Environment

Willow Creek Divided Over Outdoor Residential Marijuana Grows and Transient Issues

Law enforcement, marijuana growers, businesspeople, and concerned community members crowded into the special Willow Creek Community Services District (WCCSD) Board meeting on Wednesday, May 1, to talk about marijuana and transients issues. Read More →

Tribal Council Approves Access to Tish Tang for Bigfoot Rafting

The Hoopa Tribal Forestry Department finished a plan for access permits to allow Brianna Carreira’s Bigfoot Rafting company to use Tish Tang to exit the Trinity River during rafting expeditions. Read More →

Council Approves Timber Sales Despite Lower Than Expected Prices

The Hoopa Valley Tribal Council approved the sale of over 9,000 Million Board Feet (MBF) of timber from three lots near Pine Creek, despite lower-than-expected prices. Read More →

County Asks Public to Weigh in on Draft Outdoor Marijuana Growing Regulations

Over 100 people crowded into the Trinity Valley Elementary School gymnasium in Willow Creek on Monday, April 15, to talk about the proposed Outdoor Cultivation of Medical Marijuana Initiative. Read More →

River Rights Committee Working to Expand Fish for Elders Program

The Hoopa Valley Tribe’s River Rights Committee met with volunteers and community members on Tuesday, April 9, to make preparations for what will be a large salmon run this year. Read More →

Orleans Meeting Kick Starts Information Trove that Could Aid Prescribed Burning

A small crowd of property owners, community organizers and firefighters gathered in Orleans last week to help, on a local level at least, to struggle against the burgeoning odds in favor of more giant wildfires. Read More →

Motion to Remove Hoopa Valley Tribal Chairman Fails

A motion to begin hearings to remove Hoopa Valley Tribal Chairman Leonard Masten Jr. from office failed during the Tribal Council meeting on Wednesday, April 10, 2013. Read More →

Ideas Spawned in the Classroom

It’s that time of the year again. You know spring is in the air when AmeriCorps Watershed Stewards Project interns begin moving from class to class, teaching students about the watersheds they live in and the organisms they share it with. The watershed education curriculum, known as “Real Science”, takes place over a 6 week period and covers topics ranging from watershed scale stewardship practices to riparian conditions that affect the salmon life cycle. The Real Science program is an effort that is supported by the US Forest Service, AmeriCorps, and the Klamath-Trinity Join Unified School District. Read More →