Wanna go wild? Upcoming salmon spotting field trips and how to help the Willits “Hub”

WILLITS, CA., 3/12/17 — Want to know more about local salmon runs? Need information about where to go hiking? Interested in helping out with habitat restoration, protecting native species, and growing “salmon-safe cannabis?” There is going to be a new cooperative “hub” for environmental organizations in Willits, located at the home of the Willits Environmental Center (WEC) at 630 South Main Street. In that building, WEC will be joined by the non-profits Eel River Recovery Project (ERRP), the Mendocino Wildlife Association, and Willits Economic Localization Project (WELL), who are moving in to create a central meeting place and resource center for the north county region.

In order to create the Hub, however, the groups need community support to pay the next year’s worth of rent and utilities, and they’ll be holding a series of events over the next month as part of an ongoing fundraising campaign that lasts until April 15, according to a recent press release. These events include two upcoming presentations this weekend, on March 18 and 19, involving a steelhead sighting and restoration project field trip, and a Hub open house featuring talks by various environmental experts working on Mendocino projects, and a viewing of clips from a new film, “A River’s Last Chance,” about the Eel River.