Dungeness crab season officially started on Saturday, but with some new regulations intended to limit the marine life that ends up entangled in fishing gear.
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Researchers test tiny machine with global potential in Jackson Demonstration State Forest
A startup, based out of India and the Bay Area, is testing a prototype in Jackson Demonstration State Forest that can turn slash and agricultural residue into things farmers and loggers can sell like biochar.
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Want to know what’s happening with salmon and Dungeness crab? Watch tomorrow’s state hearing
Sen. Mike McGuire is holding a fisheries forum tomorrow starting at 10 a.m. where the topic will be the condition of the state’s salmon fishery and what’s happening with Dungeness crab season, among other things.
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Weekend storm drenches Mendocino coast, but fails to end drought
“This first system was great and filled a lot of reservoirs, but I want to caution people that it could just be this one system and we have another dry winter,” Kidwell said. “Or it could be the start of a wetter winter, but it’s too soon to tell. We could have a few early storms and then it could be like last winter again.”
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U.S. Forest Service may face challenges salvage logging August Complex Fire footprint in Mendocino National Forest
The U.S. Forest Service is planning a restoration project in a portion of the Mendocino National Forest that was burned by the August Complex Fire last year, but it faces some significant challenges in making sure the project reaches completion.