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With summer right around the corner, the NEC is gearing up for an active season of outreach and communication.   

Thanks to our volunteers and sponsors, we had a very successful River Clean Up day on May 15.  Twenty-five volunteers gathered at

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Econews Report

The NEC's  "Econews Report" radio show airs at 1:30 p.m. Thursdays on KHSU. Click here for upcoming topics, station info, live streaming and past show archives.

The June/July ECONEWS is here!

Pick­ up your copy at your favorite outlet and and read up about the NEC's new Brownfields grant to clean up its old site, the Bear River Wind Energy Project, and all the latest local environmental news. Or read stories online. 

Better yet, become of member of the NEC and receive each issue of ECONEWS right in your own mailbox.

View a PDF of the entire current­ issue of ECONEWS here.

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Top Stories

NEC Moves Forward On Cleanup Of Old Site

by Sarah O'Leary

Nearly a decade after losing its headquarters to fire, the Northcoast Environmental Center has received a $200,000 federal EPA “Brownfields” grant...MORE

Coho Salmon Near Extinction On The Scott and Shasta Rivers

By Nathaniel Page

For the last three years, endangered coho returns to two key Klamath tributaries – the Scott and Shasta rivers - have languished, and this winter returns were so low that there will not be enough smolts born to ensure that some survive to adulthood.   MORE

Wind Energy Project Blows Into Humboldt

by Sarah O'Leary

Wildlife advocates are concerned about a renewable energy project, now wending its way through the state and federal regulatory process, that could erect up to 25 windmills along Bear River Ridge, near Loleta in Humboldt County.  MORE

County Supervisor Elections: Healthy Humboldt Quizzes The Candidates

by Jen Kalt and Elizabeth Connor

The General Plan Update is in its final review by the Planning Commission, and is likely to go to the Board of Supervisors for a vote some time after the upcoming elections. So it’s important that voters know candidates’ views about the Plan.  MORE

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Featured Book Review

Soil Not Oil:Environmental Justice in an Age of Climate Crisis

by Vandana Shiva, Reviewed by Martin Orr.

View more ECONEWS book reviews here.

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Noteworthy News Stories

Judge Rules that Coastal Commission can review Balloon Track cleanup plan

A Humboldt County Superior Court judge ruled in favor of the California Coastal Commission on June 30, after a hearing on legal challenges to the commission's jurisdiction over the Balloon Track property cleanup.

Citizens and Conservation Groups Sue to Protect Richardson Grove

A coalition of local citizens and conservation organizations, including EPIC and the Center for Biodiversity, filed suit in June to protect the ancient redwoods of Richardson Grove State Park in Northern California.

Wilderness protection for Oregon's Yellowstone
The Siskiyou Wild Rivers area in southwest Oregon is the largest, most intact and most biologically diverse areas in the state. Will Congress and the Obama administration act to give it the protection it needs?

Help Stop Ocean Acidification!

The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking public input on how to address ocean acidification under the Clean Water Act -- a process that opens the door to greater opportunities to regulate the emissions that are causing ocean acidification.

Protect the Klamath River's Threatened Coho Salmon
An alert from Klamath Riverkeeper: Timber company Fruit Growers Supply  has applied for 50-yr Incidental Take Permits to kill species otherwise protected by the Endangered Species Act.

Question the California Desert Protection Act of 2010

The bill would release Wilderness Study Areas and designate to OHV recreation areas. 

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Invasive Plant Workday

Saturday, July 24 at the Arcata Marsh. Find out more.

Free Tours of the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary - Updated for July!

Friends of the Arcata Marsh (FOAM) and Redwood Region Audubon Society (RRAS) sponsor free tours of the marsh every Saturday. Click here for dates and more information.

View the whole calendar here