Daniel Mintz Mad River Union McKINLEYVILLE – McKinleyville’s representative on the county Planning Commission has advanced a stance on multiple unit housing development, saying that “McKinleyville has been getting a lot of these really dense subdivisions and I don’t think we need too many more of them.” Peggy O’Neill, a McKinleyville resident who was recently…
Locals seek Coastal Commission post
Daniel Mintz Mad River Union HUMBOLDT – Emphasizing the importance of having local representation on the state’s Coastal Commission, Humboldt County’s Board of Supervisors has nominated city officials from Arcata and Eureka for an open seat. At their Feb. 26 meeting, supervisors agreed to nominate Arcata Mayor Brett Watson and Eureka City Councilmember Natalie Arroyo…
Filling wetlands to save them
Seawater encroachment on low-lying land forces unprecedented choices Daniel Mintz Mad River Union HUMBOLDT – Sea level rise could change the way the state deals with coastal development, as expansion and construction of dikes will fill wetlands but also protect large agricultural areas that double as freshwater habitat. A workshop on Humboldt County’s early stages…
Coastal uses plan gets final OK from supervisors
Daniel Mintz Mad River Union HUMBOLDT – A long-debated plan that will allow interim commercial use of Humboldt Bay coastal-dependent industrial sites has received final approval. The Board of Supervisors adopted an ordinance on the Humboldt Bay permitting at its Oct. 3 meeting. The ordinance will allow properties with coastal industrial zoning to host other…
Almost 1,800 completed grow apps
Daniel Mintz Mad River Union HUMBOLDT – In what Humboldt County’s Planning Director has described as a “tremendous achievement,” the number of completed commercial marijuana permit applications will reach 1,800 by the end of this month. The update was reported at the Sept. 19 Board of Supervisors meeting. During a discussion on how to apply…
Bay coastal development gets provisional OK
Paul Mann Mad River Union HUMBOLDT — The state has authorized temporary, interim uses of 650-plus acres of Humboldt Bay coastal lands for a variety of civic, commercial and industrial purposes. Cannabis cultivation is ruled out for the time being on the so-called Coastal Dependent Industrial (CDI) lands on Samoa Peninsula. The term refers to…
September review likely for new Coast Seafoods plan
Paul Mann Mad River Union HUMBOLDT — As expected, the permit term for Coast Seafoods’ existing aquaculture operation has been extended until Dec. 31, but the company probably will not have to wait that long for the multi-year extension of its revised, narrowed project proposal. Coastal Commission staff expect to present the revised, much smaller…
Coast Seafoods shelves oyster farm expansion
Paul Mann Mad River Union HUMBOLDT – Coast Seafoods has jettisoned its hard-fought bid to expand oyster and clam cultivation in Humboldt Bay. In a revised proposal, it is offering as well to shrink its existing farming area. The Eureka company is seeking approval from the California Coastal Commission for a multi-year extension of beds…
County support for Coast Seafoods debated
Daniel Mintz Mad River Union HUMBOLDT – A Board of Supervisors gesture of support for the Coast Seafoods oyster company has opened a public discussion on the company’s value to the community. At their July 25 meeting, county supervisors approved a letter of support for an extension of Coast Seafoods’ existing Humboldt Bay oyster farming…
Environmental groups split on oyster farm expansion
Paul Mann Mad River Union ARCATA — The California Coastal Commission will revisit its rejection of Coast Seafoods’ dual requests to re-permit and expand its 300-acre oyster farm, but for now environmentalists have prevailed despite a notable split in their ranks. It is all but axiomatic in the wake of the company’s…
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