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The year 2009 was one of the most trying financially for the Northcoast Environmental Center.  Not only were we impacted by the global financial crisis, the NEC also realized that it was carrying a financial burden from years past that was preventing the organization from focusing on North Coast conservation issues. The good news in all of this is...READ MORE

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Top Stories

Fire Safety Collaboration Goes Sour

by Sarah O'Leary

When activists and Tribal members blockaded a road to prevent a logging project in Orleans last December, they were motivated by frustration at the Forest Service's failure to honor agreements developed in a three-year collaborative process.


Klamath Conservation Partners Organize

By Jay Wright, NEC Klamath Coordinator

The NEC remains troubled by the continued linkage of Klamath dam removal to the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement (KBRA). This is why we have joined with eleven other conservation organizations in forming the Klamath Conservation Partners to seek clean and clear dam-removal legislation.


Can Indoor Pot Grows Be Environmentally Friendly?

by Nathaniel Page

Humboldt County's economy has become dependent on indoor growing, just as it depended on logging in decades past. But is this just another unsustainable extractive industry? Or are there ways to lessen the carbon footprint of indoor grows? 

New NEC Board President

The NEC Board of Directors welcomes Larry Glass as the new president, effective immediately. READ MORE

Eco-Alerts and Events

Public Forums Discuss Richardson Grove

Two public forums are planned to discuss the proposed Richardson Grove highway-widening project. A February 16 meeting will take place in Northern Humboldt, followed by another forum in Southern Humboldt on February 24. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING DATES AND TIMES.


Save The Leatherback Turtle!

Public comments are being accepted for a proposal to expand protected habitat for the leatherback turtle - the largest sea turtle in the world. However some feel that the proposed rule is not extensive enough because the protected habitat does not include some areas that the turtles consistently use, and it overlooks commercial fishing gear as a threat to the turtle's survival. SUBMIT YOUR COMMENT BY MARCH 8.

EPA Video Contest

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is sponsoring a video contest that challenges filmmakers and students to produce short, creative videos that highlight the “Three R's” of individual consumption: reduce, reuse, recycle. The EPA expects to award cash prizes up to $2,500 and will be accepting video submissions through February 16, 2010. MORE

Free Tours of the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary

Friends of the Arcata Marsh (FOAM) sponsors free tours of the marsh each Saturday in February. Click here for dates and more information.


Arts! Arcata At The NEC

                                       “The Turning: Green”  by Neil Harvey. 

Join us on Friday, February 12 for our first Arts! Arcata celebration of 2010! As always we will host the event at our Arcata Plaza office on the ground floor of  Jacoby’s Storehouse.

This month we are featuring the paintings of award-winning artist and radio producer, Neil Harvey, whose artwork and photographs have been shown in galleries in New York and Northern California. He currently resides in Trinity County.

Harvey will display his series of “Dream Paintings,” which were inspired by a single dream and nighttime visions while camping on a solitary retreat.

“Many abstract painters have written about pulling on inner resources and even transpersonal sources for their inspiration,” writes Harvey in his Artist Statement.  “That is very much what is going on here. They are morning paintings each arising from sweet prompts that followed quiet meditation and reflection.”

Harvey is also senior producer and host of the radio series The Bioneers Revolution From the Heart of Nature and he was senior producer for New Dimensions Radio in the ‘90s.

Drop by the NEC on the 12th to check out this original art while enjoying an assortment of savory snacks and local wines provided by Libation.

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Stop by at our office on the Arcata Plaza in Jacoby's Storehouse,  ground floor level. We're right behind Arcata Tuxedo. Learn about volunteer opportunities, check out our lending library of environmentally oriented books, and learn more about your NEC's work.

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