Bear Hounding: Inhumane, Dangerous, & Unnecessary

Bear Hounding: Inhumane, Dangerous, & Unnecessary

AB 1038, “Bears: hunting: use of dogs” proposes the reintroduction of bear hounding to the state of California, a cruel practice that harms and scares animals in addition to doing nothing to solve problems related to human-wildlife interactions. The...
Protecting Instream Flows in the Eel River

Protecting Instream Flows in the Eel River

We recently submitted a letter to Chuck Bonham, the director of California’s Department of Fish and Wildlife, requesting that his agency provide overdue stream flow studies and minimum flow recommendations to the State Water Resources Control Board. The State...

The Sixth Mass Extinction is Happening in Humboldt

And Big Weed seems nearly as concerned about the loss of coho salmon as the timber industry was. By: Scott Greacen In the last EcoNews, I wrote about the new federal Recovery Plan for coho salmon, and its warning that water diversions and sediment impacts associated...