEWS REPORT: They’re Back! Your Loveable Environmental Curmudgeons Have a New Show on KHUM and LoCO – Lost Coast Outpost (Sep. 7, 2019)

August 2019

• EPIC: ‘It’s not the currently listed species that will suffer the most’ under new Endangered Species Act rules – Eureka Times Standard (Aug. 14, 2019)

July 2019

• Straight from the PALCO Playbook  – North Coast Journal (Jul. 18, 2019)

• Lawsuit Seeks Overdue Protection for Rare Salamander in California, Oregon – Center for Biological Diversity (Jul. 1, 2019)

June 2019

• Federal Court Orders Environmental Impact Study for California’s Richardson Grove Highway Project – Center for Biological Diversity (Jun. 28, 2019)

• Judge rules Caltrans needs environmental impact report for Richardson Grove project – Eureka Times Standard (Jun. 28, 2019)

• Salamanders face extinction from plans to raise Shasta Dam – KRCR News (Jun. 26, 2019)

• Rare California Salamanders Move Closer to Endangered Species Act Protection – Center for Biological Diversity (Jun. 26, 2019)

• Proposed-HCP for Sierra Pacific Industries a Bad Deal for Spotted Owls – YubaNet.com (Jun. 18, 2019)

May 2019

• Federal Court Again Halts Caltrans Project Through Ancient California Redwoods – Sierra Sun Times (May 7, 2019)

• EPIC wins another lawsuit against Caltrans over proposed Richardson Grove project – KRCR News (May 7, 2019)

• Judge Halts Caltrans Plan To Widen Road In Redwood Grove, Orders More Study – SF Gate (May 6, 2019)

• Judge to Caltrans: Leave trees be – Eureka Times Standard (May 6, 2019)

April 2019

• Lawsuit Launched to Protect Rare Salamander in California, Oregon – Center for Biological Diversity (Apr. 22, 2019)

March 2019

• North Coast environmental advocates ‘dismayed’ by plan to end gray wolf protections – Eureka Times Standard (Mar. 6, 2019)

• Federal effort to raise Shasta Dam by 18.5 feet is getting some serious pushback – Berkeley News (Mar. 4, 2019)

February 2019

• Headwaters Forest Reserve and the Battle that Saved It – Earth Island Journal (Feb. 27, 2019)

• Arcata Chamber of Commerce announces annual awards – Eureka Times Standard (Feb. 24, 2019)

• Community continues push for Klamath dam removal – Eureka Times Standard (Feb. 6, 2019)

January 2019

• EPIC sues state over Humboldt marten protections, Green Diamond practices – Eureka Times Standard (Jan. 31, 2019)

• Lawsuit Targets California Permit for Clearcutting Endangered Marten Habitat – Center for Biological Diversity (Jan. 31, 2019)

• ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS WIN BATTLE TO PROTECT GRAY WOLVES IN CALIFORNIA – Redheaded Blackbelt (Jan. 29, 2019)

• Gray Wolves Will Keep CA Endangered Species Protections – EarthJustice (Jan. 28, 2019)

• Oregon to reconsider rules on trapping of Humboldt martens – Eureka Times Standard (Jan. 4, 2019)

• A 4-inch salamander might stop Northern California dam project – Daily Hampshire Gazette (Jan. 2, 2019)

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December 2018

• GORDON BONSER: ‘IN DEATH, AS IN LIFE, HE SWIMS WITH SALMON – Redheaded Blackbelt (Dec. 26, 2018)

• EPIC Announces Plan to Sue USDA Program Over Killing of Beavers – Eureka Times Standard (Dec. 19, 2018)

• America’s Biggest Wildfire Profiteer Is Major Donor to Republicans Whose Policies Benefit His Business – Sludge (Dec. 6, 2018)

November 2018

• Federal Judge: U.S. Law Doesn’t Protect Ancient Trees from Logging – Missoula Current (Nov. 29, 2018)

• Court Hears Arguments to Stop Destructive Highway-widening Project Through Ancient California Redwoods – Center for Biological Diversity (Nov. 28. 2018)

• Judge Says US Law Doesn’t Protect Ancient Trees – Courthouse News Service (Nov. 28, 2018)

• EPIC HONORS JENE MCCOVEY WITH SEMPERVIRENS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD – Redheaded Blackbelt (Nov. 9, 2018)

• Longtime Environmental Activist to be Honored by EPIC – Eureka Times Standard (Nov. 1, 2018)

October 2018

• US Fish and Wildlife Proposes Humboldt Marten Protection but Protects Timber Industry – Eureka Times Standard (Oct. 5, 2018)

September 2018

• Judge: Pacific Fisher Must be Reconsidered for Protection – Eureka Times Standard (Sep. 25, 2018)

• County Promises Climate Change Action  – Mad River Union (Sep. 22, 2018)

• Judge Voids Denial of Protected Status for Pacific Fisher – Courthouse News Service (Sep. 21, 2018)

• Judge Overturns Denial of Endangered Species Protection for Pacific Fishers – Center for Biological Diversity (Sep. 21, 2018)

• Oregon Denies Protection to Gravely Imperiled Humboldt Martens – Center for Biological Diversity (Sep. 14, 2018)

• County Targets 100 Percent Clean Energy by 2025 – Eureka Times Standard (Sep. 11, 2018)

August 2018

• Humboldt Marten Listed as an Endangered Species in California – Eureka Times Standard (Aug. 28, 2018)

July 2018

• Last Chance Grade receives a closer look from stakeholder in Arcata – KRCR (Jul. 23, 2018)

• Company Seeks Input on Humboldt County Wind Energy Project – Eureka Times Standard (Jul. 20, 2018)

• Judge Probes Study Used to Revoke Fisher Protections – Courthouse News Service (Jul. 19, 2018)

June 2018

• Marijuana Farms are Driving This Adorable Forest Creature into Extinction – Live Science (Jun. 28, 2018)

• Adorable and Feisty Humboldt Marten Faces Extinction – EcoWatch (Jun. 27, 2018)

• ‘Super Cute and Super Ferocious’ Humboldt Marten May Get Endangered Species Status – Eureka Times Standard (Jun. 21, 2018)

• Local Environmental Groups File Complaint Against US Forest Service and Mercer-Fraser Co. Over Operations at Willow Creek Property – Lost Coast Outpost (Jun. 21, 2018)

May 2018

• McKenny resigns from Planning Commission after state cites environmental violations – Eureka Times Standard (May 17, 2018)

April 2018

• Environmentalists Plan Logging to Restore Redwood Forests – The Mercury News (Apr. 17, 2018)

• Conservation Groups Propose Ban on Trapping Humboldt Martens in Oregon – Lost Coast Outpost (Apr. 12, 2018)

• Coastal Trapping Ban Sought to Protect Oregon’s Vanishing Humboldt Martens – San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (Apr. 4, 2018)

March 2018

• Humboldt County Judge Weighs Arguments in Challenge to Richardson Grove Project – Eureka Times Standard (Mar. 28, 2018)

• Humboldt Supervisors Consider New Cannabis Ordinance – North Coast Journal (Mar. 15, 2018)

• Humboldt Board of Supervisors to Consider Capping Cannabis Cultivation Licenses – North Coast Journal (Mar. 15, 2018)

• Environmental Groups Seek Protections for S. Oregon Salamander – Capital Press (Mar. 13, 2018)

• Endangered Species Protection Sought for California, Oregon Salamander Threatened by Logging – Center for Biological Diversity (Mar. 12, 2018)

• Endangered Species Protection Sought for CA, OR Salamander Threatened by Logging – Yubanet (Mar. 12, 2018)

• Rare Salamander’s Survival Threatened By Logging, Environmentalists Say – OBP (Mar. 12, 2018)

• Caltrans’ revised Richardson Grove project under review by local judge – Eureka Times Standard (Mar. 6, 2018)

• Klamath Communities Begin a Revolution in Forest Management – Yubanet (Mar. 6, 2018)

• Feds consider listing spring Klamath River salmon as endangered – Eureka Times Standard (Mar. 1, 2018)

February 2018

• EPIC, Latino Outdoors to Hold Bilingual Outdoors Workshops, Interpretive Hikes – Eureka Times Standard (Feb. 23, 2018)

• In the Wind – North Coast Journal (Feb. 22, 2018)

• EPIC, LATINO OUTDOORS LEADING BILINGUAL HIKE SERIES THIS YEAR TO EMPOWER LATINX COMMUNITY IN OUTDOOR SPACES – Redheaded Blackbelt (Feb. 22, 2018)

January 2018

• Study: North Coast Cannabis Grows Likely Exposing Threatened Owls to Rodenticides – Eureka Times Standard (Jan. 11, 2018)

• Emergency Communication Towers to be Removed from Sacred Yurok Site – Eureka Times Standard (Jan. 10, 2018)

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December 2017

• IN DEFENSE OF BEAVERS – Martinez Beavers (Dec. 15, 2017)

November 2017

• EPIC Seeks Support for Clear Cutting Ban – KIEM-TV (Nov. 16, 2017)

• EPIC Petitioning to Ban Clearcutting in Humboldt County – Eureka Times Standard (Nov. 15, 2017)

• Caltrans Faces New Lawsuit Over Richardson Grove Project – KIEM-TV (Nov. 7, 2017)

• Groups Fight Plan to Widen Highway in California Redwood Grove – Courthouse News Service (Nov. 6, 2017)

• Caltrans’ Richardson Grove Project Challenged by Fifth Environmental Lawsuit – Eureka Times Standard (Nov. 3, 2017)

October 2017

• EPIC Celebrates 40 Years of Environmental Advocacy – Eureka Times Standard (Oct. 31, 2017)

• Illicit Grows Face $10K-a-Day Fines – North Coast Journal (Oct. 26, 2017)

• Environmental Groups: Humboldt Beyond Capacity for Marijuana Grows – Cannabis Now (Oct. 19, 2017)

• Environmental Groups to Humboldt County: No More New Cannabis Grows – Eureka Times Standard (Oct. 13, 2017)

• Environmental Groups Urge Humboldt County Regulators to Hold Off on New Cannabis Cultivation – Ganjapreneur (Oct. 13, 2017)

• Calif. Judge Rejects Bid To Add NEPA Claims To Logging Suit – Law360 (Oct. 2, 2017)

• Activists Name Public Toilet After Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke in Protest – Breitbart News (Oct. 1, 2017)

September 2017

• Humboldt Environmentalists Hold Unofficial Ceremony to Rename Vault Toilets After Trump’s Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, Encourage Public to Take a ‘Stinky Zinke’ In His Honor – Lost Coast Outpost (Sep. 30, 2017)

• First District Holds CEQA’s Substantive Requirements Apply to Environmental Documentation of State Agency Acting Under Certified State Regulatory Program, Directs Issuance of Writ Setting Aside Inadequately Reviewed Pesticide Label Approvals – JD Supra (Sep. 26, 2017)

• First District Holds CEQA’s Substantive Requirements Apply to Environmental Documentation of State Agency Acting Under Certified State Regulatory Program, Directs Issuance of Writ Setting Aside Inadequately Reviewed Pesticide Label Approvals – CEQA Developments (Sep. 25, 2017)

August 2017

• Karuk Tribe Seeks to List Klamath River Salmon as Endangered – Eureka Times Standard (Aug. 18, 2017)

• Environmentalists Say Proposed Cannabis Grow Rules Fail to Protect Wildlife – The Press Democrat (Aug. 9, 2017)

June 2017

• EPIC Files Lawsuit Against Caltrans Road Adjustment – KRCR (Jun. 27, 2017)

• Environmental groups file fourth lawsuit against Richardson Grove highway widening project – Eureka Times Standard (Jun. 23, 2017)

• How a Math Formula Could Decide the Fate of Endangered U.S. Species – Scientific American (Jun. 19, 2017)

• More Challenges for Baywood’s Timber Harvest Plan – Mad River Union (Jun. 1, 2017)

May 2017

• Caltrans Revises Richardson Grove Highway 101 Widening Project – Eureka Times Standard (May 26, 2017)

• Caltrans Relaunches Richardson Grove Project; Agency Issues New Environmental Documentation For Controversial Highway 101 Realignment at the South End of the County – Lost Coast Outpost (May 25, 2017)

April 2017

• Humboldt County Celebrates Earth Day – Eureka Times Standard (Apr. 21, 2017)

• Feds Fight Bid to Add NEPA Claim to Logging Project Suit – Law360 (Apr. 18, 2017)

• USDA stops use of cyanide bombs in Idaho – KPVI News 6 (Apr. 10, 2017)

March 2017

• Humboldt marten reconsidered for endangered species listing – Eureka Times Standard (Mar. 29, 2017)

• Immediate ban sought on use of M-44 ‘cyanide bombs’ in Idaho – Center for Biological Diversity (Mar. 28, 2017)

• Ruling Puts Martens Up For Endangered Species Reconsideration – North Coast Journal (Mar. 28, 2017)

• EPIC Intervenes in Gray Wolf Lawsuit – Eureka Times Standard (Mar. 16, 2017)

• Conservation Groups Oppose Efforts to Remove Wolf Protections in California – YubaNet (Mar. 14, 2017)

• Trinity County Nixes East-West Rail Study – Eureka Times Standard (Mar. 11, 2017)

• East-West Rail Efforts Dealt a Blow as Trinity County Declines $276K Caltrans Grant for Feasibility Study – Lost Coast Outpost (Mar. 10, 2017)

• Feature: Downstream - Logging and an industry-friendly state agency imperil the Elk River and other California waterways – Pacific Sun (Mar. 1, 2017)

February 2017

• Attack of the English Ivy – North Coast Journal (Feb. 26, 2017)

• The battle against English ivy – The Lumberjack (Feb. 22, 2017)

• EPIC petitions for new post-fire timber regulations – Eureka Times Standard (Feb. 2, 2017)

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December 2016

• Rare weasel makes a comeback – Go San Angelo (Dec. 5, 2016)

• Rare weasel-like mammal makes a comeback in Washington state – Fox News (Dec. 4, 2016)

• Rare weasel species makes a comeback in Washington state – Phys.org (Dec. 4, 2016)

November 2016

• Timber Harvest Lawsuit Dismissed by Judge – Eureka Times Standard (Nov. 18, 2016)

• 9th Circuit Urged to Stop NorCal Logging Project – Courthouse News Service (Nov. 15, 2016)

• Keeping it Wild – North Coast Journal (Nov. 3, 2016)

October 2016

• YOUR WEEK IN OCEAN: Your ‘Reusable Bag Day’ Report – Lost Coast Outpost (Oct. 24, 2016)

• Lawsuit looks to list Pacific fishers as threatened – Bend Bulletin (Oct. 22, 2016)

• Fight to Protect Fishers Moves Into Courtroom in SF – SF Gate (Oct. 21, 2016)

• The Pacific fisher comes to court after Disappearing in the Sierra Nevada Mountains – Fresno Bee (Oct. 19, 2016)

September 2016

• The Cannabis Industry Needs To Clean Up Its Act – Huffington Post (Sep. 22, 2016)

August 2016

• Alert! Northern Spotted Owl the New Addition to California’s Endangered Species List – Nature World News (Aug. 29, 2016)

• Northern Spotted Owl Added to California Endangered Species – OC Register (Aug. 28, 2016)

• Northern Spotted Owl Added to Endangered Species List  – San Diego Union Tribune (Aug. 27, 2016)

• Northern Spotted Owl Listed as an Endangered Species – Eureka Times Standard (Aug. 26, 2016)

• Are the UK ‘biomass sustainability standards legitimizing forest destruction? – Ecologist (Aug. 18, 2016)

• California Fish and Game Commission to weigh in on spotted owl, Delta Bass – Sacramento Bee (Aug. 5, 2016)

July 2016

• Last Stands – North Bay Bohemian (Jul. 27, 2016)

• Group protests closing Klamath Forest for salvage operation – Record Searchlight (Jul. 6, 2016)

June 2016

• Lawsuit threatened over Pacific fisher – Eureka Times Standard (Jun. 17, 2016)

• Groups challenge decision to not list west coast fisher under ESA – Siskiyou Daily News (Jun. 14, 2016)

• EPIC, Others Prepare to Sue Feds over Failure to Protect Pacific Fisher – Lost Coast Outpost (Jun. 13, 2016)

• Forest regs a self-defeating glut – Mad River Union (Jun. 10, 2016)

April 2016

• Merle Haggard and the Politics of Salmon – San Diego Free Press (Apr. 11, 2016)

March 2016

• Scientists Urge Feds to Continue Fracking Moratorium off CA Coast – Fish Sniffer (Mar. 23, 2016)

• Karuk Tribe Says Logging Will Hurt Salmon – Courthouse News Service (Mar. 4, 2016)

• Karuk Tribe and Environmentalists File Lawsuit Over Logging Plan in Klamath National Forest – Lost Coast Outpost (Mar. 3, 2016)

• Tribe and conservationists file suit to protect wild salmon, rural river communities – Western Environmental Law Center (Mar. 3, 2016)

February 2016

• EPIC: County’s cannabis ordinance an important first step – Eureka Times Standard (Feb. 4, 2016)

January 2016

• UNBUNDYS RALLY: Public Land Fans Occupy Wildlife Area For a Little Bit, Sing, Eat Snacks, Then Leave – Lost Coast Outpost (Jan. 20, 2016)

• Supes: Keep More Grows out of TPZ – Eureka Times Standard (Jan. 9, 2016)

• Study: Northern spotted owls declining more rapidly – Eureka Times Standard (Jan. 5, 2016)

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December 2015

• Enviro Groups Sue U.S. Fish & Wildlife Over Lack of Protection for Coastal Marten – Lost Coast Outpost (Dec. 16, 2015)

• Public calls for further changes to pot ordinance; interim DHHS director appointed – Eureka Times Standard (Dec. 16, 2015)

• Northern Spotted Owl Populations Are Rapidly Declining, A New Study Finds – American Bird Conservancy (Dec. 10, 2015)

November 2015

• Full Speed Ahead? – North Coast Journal (Nov. 12, 2015)

• Supervisors Ask Staff to Loosen Regulations in Draft Marijuana Ordinance – Lost Coast Outpost (Oct. 13, 2015)

• Bigfoot Hunters Find Something Unexpected in Del Norte County – KCET (Sep. 28, 2015)

• ‘There Is No Consensus’: Environmental Groups Call BS On CCVH Unity Announcement – Lost Coast Outpost (Sep. 3, 2015)

• Groups notify feds of lawsuit for coastal marten protection – Eureka Times Standard (Sep. 2, 2015)

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2014

• Feds Consider Listing Adorable Predator as Endangered – KCET (Jun. 24, 2014)

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2009

• The Pesticide Wars – High Country News (Nov. 20, 2009)