The tribe will coordinate workshops, demonstration projects, and build inter-tribal resiliency around climate change.
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New “climate stewards” course will begin at HREC in 2022 — registration open now
The course will focus on fire, drought, and stewardship, and include speakers and field trips.
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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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California needs to rethink water, fire to mitigate climate risks, say experts at McGuire’s climate town hall
At a virtual town hall on the climate crisis in California hosted by North Coast State Sen. Mike McGuire on Oct. 6, climate experts said the next few decades are going to be rough regardless of what humans do, but we can mitigate the worst impacts, such as catastrophic wildfires, through policies like prescribed burning.
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Desalination plant arrives in Fort Bragg, ushering in new era of water management
A $335,000 desalination plant arrived in Fort Bragg on Sept. 25, but no longer needs to be used right away thanks to the arrival of much-needed rain. The plant is intended to treat water from the Noyo River, which becomes too brackish for the city to pump for drinking water when the river is experiencing low flows and high tides.