EcoNews Report

Are prohibitionary cities and counties unintentionally sanctioning the illegal cannabis market? Friends of the Eel River's Conservation Director Scott Greacen discusses this question with HDL 's Cannabis Policy Advisor Mark Lovelace. Legislation legalizing recreational cannabis in California provided robust local control by allowing cities and counties to chose their level of involvement with the new law. Given three options - to adpot the system as it, to modify as they see fit, or to opt out

15 Environmental stories in 30 minutes – that’s the EcoNews Roundup! For December’s EcoNews Report Roundup Larry Glass, NEC’s Executive Director, and Bella Waters, NEC’s Admin & Development Director, cover the following news stories: Local Conflict-of-Interest Questions Arise as Supervisors Set to Consider Rezoning More Than 500,000 Acres Tuesday EPIC plans to legally challenge beaver killing in California California abalone season sunk until 2021 to give stressed population time to rebuild

Dr. Laurie Richmond of Humboldt State University led a team of researchers who interviewed commercial and charter fishermen, fishing families, deckhands, local business owners and operators, local civic leaders, and elected officials in Eureka and Shelter Cove to develop recommendations to improve the sustainability of these ports. Recommendations range from basic infrastructure like dredging and cold storage to better organization for political engagement, market development, and habitat

What is the WIIN Act, and why are congressional representatives from California pushing to extend it 5 years before it expires? Friends of the Eel River’s Conservation Director Scott Greacen explores these questions and more with guests John McManus and Regina Chichizola. John is the president of the Golden Gate Salmon Association , which represents both sport and commercial fishermen in its effort to restore salmon runs in the central valley. Regina is the salmon and water policy analyst for

16 Environmental stories in 30 minutes – that’s the EcoNews Roundup! For November’s EcoNews Report Roundup Larry Glass, NEC’s Executive Director, and Bella Waters, NEC’s Admin & Development Director, cover the following news stories: Local 1. Elections - East/West Train and Harbor Development candidates were defeated 2. Mercer Fraser hash lab projects - Willow Creek and Mad River 3. Sensi Valley - Friends of the Eel River and Humboldt Baykeeper filed an appeal of the Humboldt County Planning

Tune in for a discussion/celebration of last week's results of local, state, and national elections - and the positive changes they will bring - with a focus on environmental issues. Progressives won big on the local level, particularly in Eureka, where voters had stark choices between candidates. My guest is Tom Wheeler, Eureka resident and Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Information Center (EPIC).

In its 100-year history, Save the Redwoods League strives to protect, restore and connect: "We protect redwoods by purchasing forests and the surrounding lands needed to nurture them. We restore young, damaged and neglected redwood forests so they can become the old-growth forests of the future. We connect people to the peace and beauty of the California redwoods through a network of magnificent parks and protected areas." As a part of their centennial celebration, Save The Redwoods League

13 Environmental stories in 30 minutes – that’s the EcoNews Roundup! For October's EcoNews Report Roundup Larry Glass, NEC’s Executive Director, and Bella Waters, NEC’s Admin & Development Director, cover the following news stories: Local News 1. Trinidad Rancheria's Hotel Project's EA 2. East-West Train and Eureka City Council 3. RCEA's Offshore Wind project could be up and running by 2024- 4. Mercer Fraser's Big Lagoon Asphalt Plant 5. Sensi Valley, Inc - Planning Commission approves

Tune in for a discussion of how federal agencies are protecting fish, or rather failing to do so. Scott Greacen, Conservation Director for Friends of the Eel River is joined by Chris Shutes, FERC projects director and water rights advocate for California Sportfishing Protection Alliance to discuss federal influence on water policy in California. Trump's memoranda on water policy last month is part of a pattern of bending federal agencies to have policies that are more favorable to water supply

The ways that we manage (or fail to manage) our impacts on the land have left many rivers and creeks without enough water year-round to sustain fish and other wildlife. Randy Klein is a hydrologist who has studied North Coast streams for over 40 years. His research on flooding, erosion, and sediment dynamics in Redwood National Park helped identify the best ways to manage heavily-logged watersheds for stream health. More recently, he has focused on the solutions to low summer flows on the