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49 Years of Environmental News Arcata, California Vol. 50, No. 2 Apr/May 2020 ECEC NNPublished by the Northcoast EWS EWS Environmental Center Since 1971 Spacious solidarity The age of birding separate but not alone 50th Earth Day | House Passes Public Lands Bill | COVID-19 Resources | Neighborhood Ferns Trinidad Rancheria Hotel | Birdathon | Climate Bonds | Kin to the Earth: Eileen Cooper National Parks Centennial Celebration News From the Center • Formed a tight working relationship new committees (Tech, Larry Glass, with staff . Personnel). Executive Director • Supervised the move from the • Enhanced the eff ectiveness Greenway building to our current and organization of events. It’s with a mixture of sadness permanent location. • Increased guidance and and gratitude that I announce • Helped tremendously to coordinate support for our intern our wonderful Administrative & the beginnings of the cleanup program. Development Director, Bella Waters, eff orts of our 9th street property. • Enhanced the lending library has accepted a full-time position • Oversaw the awarding and and supported zero waste with the Environmental Services implementation of grants like the goals at events with the department at the City of Arcata. Whale Tail Grant for our CLEAN! addition of linens. While I personally will mourn the loss Coastal Learning, Education and • Oversaw the transition from of my great work partner, Bella, I’m at Action Now! Project; Arcata Main the outdated website to a more the same time very happy for her and Street, Oyster Festival Aquaculture functional Wordpress site. her family for this great opportunity. Support Fund for our Adopt- Financial and health security have a-Block Program; and Alaskan e Personnel Committee to be at the top of all of our agendas Brewing Co.’s CODE Grant for our conducted a thorough hiring 50th Anniversary of Earth Day in this day and age. On behalf of the Encouraging Community Wide process, reviewing a number of great NEC Board Member, Dan Sealy, Board and the NEC membership, we Zero Waste Eff orts program. applications. We’d like to introduce is in the early stages of working on wish Bella the best of success in her • Helped build capacity at the NEC, you to our new Administrative the history of the NEC in preparation new position. We’d like to give a shout which now includes two more paid & Development Director, Carrie for our 50th anniversary next year. In out to former NEC Board President staff members. Tully. Carrie is a graduate student speaking with some who were there and Bella’s new boss, Mark Andre, for • Developed a comprehensive in the Environment & Community at the fi rst organizing meetings, it being so gracious in helping with the employee handbook, and educated program at HSU. Motivated by her has become clear that formation of transition. the Personnel Committee on own complex life experiences, Carrie the NEC was in direct response to Let’s take a minute and refl ect on the latest rules and regulations strives to build stronger relationships the fi rst Earth Day in 1970. Local some of the accomplishments that regarding employment in the state with her human and more-than- environmentalists and conservation the NEC experienced during Bella’s of California. human community. In her downtime organizations, as well as HSU faculty tenure. • Helped create charters for all of our you can fi nd her at the beach with her and campus groups, were seeking active committees. daughter and their dog, Indi. We’re ways to educate the public on issues • Reorganized operations. • Reactivated the Conservation excited to welcome Carrie on board! raised on Earth Day, from concerns • Maintained offi ce hours. Committee and developed several about the widening of a local freeway Continued EcoNews Coordinator: Caroline Griffi th NEC Member Groups EcoNews Graphic Layout: Chelsea Pulliam NEC Board Of Directors Humboldt Baykeeper EC N EWS www.humboldtbaykeeper.org Proofreaders: Kris Diamond, Terra Freedman To contact NEC Board Members, please write to [email protected] Sierra Club, North Group, 415 I Street, Arcata, CA 95521 Authors: Larry Glass, Bella Waters, Jennifer Kalt, Redwood Chapter PO Box 4259, Arcata, CA 95518 Dan Sealy, Colin Fiske, Margaret Gainer, Casey President: Larry Glass, Safe Alternatives www.redwood.sierraclub.org/north/ Cruikshank, Tom Wheeler, Felice Pace, Caroline for our Forest Environment California Native Plant Society 707- 822-6918 Griffi th, Martha Walden, Carol Ralph, David Cobb, www.yournec.org Vice-President: Margaret Gainer, At-Large North Coast Chapter Ellen E. Taylor, Ken Miller, Briana Villalobos, Sue www.northcoastcnps.org Leskiw, Jackson Carrasco Secretary: Jennifer Kalt, Humboldt Baykeeper Redwood Region Audubon EcoNews is the official bi-monthly Cover: Townsend’s Warbler. Society Treasurer: Chris Jenican Beresford, www.rras.org publication of the Northcoast Photo credit: Leslie Scopes Anderson At-Large Environmental Center (NEC), a Friends of the Eel River Joan Tippets, Calfornia Native Plant Society www.eelriver.org non-profit organization. Third class NEC Staff CJ Ralph, Redwood Region Audubon Society postage paid in Arcata. ISSN No. Safe Alternatives for our Forest Executive Director: Richard Kreis, Sierra Club, North Group Environment (SAFE) 0885-7237. EcoNews is mailed to Larry Glass, [email protected] Alicia Hamann, Friends of the Eel River www.safealt.org our members and distributed free Environmental Protection throughout the Northern California Administrative & Development Director: Tom Wheeler, Environmental Protection Carrie Tully, [email protected] Information Center Information Center (EPIC) and Southern Oregon bioregion. The www.wildcalifornia.org EcoNews Coordinator/Journalist: Dan Sealy, At-Large subscription rate is $50 per year. Caroline Griffi th, [email protected] Aisha Cissna, At-Large Coastal Programs Coordinator: NEC Affiliate Members The ideas and views expressed Casey Cruischank , [email protected] Humboldt Baykeeper Friends of Del Norte in EcoNews are not necessarily Admin. Assistant & Outreach Coordinator: www.fodn.org Fiscally sponsored by the NEC those of the NEC. Chelsea Pulliam, [email protected] Zero Waste Humboldt Director: www.zerowastehumboldt.org Bookkeeping Assistant: Jennifer Kalt, [email protected] Anita Gilbride-Read, volunteer Californians for Alternatives to Toxics Bay Tours Coordinator: www.alt2tox.org Jasmin Segura, [email protected] Coalition for Responsible Transportation Priorities www.transportationpriorities.org News from the Center Microscope Donations Continued from prior page We are donating a few In This Issue microscopes to local schools. to outrage over oil spills on California beaches and If you would like to be 4 Let’s Make Earth Day Meaningful increasing air pollution. A “Center” was raised as considered please write a 4 EcoNews Report & Survey a way to unite disparate groups and people around letter expressing how this issues of importance, groups which, up to that would benefi t your classroom. 5 Financing Climate Solutions point, had little strategic communication or unifi ed Submit a letter to chelsea@ 5 Humboldt County Climate Bonds actions. e NEC still embodies those strategic yournec.org by April 30th roles of education, organizing and action. 6 Trinidad Rancheria Hotel To help celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Earth 7 House Passes Public Lands Bill Day, the NEC is organizing a beach clean up on for the table pieces and keeping the food fl owing, Sunday, April 26th. See page 9 for more details. Kris Diamond for securing so many amazing silent 8 Guest Opinion: The Owl They Will Shoot auction donations, Tiff any Perez and Denise Jones 9 Casey’s Coastal Column: Citizen Science for providing immense kitchen support, and Megan Huffman’s Public Lands Bill Update 10 Rep. Jared Huff man’s Northwest California Bundy for her wonderful photos of the event and Environmental Protection Information Center Wilderness, Recreation, and Working Forests the photo booth. We couldn’t pull off an event of 11 Kin to the Earth: Eileen Cooper this size without them and many other volunteers. Act H.R.2250 has passed out of the House of 12 Solar Generator Representatives as part of a package of bills called anks to our strong and loyal business community Protecting America’s Wilderness Act. e next who donated generous silent auction items, food 12 Where are they Now? Briana Villalobos step is introduction in the Senate. at has just and drink. You can view a list of these businesses happened. on page 3. If you missed this one, be sure to attend 13 Humboldt Baykeeper Our Senator, Kamala Harris, has introduced in 2021 for our 50th celebration! 14 California Native Plant Society “ e PUBLIC Lands Act” S.3288 which contains the three California bills passed out of the House of New Work Study 15 Sierra Club Representatives in February as part of H.R.2546, the We’d like to welcome our new Work Study 16 Zero Waste Humboldt Protecting America’s Wilderness Act. student, Brittany Kleinschnitz, who will be assisting 16 Coalition for Responsible Transportation Priorties Senator Harris’s bill would expand protections with events and offi ce tasks. Brittany is obtaining to over 1 million acres of public lands while also her Masters of Social Work degree from HSU 17 Practicing Spacious Solidarity increasing access and opportunities for outdoor and would ultimately love to conduct wilderness 17 Student Focus: WRRAP recreation across California. e bill is supported excursions for youth. She’s received her California by a large and diverse coalition of local, regional, Naturalist Certifi cation and has volunteered for a 18 Eye on Washington and national stakeholders and advocates for our number of organizations including the Mission: 19 Creature Feature: Neighborhood Ferns public lands. Wolf Sanctuary in Colorado, assisted with tri- Senator Harris has requested that S.3288 be county bat surveys in Tuolumne and Calaveras 20 New Ranger for Six River National Forest included in the next group of bills presented for a county and is currently volunteering at the 21 Get on Board for the Climate legislative hearing before the Energy and Natural Southern Humboldt Family Resource Center.