Marine Life Protection Act Info Night: February 18
Humboldt Area Foundation, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
California is leading the nation by establishing a statewide network of marine protected areas, underwater parks that protect our coastal resources and local fisheries from the impacts of climate change, habitat destruction, and other threats – and you have an opportunity to get involved! Humboldt Baykeeper has been working with policy makers, scientists, tribal representatives, fishermen and community leaders to design an initial map of protected areas from Point Arena to the Oregon border. We are in the beginning stages of the process and need your help to make this ocean protection effort work for our community and our coastal ecosystems! Join us on February 18th for the first MLPA Information Night hosted by Humboldt Baykeeper, Surfrider Foundation Humboldt Chapter, and the Ocean Conservancy. We will have a brief review of what has happened thus far and suggestions on how you can get involved. For more info on the North Coast MLPA region, visit CalOceans and the Dept. of Fish & Game. |
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RFK Jr. and Massey Coal CEO Debate Mountaintop RemovalOn January 21, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. squared off with the CEO of Massey Energy, 4th largest coal company in the U.S., in a debate over mountaintop removal. Watch the Debate Kennedy: “Don says we have to choose between environmental protection on the one hand and economic prosperity on the other. I say that’s a false choice, and 100% of the times, good environmental policy is identical good economic policy.” Blankenship:"You talk about it being a sin to do surface mining, the real sin is that the enviros want to focus us on1 part per million of iron or talk about windmills when tens of millions of people are starving to death.” California uses plenty of coal-produced electricity, mostly from power plants in the Four Corners region. For info on the environmental impacts of coal mining and coal-fired power plants, visit the Waterkeeper Alliance's Clean Energy campaign and the Sierra Club's Coal Free California. |
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Lecture: The Science of Ocean EcosystemsFeb. 10 at Humboldt Area Foundation What is an ocean ecosystem? From looking at a map, ocean ecosystems appear to be nothing more than the "large blue area." However, under and in the waves are many different habitats, influenced by ocean currents and climate, with an incredible diversity of plants and animals, easily rivaling what we see on land. Dr. Karina Nielsen, a marine ecologist at Sonoma State University, will use local examples to illuminate what scientists know about ocean ecosystems, and how they know it. Join us from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at the Humboldt Area Foundation's Community Conference room 373 Indianola Rd. Bayside, CA (off Indianola Cutoff) |
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