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"The Committee heard compelling testimony from North Coast Tribes that were unified in their concerns to protect their inherent rights to traditionally gather along the North Coast shoreline," they stated. "We ask for the Commission to respect Tribal interests and provide for adequate testimony from the Tribal perspective. We encourage you to work with the Tribes to develop a workable format for their full participation at your hearing by providing a block of time for tribal testimony."...

David Gurney, an independent film maker from Fort Bragg, is suing officials from the Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) Initiative and state agencies in Mendocino County Superior Court over his arrest for recording and speaking at a "work session" in Fort Bragg on April 20, 2010. "California’s open meeting laws guarantee that citizens and members of the press have a right to keep track of what goes on in a public process, and assures they will not be harassed at public meetings," said Gurn...

Keep in mind Caltrans has already announced publicly their intentions to begin the R.I.P.(Richardson Grove Improvement Project) this February(as soon as 11 days from this Tuesdayś debris removal start date.) This Caltrans press release appeared in the Times-Standard and Ukiah Journal as well as on KIEM television news on Friday night (1/14) at 11:00 PM in which Caltrans makes a point to state that this work located in the same proposed project area is not related to the R.I.P....

17 salmon and clean water activists are asking Governor Brown to review and reform the policies and practices of the California Department of Fish & Game in the Klamath River Basin. This is needed, they say, in order to end dewatering of the Shasta and Scott Rivers, establish Klamath River flows sufficient for salmon recovery and to uphold the Public Trust Doctrine....

“It is truly good news that the current round of water quality planning for the Klamath River is complete,” said Catherine Kuhlman, Executive Officer of the North Coast Regional Board. “Now, it’s time for action to reduce water pollution and restore the river in order to enhance the myriad of beneficial uses of the river.”...

Below is my open letter to John Laird, who is expected to be appointed as Natural Resources Secretary, the top environmental post in California, by Governor Jerry Brown. Environment California and the Sierra Fund announced his appointment in press releases on January 1, although neither Laird nor Brown have confirmed it yet. The 60-year-old Santa Cruz resident served in the California Assembly from 2002 to 2008. The Democrat’s career includes Analyst, Santa Cruz County Administrative...

Brown should abolish the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) that was instituted under Schwarzenegger and all state plans to build a peripheral canal and new dams. Instead of the BDCP, Brown should establish the first ever "Blue Collar Task Force" (a concept inspired by Troy Fletcher, acting executive director of the Yurok Tribe), to recover fish populations and restore the Delta. The task force would be made up of representatives of California Indian Tribes, recreational fishing groups, comme...

“Water and salmon hold sacred value among the tribes of the Round Valley, and both have been bankrupted,” according to Ernie Merrifield, past Round Valley Tribal Council member. “Like a person, if you block the free flow of blood in your veins you will die, just as PG&E’s dams are killing the Eel River.” Photo of Feather Dancers of the Round Valley Indian Tribes by Friends of the Eel River....

Why is a private corporation, the shadowy Resources Legacy Fund Foundation, being allowed to privatize ocean resource management in California through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the DFG? Isn't this very bad public policy? Photo: Thomas O'Rourke, chairman of the Yurok Tribe, speaks at a protest in defense of tribal rights at a MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force meeting in Fort Bragg on July 21....

Marijuana growers and consumers gathered at this years 7th annual Emerald Cup-Californias longest running medical marijuana competiton at Area 101 in Laytonville, nestled in the hills of Northern Mendocino County, to celebrate all things marijuana and the best of Northern Californias largest cash crop…....