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Red Diesel Floating on Hacker Creek This spring’s spill of diesel on Hacker Creek killed many invertebrates and harmed other wildlife as well as forcing residents to find other water sources BUT the harmful effects may continue subtly for years. Long time resident and amateur naturalist Ben Schill relates how, 20 years ago when indoor marijuana first began to be
Read moreBiohazard Sign According to Melissa Martel of the Environmental Health, the contractor on the Hacker Creek diesel spill, Jim Crook, says, “This is the worst site he has ever seen. It could be months for cleanup.” So far, North Coast Environmental Construction has brought in 3 semi loads of berms and pads. Today, they requested another 20 bales to deal
Read moreThe Humboldt Standard January 31, 1958 Fifty years Ago Today The rain pouring down outside melting several inches of snow reminds me of the floods we used to have here in Humboldt in the Sixties and Seventies. And the logs that floated down those raging waters. They were huge and there were lots of them. Two of our best sources
Read moreSlide 2006 Robert Gribi carrying gas (sorry for the quality of the pic) Outside another storm spills water across the roads. The wind is temporarily tangled in the trees and not rushing frantically about but the weather forecast predicts a wild day here on the North Coast. We had 4 inches of rain in the last 24 hours and more
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