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Tribal Members, Fishermen and Youth Get Trinity River Win at Hum. Sups meeting
Humboldt County Reconsiders Support for the Sites Reservoir Project...
Posted: Tue, Dec 10, 2019 7:56pm PST
West Coast Crimethinc Tour Hits Bay Area & Beyond
Long running anarchist media collective, Crimethinc, is hitting the road for a west coast tour. Come see them in the bay area and beyond!...
Posted: Mon, Dec 2, 2019 11:51am PST
California Crab Season Opening Delayed by Whale Entanglement Risk
Officials Cite Presence of Endangered Humpbacks, Crabbers Call for Delay...
Posted: Thu, Nov 21, 2019 8:02am PST
California Crab Season Delayed to Nov. 23 to Protect Whales From Entanglement
Delay Follows Finding of Elevated Entanglement Risk, Legal Settlement...
Posted: Fri, Nov 1, 2019 8:57pm PDT
Federal Rule Protects Endangered Orcas’ West Coast Habitat
15,000 Square Miles of Critical Habitat Added to Existing Salish Sea Protections...
Posted: Wed, Sep 18, 2019 12:12pm PDT
Salmon Protectors Youth Camp Brings Together Elders, Youth for The Klamath River
On September 14th and 15th Tribal families and youth, and other salmon dependent people from all over Northern California, converged at the Bluff Creek Resort near Weitchpec, CA to to discuss how to protect, and honor, the Klamath and Trinity River’s salmon....
Posted: Mon, Sep 16, 2019 3:52pm PDT
Rally to Save Rainbow Ridge
Fox Camp Gate, 13 miles off 101 after exit 663 Honeydew/South Fork, Humboldt County...
Event Date: Sun, Sep 8, 2019 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Sep 5, 2019 9:31pm PDT
Legal Action Forces Trump Administration to Curb Killing of California Beavers
SACRAMENTO, July 30, 2019 — The federal wildlife-killing program known as Wildlife Services has agreed to stop shooting and trapping California beavers on more than 11,000 miles of river and 4 million acres of land where the killing could hurt endangered wildlife....
Posted: Wed, Jul 31, 2019 2:30pm PDT
New Northern California Police Accountability Project Seeking Support
We need a centralized archive for information on law enforcement violence and corruption across Northern California, but no such resource currently exists. With your help, we can have a working version within a matter of months. Share this and donate to make it happen!...
Posted: Mon, Jul 15, 2019 12:26pm PDT
Pre-Dawn Arrests at Spectacular Mono-pod Blockade on Rainbow Ridge, Mattole
A 40' mono pod with a sitter was erected early this morning at the main gate on the logging road on Rainbow Ridge in the Mattole Forest. About 20 people were there by about 4 am in this very remote area. Once security and law enforcement showed up (in force), several people were arrested, after being thrown to the ground without notice....
Posted: Mon, Jun 17, 2019 10:36am PDT
Demonstration at Humboldt Redwood Co. Demand Safety for Tree sitter in Rainbow Rid
Activity is increasing on the northcoast on Rainbow Ridge in the Mattole River watershed as forest defenders open an action camp, a tree sitter remains high in a tree under threat by logging, and local resident septegenarians are arrested blockading Humboldt Redwood Company's main access gate....
Posted: Sat, Jun 15, 2019 8:34pm PDT
Four Elders Arrested at Gate as TreeSit Goes Up in Mattole
Four Petrolia residents arrested blockading logging gate — average age 75 — as a protester climbs old growth tree in controversial Mattole logging operation in the pre-dawn hours Monday, June 10. Forest Defenders are occupying the forests and preparing for upcoming action camp. Meanwhile, the Lost Coast League is renewing their challenge to Humboldt Redwood Co.'s "sustainable" label....
Posted: Tue, Jun 11, 2019 3:17pm PDT
Mattole Alert: Forest Defenders Head to the Woods and Lost Coast League Cries Foul As Humb
Logging Crews and Security Showed up in a Contested Logging plan in the Mattole Forest, Ready to Cut in Legacy Forest and Threatened Habitat...
Posted: Fri, Jun 7, 2019 11:49am PDT
Fisheries Meeting Aims to Ensure Enough West Coast Salmon for Starving Orcas
Lawsuit Prompts Consultation to Save Southern Resident Killer Whales...
Posted: Fri, May 24, 2019 3:12pm PDT
Spiritual Leader and Chief of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe Caleen Sisk Receives Earth Day Award
The Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment announced Winnemem Wintu Tribal Chief and Spiritual Leader Caleen Sisk as the winner of the 2019 Anthony Grassroots Prize, an annual $1,000 Earth Day award recognizing an outstanding example of grassroots environmental activism....
Posted: Fri, Apr 19, 2019 12:30pm PDT
Fish Groups Slam FDA Lifting of Import Ban on GMO Frankenfish
"A loophole has now been created that will allow the first genetically modified animal engineered for human consumption to enter the US market: GMO Atlantic salmon,” said Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations executive director Noah Oppenheim. “Fishermen have been fighting against the possibility of these frankenfish entering our waters and our markets for years, and we won't stop now....
Posted: Sat, Mar 9, 2019 5:23am PST
PG&E withdraws application to relicense Potter Valley Project, Eel River dams
"Salmon fishermen have been fighting to free the Eel River from the Potter Valley Project for decades,” said Noah Oppenheim, Executive Director of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations (PCFFA). “With new certainty that the project's license will be orphaned by PG&E, we're closer to that goal than ever.”...
Posted: Sat, Jan 26, 2019 11:26am PST
Clinton / Wall Street Democrats Are At It Again
Clinton and Wall Street Democrats Are Attempting to Hijack Progressives and Threaten To Repeat the Electoral Disaster of 2016...
Posted: Fri, Jan 18, 2019 7:51pm PST
Public housing and Section 8 tenants face eviction and homelessness for medical marijuana
Oakland has 13,586 units in its Section 8 inventory, 2,122 units in its low rent inventory, plus thousands of tenants being publicly assisted in rental units in Oakland operated by nonprofit housing developers that may be threatened with eviction if they are caught using medical marijuana....
Posted: Thu, Dec 13, 2018 4:29pm PST
Continued Occupation Shuts Down SPI Clearcut Logging Operation
At least a dozen Humboldt County forest defenders hiked in to a Sierra Pacific Industries logging operation in the Mattole area, occupying the site, sending the log trucks coming in back out of the forest, effectively shutting it down. The activists were at the same area where a treesitter has been up since last week....
Posted: Tue, Nov 20, 2018 12:35pm PST