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Environment & Natural Resources

News about the environment and natural resources in Mendocino County and the broader North Coast.

earthquake

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Hefty quake saunters through Ukiah

By Adrian Fernandez Baumann | November 30, 2020

Did you feel it?

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California Department of insurance

As California fire insurance prices skyrocket, residents ask themselves: should I stay?

By Lana Cohen, Staff Reporter | November 30, 2020

California blazes are driving up home fire insurance prices to unaffordable rates. There’s no easy way to stop it.

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CDFW

Dungeness crab season delayed yet again — this time till Dec. 16

By Lana Cohen, Staff Reporter | November 30, 2020

The Commercial Dungeness Crab season will be delayed two weeks due to insufficient information about the maturity of the crabs.

Business & Labor

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Snow in the Mendocino National Forest, photo from the Mendocino National Forest Facebook page.

Firewood & Christmas tree permits now available from Mendocino National Forest at no cost

By Mendo Voice Staff | November 29, 2020

Firewood permits are free and Christmas tree permits at $10.

Cal Fire

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Cal Fire to conduct a 150 acre prescribed burn west of Ukiah, Nov. 30 & Dec. 1 — smoke will be visible

By Mendo Voice Staff | November 25, 2020

Don’t panic, it’s probably a prescribed burn.