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Indigenous and Environmental Activists Call for Removal of McKinley Statue in Arcata At the Arcata City Council meeting on Wed., Feb. 21, the Pacific Alliance for Indigenous and Environmental Action (PAIEA) affiliates will add their voices to those calling for the removal of the statue of President McKinley from the Arcata Plaza, as well as the plaque mentioning “Indian troubles”. After a walk and rally, they will converge on the Arcata City Council meeting Wednesday (Feb. 21) night....
Posted: Wed, Feb 21, 2018 10:58am PST
Plans Halted for Widening Highway Through Ancient Redwoods in Richardson Grove State Park SAN FRANCISCO— After years of opposition, Caltrans has rescinded its approvals for a controversial highway-widening project that would endanger ancient redwood trees in Richardson Grove State Park, along Highway 101 in Humboldt County. Conservation groups and local residents this week dismissed a lawsuit they filed in federal court in July in exchange for Caltrans abandoning the project approvals and agreeing to restart the environmental review if the agency pursues the project. Caltrans has ...
Posted: Fri, Dec 5, 2014 8:22pm PST
More CalTrans\CHP follies and the coming of Red September At the Occupy2Decolonize site, underneath I-580 between Martin Luther King Blvd. and Indigenous Way [the street formerly known as Broadway]...
Event Date: Thu, Aug 28, 2014 7:00am PDT
Posted: Wed, Aug 27, 2014 2:27am PDT
Third Lawsuit to Prevent Caltrans From Vandalizing Ancient Redwoods in Richardson Grove 
SAN FRANCISCO— Following two previously successful federal and state court legal actions, conservation groups and local residents filed a lawsuit in federal court on July 28 (see PDF) challenging Caltrans’ renewed approval of a controversial highway-widening project that would endanger ancient and irreplaceable redwood trees in Richardson Grove State Park in Humboldt County. Due to Caltrans’ flawed environmental-review process, the project to cut into and pave over the roots of old-growth red...
Posted: Wed, Jul 30, 2014 11:06am PDT
Caltrans Agrees to Reevaluate Impacts of Del Norte Highway Project on Endangered Salmon CRESCENT CITY, Calif.— In response to a lawsuit by conservation groups, Caltrans has agreed to reassess impacts of a controversial highway-widening project in Del Norte County on protected salmon and their habitat along the wild and scenic Smith River. A settlement agreement will keep in place a court-ordered halt of construction work until Caltrans completes consultation with the National Marine Fisheries Service under the Endangered Species Act and Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation Ac...
Posted: Fri, Jul 11, 2014 7:50pm PDT
Federal Court Halts Caltrans Highway-widening Project Along Smith River SAN FRANCISCO— In response to a lawsuit from environmental groups, Northern District Court Judge James Donato issued a preliminary injunction late Friday stopping Caltrans from doing any further work on a controversial highway-widening project along the wild and scenic Smith River Canyon until a court hearing scheduled for Nov. 19. The judge cited substantial procedural violations of the Endangered Species Act and the potential for irreparable harm to endangered coho salmon and their critical...
Posted: Mon, May 5, 2014 2:06pm PDT
Injunction Sought to Halt Unnecessary Caltrans Highway-widening in Smith River Canyon CRESCENT CITY, Calif.— Conservation groups filed for a preliminary injunction in federal court on March 20 to halt construction of a Caltrans highway-widening project that would harm threatened coho salmon runs and undermine public safety along the wild and scenic Smith River Canyon in California’s remote Del Norte County. The project is aimed at widening narrow sections of highways 197 and 199 to provide access for oversized trucks. The conservation groups had challenged Caltrans’ approval o...
Posted: Thu, Mar 20, 2014 6:49pm PDT
A Victory for Richardson Grove SAN FRANCISCO— The California Court of Appeal today ordered Caltrans to reevaluate the environmental impacts of a controversial highway-widening project in Humboldt County that would harm irreplaceable old-growth redwood trees in Richardson Grove State Park. The appeals court unanimously found that Caltrans failed to follow the law in assessing impacts on ancient redwoods and providing mitigation measures to reduce potentially severe harm to the trees. Caltrans’ project — intended to allow bi...
Posted: Thu, Jan 30, 2014 5:20pm PST
Take a Stand for the Wetlands 
½ mile north of the town of Willits, with shuttles from Recreation Grove Park in downtown Willits...
Event Date: Sat, Oct 12, 2013 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Oct 8, 2013 4:33pm PDT
Caltrans Has Handed Us a Pack of Lies (audio/mpeg 6.6MB) mp3 and summary of content opposing the Caltrans projects related to the Willits bypass, 101, and 199 in Crescent City. the audio is 2 minutes and 54 seconds long....
Posted: Thu, Jul 11, 2013 7:02pm PDT
Stomp the Stumps! benefit dance party 
Ashkenaz club, 1317 San Pablo Ave., Berkeley...
Event Date: Fri, Apr 6, 2012 8:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Apr 5, 2012 1:59pm PDT
Richardson Grove Direct Action Group Brings Flash Mob to Sacramento 
After six months of organizing direct action behind the 'redwood curtain' to prevent CalTrans' expansion plan for Highway 101 through Richardson Grove State Park and adjacent forest, Richardson Grove Action Now [RGAN] brought opposition to the state capital with a FLASH MOB action. The highway plan threatens some of the last 2% remaining ancient redwoods on Earth and would facilitate greater access for trans-national corporations, nuclear materials, development, and military to the North Coas...
Posted: Sun, Jun 19, 2011 2:22pm PDT
Big Trees or Big Trucks? Rally at Caltrans 
Caltrans, 12th & N, Sacramento...
Event Date: Wed, Jun 22, 2011 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Jun 16, 2011 2:42pm PDT
Richardson Grove Action Now To Sacramento Wed, June 8th! leaving from Humboldt County, headed to Bay Area, then to Sacramento...
Event Date: Wed, Jun 8, 2011 3:00pm PDT
Posted: Sat, Jun 4, 2011 6:15pm PDT
Richardson Grove Action Now DIRECT ACTION WORKSHOP (Humboldt County) Location To Be Announced...
Event Date: Sat, Jun 18, 2011 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Jun 2, 2011 1:20am PDT
Group Bike Ride and MASS RALLY at CalTrans HQ in Eureka!! 
CalTrans District One HQ, Downtown Eureka
Wabash and Union Streets...
Event Date: Mon, Apr 18, 2011 9:30am PDT
Posted: Tue, Apr 12, 2011 3:28pm PDT
SF Anarchist? Bookfair: A Cautionary Tale 
Anarchist get-togethers should not be spaces that breed competition. Rather, they should encourage compromise and cooperation. Apparently the organizers in SF have a different vision....
Posted: Tue, Apr 12, 2011 2:55pm PDT
Stomp the Stumps on Earth Day! Ashkenaz
1317 San Pablo Ave. (at Gilman), Berkeley...
Event Date: Fri, Apr 22, 2011 8:30pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Apr 4, 2011 4:29pm PDT
Banner Hung Across 101 to Protest CalTrans Project 
Activists continue to protest the widening of Hwy. 101 through Richardson Grove State Park....
Posted: Tue, Feb 22, 2011 4:08pm PST
Rally To Stop Hwy Widening Through Richardson Grove State Park 
Garberville Town Square in Southern Humboldt County, California....
Event Date: Mon, Feb 21, 2011 12:00pm PST
Posted: Sat, Feb 19, 2011 12:22am PST