EcoNews Report
A weekly environmental news roundup produced in Arcata, California by Tom Wheeler (Environmental Protection Information Center), Alicia Hamann (Friends of the Eel River), Jen Kalt (Humboldt Waterkeeper) and Colin Fiske (Coalition for Responsible Transportation Priorities).
EcoNews Report
Native Plant Nerds, Unite!
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This week on the EcoNews Report our host Alicia Hamann from Friends of the Eel River is talking about the recently launched Eel River Native Plant Network. She's joined by her colleague at Friends of the Eel River, Julie Weeder, and Adam Canter, Wiyot Tribe Natural Resources Director, and Audrey Jackson, Wiyot Tribe Nursery Manager. When the Eel River dams are removed, we'll need possibly hundreds of thousands of pounds of native plant seeds to revegetate and restore the reservoirs. But it turns out that there's already a need for increased production of native plants within the Eel basin, just to support existing cultural and ecosystem restoration projects. The new Eel River Native Plant Network is connecting all kinds of folks to collaborate on increasing regional capacity to produce native plants, not just now, but for generations to come.
Learn more about the network: https://www.eelrivernativeplantnetwork.org/
Wiyot Tribe native plants in Soulatluk: https://www.wiyot.us/314/Native-Plants