Map by Concerto via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0). In honor of Native American Heritage Month, we would like to express our gratitude for the Indigenous peoples of this nation. The origins of Thanksgiving are sordid and to many represent grief and mourning, for the arrival of colonists and the centuries of Indigenous genocide, displacement, and oppression that followed. We acknowledge this injustice and strive to restore the relationships with Native peoples and their homelands. B

In the past few months, Green Diamond Resource Company has proposed nearly 800 cumulative acres of clearcuts and over seven miles of new or reconstructed roads across four timber harvest plans (THPs) in the Lower Klamath Watershed. This is one of the most ecologically sensitive areas on the North Coast—home to northern spotted owl and Humboldt marten, and a lifeline for salmon and other aquatic species. After decades of intensive logging, it’s time to tell Green Diamond: stop

The Smith River estuary specifically supports many threatened species, such as Chinook and Coho Salmon, Tidewater Goby, and smelt.

The Forest Service quietly announced that it is going to reopen its process to amend the Northwest Forest Plan. What does this mean? It’s unclear. But we are worried.  As a reminder, the Northwest Forest Plan was the single most important intervention in the protection of mature and old-growth forests in the Pacific Northwest. Passed by the Clinton Administration in 1994, the Plan created a system of “late-successional reserves” and “riparian reserves” where timber harvesting

Our voting period for the Board of Directors ended last month, and we are thrilled about our newest additions. Please join us in welcoming Abbie Strickland, Abigail Lowell, and Peter Lehman to the EPIC Board! Abbie Strickland Abbie is a Transportation Planner with the California Coastal Commission and previously worked as a Land Use Planner for the County of Humboldt. She also serves as a member of the City of Arcata Planning Commission. Abbie earned her A.S. in Natural Scien