Jack Durham Mad River Union LANPHERE DUNES – Despite concerns raised by the Northcoast Environmental Center and former supervisor candidate Uri Driscoll, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is planning another round of herbicide spraying to kill European beachgrass at the Lanphere Dunes north of Manila. As it did in March, the federal agency plans…
Controversial mermaid exclosures installed at Clam, Little River beaches
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Driscoll to kick off campaign with tree planting
Uri Driscoll Campaign MANILA – Come join Uri Driscoll and his team for the campaign kick-off for District Three Supervisor at the Manila Community Center playground Saturday, Jan. 2. One of the featured events will be helping to build a native dune forest. There are 100 native shore pine trees to plant in the neighboring…
Driscoll announces supervisorial bid
Uri Driscoll Campaign ARCATA – Longtime Arcata businessman and environmental advocate Uri Driscoll has announced his candidacy for Humboldt County Third District supervisor. Driscoll has lived in Humboldt County for 33 of his 55 years where he lives with his wife, dogs, horses and assortment of other critters. He has operated his professional farrier business…
Dune dissident Driscoll named new executive director of FOOD
Optima Copperplate Mad River Union SAMOA PENINSULA, APRIL 1 – From atop the Humboldt Coastal Nature Center, Uri Driscoll is smiling and feeling proud as he looks out over the peninsula and admires the changes he has made since taking the helm at Friends of the Dunes. Before him, stretching from the highway to the…
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…