Humboldt Coastal Dunes Cooperative Will Have Annual Public Meeting on November 20

Press release from Friends of the Dunes:

Ma-le’l Dunes Cooperative Management Area {Photo provided by Friends of the Dunes]

Join the Humboldt Coastal Dunes Cooperative for an annual public meeting on Wednesday, November 20 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Humboldt Coastal Nature Center, 220 Stamps Lane in Manila. This public meeting will feature a series of short presentations focusing on the management of coastal dune environments.

Topics include:

Friends of the Dunes and Bureau of Land Management Partnership for Community-Supported Habitat Recovery (Mike Cipra, Friends of the Dunes)

Ongoing Results of the Dunes Climate Ready Study (Candace Reynolds, Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge)

Restoration of Lake Earl Estuary Dunes and Sand Bar (Sandra Jerabeck, Tolowa Dunes Stewards)

Oregon silverspot butterfly habitat restoration at Tolowa Dunes State Park (Clint Pogue, US Fish & Wildlife Service)

Western Snowy Plover Breeding Success at the Mike Thompson Wildlife Area, South Spit Humboldt Bay (Jesse Irwin, Bureau of Land Management)

Western Snowy Plover [Photo by Jess Barger, photo provided by Friends of the Dunes]

The Humboldt Coastal Dunes Cooperative facilitates coordinated ecosystem management of coastal dune environments through collaboration among stakeholders. The intention of the Cooperative is to implement this mission by coordinating restoration, preservation, education, public outreach, enforcement activities, and the acquisition by appropriate land stewards of unprotected high priority lands.