• Illegal OHV Damage in Tolowa Dunes State Park / Lake Earl Wildlife Area
  State seems unable or unwilling to respond. The OHV enthusiasts want a legal riding area, but these photos (Oct. '05) suggest that the state should concentrate on enforcing the current regulations.

  Kellogg Road beach access	breach site	Castle Dune

  For more info, write Tolowa Dunes Stewards. P.O. Box 1148, Crescent City, CA 95531 or phone 707-465-6541
  [how to help]  [detailed backgrounding]
• Update on Crescent City Marsh issues, from winter '06 issue of Darlingtonia [article]
• Landscaping company "temporarily" fills 2 1/2 acres of Crescent City Marsh, then applies for permit to legalize fill on 1 acre. (Jan. 2006).
  • CNPS / Center for Biological Diversity letter to the Army Corps of Engineers re: application for wetland fill permit
    [pdf 136 KB]
  • Darlingtonia [article/overview]
• Proposed casino/resort/golf course threatens Crescent City Marsh and western lily
• Appx. July 2004
• Darlingtonia [article/overview]
• CNPS letter to the Army Corps of Engineers re: application for wetland fill permit
  [html] [pdf 149 KB]
• EPA response to Army Corps of Engineers re: application for wetland fill permit, recommends denial of permit, briefly citing the CNPS info.(pp. 3-4)
  OCR of scanned document, [pdf 320 KB]
• Save the Crescent City Marsh flier [pdf 249 KB]
• Appx. late September 2004
• (The Elk Valley Rancheria announced that when the Draft EIS is released (any week now), the preferred alternative will be the NO Golf Course alternative. This is a tentative victory, especially if it means that no wetland will be filled, but it remains to be seen what will be proposed in the Draft EIS.)
• November 2005
• CNPS response to DEIS [html] [pdf 150 KB]
• Governor Announces Support for Wilderness Bill (HR 233/S 128) [show your support]
• Pacific Lumber in the news, January 2005 - Pacific Lumber tries to get looser environmental regulation by threatening bankruptcy. Seeming audacity of their claims gets special attention from the LA Times. [editorial] [news report]

• Recently elected Humboldt Count District Attorney Gallegos files $250 million lawsuit against Pacific Lumber Company alleging fraud in Headwaters Forest deal. (March 2003)
  • [ ECONEWS article]
  • Civil Complaint [pdf 109 KB]
  • CNPS letter of support [text] [pdf 152 KB]
• [ Isolated Wetlands] North Coast Chapter writes to EPA, objecting to proposed rules that will exclude "isolated wetlands" from protection under the Clean Water Act. (March 2003)
• Effects of Pesticides on Endangered Species and their Habitat
• The EPA "County Bulletin" proposal - The EPA has proposed implementing their interim "County Bulletin" system as a permanent program to protect endangered species from pesticides. But while California has 116 animals and 180 plants federally listed, according to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, the County Bulletin system lists only 61 animals and 4 plants. [EPA proposal] and CNPS response.
  [text] [pdf 152 KB] (March 2003)
• Californians For Alternatives to Toxics settles [ lawsuit] with the EPA. [CNPS support] for the settlement, (May 2002)
• [ California Wild Heritage Act of 2002 (S.2535)], also petition to encourage Senator Feinstein's support. [ pdf 230 KB](August 2002)
• Road Closures to Protect Port Orford Cedar from Root Disease
• [North Coast CNPS signs petition] to close the "McGrew Trail," a road that crosses the proposed Kalmiopsis Wilderness (July 2002)
• [Siskiyou Institute ], for more info about issues in Southwest Oregon
• [North Fork Smith Botanical Area] Forty-five miles of road were closed to discourage the spread of root disease to currently disease-free watersheds. ... from Tim McKay, NEC (July 2001).
• McDaniel Slough proposed restoration in Arcata
• [ "McDaniel Slough, Round 2"], by Daniel Mintz, Arcata Eye 12-04-01 - report of recent public scoping hearing
• [ Maps of alternative plans for McDaniel Slough], City of Arcata
• [ Grass Wars], "Good Intentions Gone Awry - Why Would Anyone Bring an Alien Cordgrass into S.F. Bay?," by Phyllis Faber in Coast & Ocean, Spring 2000. In fact, two alien species: the east coast S. alterniflora (the bane of Willapa Bay, WA), and S. densiflora, native to S.A., but obtained from Humboldt Bay and assumed to be native!
• McDaniel Slough, ("Round 1"?) Should it be salt or fresh water marsh? After reading some of the public comments made in opposition to salt marsh options, we thought that we ought to provide our visitors with some reference material about the nature and value of our local salt marshes.
• [ The value and overlooked diversity of restored salt marsh] Arcata Eye 3-27-01, a response by Bruce G. Halstead and Richard Guadagno of the USF&WS.
• [ "Salt marsh reference materials"], as provided to the Arcata Eye by Bruce G. Halstead and Richard Guadagno. Includes links to recent articles published by the S.F. Chronicle, links to web sites, and a bibliography.
• [Humboldt County's Salt Marshes], an overview by Andrea Pickart
• [ Let's prioritize salt marsh restoration for McDaniel Slough] Arcata Eye 3-13-01, North Coast CNPS response to a series of opinion pieces opposing salt marsh options.
• [ California PEER] Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. Sad but true: sometimes public employees are directed to circumvent environmental laws and regulations.
• [ Statewide CNPS "Action Alerts!"]
• [California Indian Basketweavers Association]. Managers of industrial timberlands may think that using herbicides makes good economic sense, but their neighbors might have a different take.
• [U.S. Forest Service Roadless Areas Initiative]
• [NICORE and mining]
• "Timber Harvest Plans" don't necessarily address potential impacts to botanical resources.
• [Timber Watch] - a system worth noting that monitors THP's in Mendocino and Sonoma Counties.
• [ Current THP's] - direct from CDF.

Do you have a native plant issue that you would like to share? We welcome your [input].

• [Letter Supporting Habitat Acquisition and Conservation]
• [Comments on Resource Conservation and Management Element of the [Arcata] General Plan]
• [Letter regarding proposed restoration of Winkle property]
• [Opposition to Humboldt ATV and Buggy Association’s Petition]
• [Natural Communities Conservation Planning in California]
• [Grazing Policy on Public Land - Letter of Opposition]
• [Petition to save the Endangered Species Act]
• [Scientists attempt to save the Endangered Species Act]
• [CERES Headwaters Forest Information Site]
• [Bay Area Action's Headwaters Forest Project]