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The EcoNews Report is a weekly, half-hour environmental news/chat program broadcasted on KHUM (104.3-104.7 FM) every Saturday at 10am PST. Hear from EPIC Executive Director Tom Wheeler and esteemed guests.

Browse past shows linked below, as well as on the Lost Coast Outpost, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Buzzsprout, and on KMUD every following Wednesday at 5:30pm.

Hear from EPIC's Executive Director Tom Wheeler and esteemed guests on the second Tuesday of each month from 7-8pm on KMUD's Environment Show (Eureka 88.1 FM, Laytonville 90.3 FM, Garberville 91.1 FM, Shelter Cove 99.5 FM). Browse past shows linked below, or for a limited time in KMUD's Archives.

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2025

Earthquake-Driven Subsidence Around Humboldt Bay EcoNews Report (5/10/2025)
New Timber Harvest Plan for Jackson State Forest -EcoNews Report (5/03/2025)
Reviewing Trump's First 100-ish Days -EcoNews Report (4/26/2025)
How Much of Measure O Should Go to Transit? -EcoNews Report (4/12/2025)
Coastal Commission Under Attack-EcoNews Report (4/5/2025)
Celebrating Klamath Dam Removal Through Art-EcoNews Report (3/29/2025)
What is 'Renewable Diesel?'-EcoNews Report (3/23/2025)
Can Offshore Wind Retire Gas Plants? -EcoNews Report (3/15/2025)
Trump Has Gutted NEPA. What Does That Mean? -EcoNews Report (3/08/2025)
Where does my power come from? - EcoNews Report (3/01/2025)
The Makers of the New Documentary on Baduwa’t Tell Us Why They Told the River’s Story – EcoNews Report (2/22/2025)
A Deal for the Eel? – EcoNews Report (2/15/2025)
What Does it Mean to be a Dark Sky Place, and Should Humboldt Become One? – EcoNews Report (2/08/2025)
Dissecting Trump’s First Week – EcoNews Report (2/01/2025)
International Climate Action in a Trump Era – EcoNews Report (1/25/2025)
President Carter’s Environmental Legacy – EcoNews Report (1/18/2025)
Green Burial — Thinking Outside the Coffin – EcoNews Report (1/11/2025)

2024

The Continuing Problem of Black Market Cannabis Trespass Grows – EcoNews Report (12/28/2024)
What Gives You Hope? – EcoNews Report (12/21/2024)
A Geological Perspective on Last Week’s Quake – EcoNews Report (12/14/2024)
KMUD Environment Show (12/10/2024):

Remembering Priscilla Hunter, Pt. 1 (12/10/24)Tom Wheeler, Polly Girvin, Kim Bancroft, Vicki

00:00 / 27:53

Remembering Priscilla Hunter, Pt. 2 (12/10/24)Tom Wheeler, Polly Girvin, Kim Bancroft, Vicki

00:00 / 31:50

Solar is Coming to Hydesville! – EcoNews Report (11/23/2024)
KMUD Environment Show (11/12/2024):

Possible Efforts to Remediate Eureka's Balloon Track PropertyTom Wheeler, Jen Kalt

00:00 / 29:59

What the Recent Election Results Mean for the EnvironmentTom Wheeler, Andy Kerr

00:00 / 30:05

Election Recap — It Wasn’t All Bad! (But Trump...) – EcoNews Report (11/9/2024)
Proposed Wood Pellet Biofuel Project Draws Criticism – EcoNews Report (11/2/2024)
Is Humboldt a ‘Climate Refuge?’ – EcoNews Report (10/26/2024)
Pre-Election Jitters, With Rep. Jared Huffman – EcoNews Report (10/19/2024)
Lessons Learned in a Week Without Driving – EcoNews Report (10/12/2024)
KMUD Environment Show (10/8/2024):

Proposition 4 & Water Rights (10/8/24)Tom Wheeler, Alexandra Leumer

00:00 / 29:34

Mendocino Conservation Fund (10/8/24)Tom Wheeler, Chad Swimmer

00:00 / 30:29

Wolves are Returning to California – EcoNews Report (10/5/2024)
How Will Groundwater be Regulated After This Significant Court Ruling? – EcoNews Report (9/28/2024)
Draft Climate Act Plan Released – EcoNews Report (9/21/2024)
What If Measure F Passes? – EcoNews Report (9/14/2024)
KMUD Environment Show (9/10/2024):

Eureka Affordable Housing (9/10/24)Tom Wheeler, Solomon Everta

00:00 / 29:38

Pesticide Regulation on the North Coast & Statewide (9/10/24)Tom Wheeler, Patty Cleary

00:00 / 26:42

Letting Go of Your Eco-Grief – EcoNews Report (9/7/2024)
How to Think About Fire (From a Fire Expert) – EcoNews Report (8/24/2024)
Clean Water on the Ballot – EcoNews Report (8/17/2024)
Northwest Forest Plan at 30 – EcoNews Report (8/3/2024)
The Gang Goes to Norway – EcoNews Report (7/27/2024)
Top 10 Questions About Offshore Wind – EcoNews Report (7/13/2024)
Offshore Power, Bathwater River basin, Fish Habitat, Horse Mountain Botanical Area – KMUD Environment Show (7/9/2024)
C hevron Overturned: What It Means for Our Environment – EcoNews Report (7/6/2024)
Project 2025 and the Environment – EcoNews Report (6/29/2024)
A Controversial Biomass Proposal’s Tie to Humboldt County – EcoNews Report (6/22/2024)
Rising Seas and the Future of Humboldt Bay, Part 3 – EcoNews Report (6/15/2024)
Wiyot Tribe and BLM Partner for Stewardship of Headwaters – EcoNews Report (6/8/2024)
Great Opportunities and Challenges for the Great Redwood Trail – EcoNews Report (6/1/2024)
Offshore Ocean Floor? – EcoNews Report (5/25/2024)
Remembering Petey Brucker – EcoNews Report (5/18/2024)
In-Stream Flows Set to Expire for Klamath Tributaries. What’s Next? – EcoNews Report (5/11/2024)
Protecting In-Stream Flows in the Mad River – EcoNews Report (5/4/2024)
Toxic Soup in the Smith River – EcoNews Report (4/20/2024)
Coping with Climate Anxiety – EcoNews Report (4/6/2024)
How Do Fish Get Counted, and Why Does Genetic Diversity Matter? – EcoNews Report (3/30/2024)
Can We Clean Up Humboldt Bay Before the Sea Rises? – EcoNews Report (3/23/2024)
You Loved the Movie. Now See Humboldt’s Dunes! – EcoNews Report (3/16/2024)
KMUD Environment Show (3/12/2024):

Public Land Logging in Northern California (3/12/24)Tom Wheeler, Kimberly Baker

00:00 / 30:39

Eel River Dam Removal & the Great Redwood Trail (3/12/24)Tom Wheeler, Alicia Hamann

00:00 / 29:26

Dam Removal is Sometimes Messy (But Worth It) – EcoNews Report (3/9/2024)
Hydrogen Buses Coming to Humboldt – EcoNews Report (3/2/2024)
Is Humboldt Bay the Canary in the Coal Mine for Sea Level Rise? – EcoNews Report (2/24/2024)
Delving Deeper into Port Electrification – EcoNews Report (2/17/2024)
KMUD Environment Show (2/13/2024):

Scotia Biomass Plant Emissions (2/13/24)Tom Wheeler, Wendy Ring

00:00 / 19:19

EPIC's New Conservation Attorney (2/13/24)Tom Wheeler, Melodie Meyer

00:00 / 18:11

Shasta River Instream Water Rights (2/13/24)Tom Wheeler, Amber Jamieson

00:00 / 19:37

Greening the Grid – EcoNews Report (2/10/2024)
Declining Access to Public Spaces – EcoNews Report (2/3/2024)
How Did the Harbor District Land Almost Half a Billion Dollars? – EcoNews Report (1/27/2024)
Supply Skepticism — Can Building More Housing Reduce Costs? – EcoNews Report (1/20/2024)
Coho Salmon in Downtown Arcata? – EcoNews Report (1/13/2024)
KMUD Environment Show (1/9/2024):

Last Chance Grade Deep Dive, Part 1 (1/9/24)Tom Wheeler, Jamie Mattioli

00:00 / 29:41

Last Chance Grade Deep Dive, Part 2 (1/9/24)Tom Wheeler, Jamie Mattioli

00:00 / 30:17

Our New Years’ Poetry Show – EcoNews Report (1/6/2024)

Eel River Dam Decommissioning (12/12/23)Tom Wheeler, Scott Greacen

00:00 / 31:19

2023

Barred Owls Impact More than Spotted Owls – EcoNews Report (12/16/2023)
KMUD Environment Show (12/12/2023):

Jackson Demonstration State Forest & Tribal Forestry (12/12/23)Tom Wheeler, Karen Pickett, Edwina Lincoln

00:00 / 28:25

The Bird Buzz with Ken Burton – EcoNews Report (12/9/2023)
Meet the Energy Superstar at the Hoopa Valley Public Utilities District – EcoNews Report (12/2/2023)
California’s Coast vs. Sea Level Rise – EcoNews Report (11/25/2023)
What Has Sacramento Done for Us Lately? – EcoNews Report (11/18/2023)
Rep. Huffman Talks Legislative Priorities – EcoNews Report (11/11/2023)
How Much Do You Know About Humboldt Bay Oysters? – EcoNews Report (11/4/2023)
HumCo Climate Action Plan Careening Towards Cliff? – EcoNews Report (10/28/2023)
Tsunamis, Sea Level Rise, and Humboldt Bay's Spent Nuclear Waste Site – EcoNews Report (10/21/2023)
Looking Back on a Week Without Cars – EcoNews Report (10/14/2023)
The Latest on the Seismically Unsafe Scott Dam – EcoNews Report (10/7/2023)
What's the Deal With All the Construction on Highway 101? – EcoNews Report (9/30/2023)
KMUD Environment Show (9/14/2023):

KMUD News - Jackson Demonstration State Forest (9/14/23)Matt Simmons, Priscilla Hunter

00:00 / 10:11

Coastal Cleanup Month is Here! – EcoNews Report (9/9/2023)
An Ode to the Humble (and Humboldt) Oyster – EcoNews Report (9/2/2023)
Sonoma Proposal for Eel River Dams, and Why Humboldt Should Be Wary – EcoNews Report (8/12/2023)
NIMBY Initiative on the Ballot? – EcoNews Report (7/22/2023)
What’s In Store for Offshore Port Development? – EcoNews Report (7/15/2023)
KMUD Environment Show (7/11/2023):

Odes to Petey Brucker (7/11/23)Tom Wheeler, Mike Belichik, Nat Pennington, Jen Kalt

00:00 / 33:37

Celebrate Plastic Free July! – EcoNews Report (7/8/2023)
Sea Otters: More Than Just Obnoxiously Cute! – EcoNews Report (6/24/2023)
What’s That Fence In the River? – EcoNews Report (6/17/2023)
Confused by the Cones on Broadway? – EcoNews Report (6/10/2023)
A Trip Back in Time to the Ghost Forest, With Author & Redwood Summer Veteran Greg King – EcoNews Report (6/3/2023)
KMUD Environment Show (6/13/2023):

Supreme Court Decision Impacting Wetlands (6/13/23)Tom Wheeler, Jennifer Marlow, Nick Vidargas

00:00 / 45:23

Upcoming Richardson Grove Court Hearing (6/13/23)Tom Wheeler, Trisha Lotus

00:00 / 13:55

Community Benefits from Offshore Wind? – EcoNews Report (5/27/2023)
Protecting 30% of California by 2030 – EcoNews Report (5/20/2023)
How to Run a Rural Transit Agency – EcoNews Report (5/6/2023)
Revisions from Nordic Aquafarms & Ending Plastic Pollution – EcoNews Report (5/9/2023)
New Fish, Who Dis? – EcoNews Report (4/29/2023)
Enviros are Pro-Development (at Least Sometimes!) – EcoNews Report (4/22/2023)
Suing the Feds for Klamath Water – EcoNews Report (4/15/2023)
Bird Nerds Rejoice: Godwit Days are Here Again! – EcoNews Report (4/8/2023)
Scott Dam and its Shaky Seismic Stability – EcoNews Report (4/1/2023)
"Yimby" for Pro-Housing & Bio-char Methods and Uses – (4/11/2023)
Solving The Climate Crisis Requires More Than Just Electrifying Your Pick-up Truck – EcoNews Report (3/18/2023)
Tribal Marine Stewards Network – EcoNews Report (3/4/2023)
Carrie Tully and Brittani Orona of Save California Salmon about their upcoming symposium on "Landback." Later, Ross Middlemiss, attorney representing plaintiffs in litigation to stop the Richardson Grove Project – (3/14/2023)
Save Money While Saving the Planet – EcoNews Report (2/25/2023)
Jared Huffman, Man and Congressman, Returns to the Show to Spill All the DC Tea – EcoNews Report (2/18/2023)
Big Government Isn’t Coming to Steal Your Gas Stove (But Maybe It Should) – EcoNews Report (2/11/2023)
New Legislation Returns Local Control Over (Some) Pesticide Spraying – EcoNews Report (2/4/2023)
The Central Valley Project and its North Coast Connections – EcoNews Report (1/21/2023)
A Rude Awakening with Tom Wheeler and Ryan Schleeter – KPFA (1/20/2023)
Climate Change Supercharging Winter Storms – EcoNews Report (1/14/2023)
Poets Jerry Martien and Katy Gurin Welcome the New Year with Poetry – EcoNews Report (1/7/2023)

2022

California's Third Shakiest Earthquake? – EcoNews Report (12/31/2022)
Trespass Cannabis Grows Polluting Surface Water? – EcoNews Report (12/24/2022)
Port Redevelopment to Support Offshore Wind Construction – EcoNews Report (12/17/2022)
How to Make Ethical Decisions in Complicated World – EcoNews Report (12/3/2022)
Do We Have a Human Right Not to Die in the Climate Wars? – EcoNews Report (11/26/2022)
Election Wrapup – EcoNews Report (11/19/2022)
How Do We Count The Fish – EcoNews Report (11/12/2022)
Rewilding California – EcoNews Report (11/5/2022)
Grrrroovy Eel River Issues – EcoNews Report (10/29/2022)
How to Make our Roads Safer: Achieving a Vision of Zero Road Deaths – EcoNews Report (10/22/2022)
PG&E Spraying – EcoNews Report (10/8/2022)
The Which Way the Wind Festival – EcoNews Report (10/1/2022)
New Research Calls Into Question Carbon Offsets From Northwest California Forests – EcoNews Report (9/24/2022)
The Future of Humboldt’s Nuclear Waste Site – EcoNews Report (9/17/2022)
A Love Story About the Klamath Mountains – EcoNews Report (9/10/2022)
Klamath River Woes but Progress on Dam Removal – EcoNews Report (9/3/2022)
A Rude Awakening with Tribal Chairman Michael Hunter and Matt Simmons: Jackson Demonstration State Forest – KPFA (8/26/2022)

2021

A Rude Awakening with Tom Wheeler of EPIC and Simone Lovera of Global Forest Coalition: Logging in Jackson Demonstration State Forest – KPFA (11/5/2021)

2019

Defending North Coast Forests – KPFA Terra Verde (3/15/2019)
New Wind Turbines Near Scotia? – KHSU (3/20/2019)
A Conversation with Rep. Jared Huffman – KHSU (2/19/2019)
Mark Andre on the Natural Resources of Humboldt – KHSU (1/10/2019)

2018

Shasta Dam Raise and Shasta Salamander Conservation – KHSU (12/13/2018)
Is the Timber War Over? – KHSU (9/5/2018)
North Coast Marbled Murrelet Status Update – KHSU (3/29/2018)
How Can We Make the Redwoods More Inclusive? – KHSU (3/8/2018)
Redwood Coast Energy Authority Proposes Offshore Wind Project – KHSU (2/22/2018)
Humboldt's Most Elusive Critter – KHSU (2/8/2018)
Protecting our Coasts from Offshore Oil Drilling – KHSU (1/18/2018)

2017

Is Humboldt County Setting the Stage For Sprawl? – KHSU (11/16/2017)
Major Changes in Store for Eureka? – KHSU (11/9/2017)
Designing the Plaza for People? – KHSU (10/26/2017)
Living With Wildfire: Are You Prepared? – KHSU (10/19/2017)
Does This Leaked Memo Threaten The Siskiyous? – KHSU (10/4/2017)
Mid Klamath Art, Post-Paris Climate Solutions – KHSU (6/9/2017)
Citizens Sound Off At Humboldt's March For Science – KHSU (4/27/2017)
The Redwood Wars – KHSU (4/13/2017)
Huffman Optimistic about Last Chance Grade Funding – KHSU (4/11/2017)
Trinity County Rejects Rail Study – KHSU (3/16/2017)
That Guy Biking A Rhino Down 101 – KHSU (3/11/2017)
Youth Taking Climate Change to Court – KHSU (3/9/2017)
California Wolves Then and Now – KHSU (2/10/2017)
The Ivy Eradicators – KHSU (1/12/2017)

2016

Trump Predictions from Kalt, Lovelace, and Wheeler – KHSU (11/17/2016)
EPIC Presents at 2016 Coast Redwood Forest Symposium – KMUD News (9/22/2016)

2013

Wild And Scenic vs. Straighter and Faster: Smith River & Highways – Jefferson Public Radio (9/30/2013)
Grazing on public lands in Trinity County – KMUD News (4/18/2013)

2006

Schwarzenegger's Plan to Petition Bush Administration to Protect Roadless Areas in California National Forests – KPFA Terra Verde (7/14/2006)