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LAW ENFORCEMENT / BY HEIDI WALTERS / DEC. 14, 11:38 A.M.
● CONSERVATION, ENVIRONMENT, OCEAN / BY RYAN BURNS / DEC. 13, 4:28 P.M.
Marine Protected Areas to Go Active Next Week
New marine protected areas will go into effect next Wednesday, Dec. 19. (See a clickable map on our website for their location and dimensions.) These “underwater parks” are the result of a long and at times contentious process, though stakeholders here on the north coast managed to reach consensus on where the protected areas should
A TALE OF TWO TIDES: PEASANT TIDE (LEFT) AND KING TIDE (RIGHT).
be. (No other region in the state managed that feat.) As with state parks, the marine protected areas are designed to preserve precious and sensitive ecosystems from human disturbance. A press release issued earlier today by Ocean Conservancy and the Natural Resources Defense Council said in part: On December 19, Californians will celebrate the grand opening of a series of underwater parks — also called marine protected areas — that aim to create a more sustainable future. … The 19 underwater parks span from just south of Fort Bragg up to the Oregon border, covering approximately 137 square miles, or 13 percent of the region. They include Pyramid Point’s rugged coastline; Point St. George Reef, home to the second largest nesting seabird colony south of Alaska; and waters at the mouth of waterways like Ten Mile River that are critical for salmon and steelhead populations. … The network protects an average of nearly 16 percent of California waters. For more information visit www.dfg. ca.gov/mlpa or www.caloceans.org.” ●
Following his failed prediction of 1648, Zevi recalculated the world would end in 1666.
PHOTOS BY ANDREW GOFF
WATER / BY ANDREW GOFF / DEC. 13, 11:29 A.M.
The King Tide Rules
This morning at 10:46 a.m., was when the North Coast was predicted to have its highest tide of 2012, i.e. THE KING TIDE. So the Journal went out and took pictures. Yup. Lots o’ water (9.5 ft at the Eureka Slough Bridge). If you happened to be out and about gawking at high tideage too, and you’d like your pictures to do more than claim bytes on your hard drive, Humboldt Baykeeper is soliciting shots for its 2012 King Tide Photo Initiative. For more details email KingTidePhotos@gmail.com or call 268-8897. You know how, when you ride the Madaket, you have to descend down that plank? Well, that plank was just ’bout level today. See our website for more pictures. ● PRESS RELEASES / BY RYAN BURNS / DEC. 12, 11:38 A.M.
Inmate Dies in Humboldt County Jail
There’s not much information in this press release about what might have caused
the death of a 35-year-old inmate at the county jail this morning. The Sheriff’s Office simply says there is “no sign of foul play.” Here’s the press release: On 12-12-2012, approximately 6:40 am a Humboldt County Correctional Officer was notified by an inmate that another inmate, identified as Jonathan Michael Sorrell, 35 years from Hoopa, was having a medical issue. The Correctional Officer immediately went to Sorrell’s aid and called for jail medical, extra correctional staff and an ambulance to respond. Initially Sorrell was breathing, however while the Correctional Staff was with Sorrell he stopped breathing and they began C.P.R. until they were relieved by jail medical staff. After an ambulance arrived at the facility a physician determined that Sorrell was deceased. The Humboldt County Coroner was summoned to the scene. There is no sign of foul play. An autopsy will be scheduled by the Humboldt County Coroners Office to determine the cause of death. ●
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The Hoopa Valley Tribe is forming a national guard, of sorts, to protect the land and tribal members from the human dangers that lurk in its woods, the Two Rivers Tribune reports. The new Hoopa Tribal Citizen Corps arose in response to “months of incidents caused by non-tribal members trespassing on tribal lands.” The Tribune story offers many examples of these scary run-ins, including this one: On the evening of October 14 and early morning of October 15, four young men from Hoopa were on an outing in the woods eight or nine miles up Mill Creek Road when they stumbled across an illegal white plastic irrigation line that stretched as far as they could see. Within minutes they were being hunted through the woods with gunshots ringing in the air. The ordeal lasted more than four hours. They were eventually rescued after they texted a friend, who relayed the messages to Hoopa Tribal Police. A link to the story is on our website.
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Guarding Hoopa
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