UPDATE: This event has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But nature is still open for business! Please be safe and keep your distance from others while you enjoy the fresh air. And feel free to pick up some trash while you're at it!
A credo of Waterkeepers is "clean water for all," but the reality is it's hard to meet "all" sometimes. Our Tours Coordinator Jasmin Segura has a knack for developing relationships with community groups, and has expanded our tours exponentially over the past five years. Thanks to Bart Mihailovich of Waterkeeper Alliance for highlighting the amazing work Jasmin does to make our tours program more inclusive:
Tune in to this week's Podship Earth, hosted by Jared Blumenfeld, California Secretary for Environmental Protection, and Sara Aminzadeh, California Coastal Commissioner and former Executive Director of the California Coastkeeper Alliance.
Baykeeper's Jen Kalt talks about the Humboldt Bay area, which is experiencing twice the rate of sea level rise as the state average.
A brand new version of our popular Humboldt Bay poster is now for sale at Eureka Books at 426 2nd Street in Old Town Eureka. They’ll be open for Arts Alive this Saturday, December 7, until 9pm. Thanks to our friends at Eureka Books for carrying our posters - most of the proceeds will support our work to protect Humboldt Bay!
Learn how to avoid domoic acid and other toxins
The Dungeness crab season is under way! With major concerns over the last few years regarding unsafe domoic acid levels, health department officials continue to recommend not eating the internal organs (known as crab butter).
Click HERE to download the brochure explaining this simple method of cleaning crabs before cooking to reduce your exposure to unsafe contaminants.
In December, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control issued a stunning announcement: the concrete cap at the former McNamara & Peepe lumber mill in Glendale has failed to contain groundwater contaminated with the highly toxic wood preservative pentachlorophenol. The 1998 Remedial Action Plan has been rescinded, and the agency will now develop a new plan to remediate and/or control the contamination.
UPDATED! Humboldt Baykeeper has been testing mercury levels in local fish since July 2016 with funding from the California Environmental Protection Agency. We’ve found that most local fish are safe to eat in moderation—with a few exceptions.
Click HERE for the Final Report
Click HERE for the updated Guidelines
