The land around Humboldt Bay is slowly subsiding, while sea levels are rising, creating a double whammy that will eventually threaten properties, infrastructure, industry, housing and natural environs. In preparing for the inevitable trouble that lies ahead, planners are looking at how to brace dikes and levees and how to manage wetlands and tidelands to…
Supervisors wary of supporting massive dune study
Daniel Mintz Mad River Union HUMBOLDT – Criticism of invasive beach grass removal projects is affecting a dune ecology partnership’s effort to gain the Board of Supervisors’ support for a grant proposal. The debate over the effectiveness of removing invasive beach grass again emerged at the March 10 board meeting. Supervisors considered a letter of…
Seaside Village Expands Library Hours, Seeks Grant To Study Sea Rise
Benjamin Fordham Mad River Union TRINIDAD – As summer turns to fall, the ocean turns foul and the chill winds begin to blow straight through your windbreaker. The tourists have all returned back to wherever they came from, but there’s still plenty going on in the City of Trinidad for locals to enjoy. The city’s…
Managing The Slo-Mo Flood – February 25, 2012
Furniss was an engaging speaker and made the point that if humans consider the future consequences of the SLR now, then we can adapt now and suffer less later.