The Northcoast Environmental Center will host the Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival on Tour at the HSU Kate Buchanan Room on March 12th. Various environmental and non profit groups will be tabling information with raffles starting at 6:00 PM, films start at 7:00 PM. The film festival will be held as a fundraiser for [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival
Posted in Uncategorized on February 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Coast Guard rescues surfer from hazardous rip current
Posted in camel rock, coast guard, tagged camel rock, coast guard, rescue, surf on February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
McKINLEYVILLE, Calif.- The Coast Guard rescued a surfer in distress near Camel Rock on Monday afternoon.
The surfer, a 17-year male from Arcata, was surfing at Camel Rock when he was overcome by the offshore rip current. His friend, 19 year-old Thaddeus Zoellner of Arcata, was able to make it to the beach where he [...]
Artificial reef in Humboldt?
Posted in "marine protected area", artificial reef, humboldt bay, humboldt bay harbor recreation and conservation distric, issues, meetings, mlpa, tagged artificial reef, bay district, humboldt, humboldt bay on February 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
From the Bay District’s upcoming agenda:
10. New Business
Consideration of Resolution 2009-3 in support of the California Ships to Reefs concept of establishing an artificial reef in the waters off of Humboldt Bay.
Consideration of establishment of a North Coast Local-Interest Marine Protected Area Work Group
The Bay District [...]
Wave Energy forum success!
Posted in forum, wave energy, tagged "pg&e waveconnect", forum, humboldt, wave energy on February 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The first-ever informational community forum hosted by Surfrider Foundation’s Humboldt Chapter succeeded! I don’t know exactly how many people showed up, but I’m guessing over 70. Standing room only! Our volunteer Paige let latecomers know how crowded it was and that the video would be available online, but still, people squeezed in and stayed. (And, [...]
HSC in the LJ
Posted in humboldt state university on February 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Despite being riddled with typos, this profile of HSU’s Humboldt Surf Club is a decent read – and features quotes from our own Volunteer Coordinator, Kalei Colridge.
Wave Energy forum this Saturday!
Posted in wave energy, tagged humboldt, surfrider humboldt, wave energy on February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Wave Energy and Humboldt County, an informational community forum hosted by Surfrider Foundation’s Humboldt Chapter, takes place Saturday, Feb. 21 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Humboldt Area Foundation.
The first hour will consist of presentations by:
Ian Caliendo, PG&E
Jim Hastreiter, FERC
Peter Nelson, HG Harvey & Assoc.
Peter Stauffer, Surfrider Oregon Field Policy Coordinator
Following the presentations, we’ll [...]
Shawn Griggs rocks! And so does Greenhouse!
Posted in art, shawn griggs on February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
And so do you! Thanks for coming out.
Surfrider Humboldt on the airwaves
Posted in radio, tagged khsu, khum, radio, surfrider humboldt on February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tune in to KHUM 104.3 FM or listen via the webstream at khum.com Wednesday, Feb. 18 at noon when Humboldt Surfrider Chair Jennifer Savage explains our upcoming Wave Energy forum to KHUM midday host Mike Dronkers on Coastal Currents. (Thanks to Humboldt Baykeeper for making it happen!)
For an in-depth discussion of the Wave Energy forum [...]
Tsunami hit by knife-wielding thief!
Posted in sohum, tsunami surf, tagged surf shop robbery, tsunami surf on February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Arrest made in alleged surf shop robbery
After an alleged armed robbery at a Garberville surf shop, authorities arrested a 40-year-old Laytonville man on charges of attempted robbery.
According to information from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, on Monday, deputies responded to the Tsunami Surf Shop, where it was reported a man had entered and brandished a [...]
Offshore oil drilling threat reprieve
Posted in offshore oil drilling, tagged humboldt, oil drilling, offshore oil drilling, north coast, north coast journal on February 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The NC Journal has an update on offshore oil drilling threats – relatively good news, too.

Thanks to 

