Clik here to view.
Council Approves Timber Sales Despite Lower Than Expected Prices
The Hoopa Valley Tribal Council approved the sale of over 9,000 Million Board Feet (MBF) of timber from three lots near Pine Creek, despite lower-than-expected prices.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tribal Council Approves Access to Tish Tang for Bigfoot Rafting
The Hoopa Tribal Forestry Department finished a plan for access permits to allow Brianna Carreira’s Bigfoot Rafting company to use Tish Tang to exit the Trinity River during rafting expeditions.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Willow Creek Divided Over Outdoor Residential Marijuana Grows and Transient...
Law enforcement, marijuana growers, businesspeople, and concerned community members crowded into the special Willow Creek Community Services District (WCCSD) Board meeting on Wednesday, May 1, to talk...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Willow Creek Eyeing Long Term Campgrounds and Designated Spot for Day Laborers
The pews in the Church of the Nazarene were filled to capacity with Willow Creek community members. Others stood in the back of the room and in the hallway on Thursday, May 16. It was the first...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hoopa and Willow Creek Work Together to Protect Trinity River
Hoopa and Willow Creek draw their drinking water directly from the Trinity and its tributaries. Both towns are littered with hundreds of individual septic tank systems for homes and businesses.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hoopa Wildland Fire Chief Fired
Hoopa Wildland Fire Chief Gary Risling was fired on Monday, July 1, after nearly 20 years with the department.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Orleans Fire Consumes Two Homes, Continues to Burn
"The cause of the fire is still under investigation, but preliminary signs indicate it was probably a human caused fire because there was no lightning in the area," said Mike Beasley with the Six...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Drought and Expanding Marijuana Grows Paving Way for Repeat Fish Kill
Severe drought, desperate farmers, and migrating fish struggling to survive in the shallow, over-heated and fertilizer-laden waters of the Klamath and Trinity Rivers: almost all of the pieces are in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Parasite Found in Local Salmon
Chinook salmon caught in the Klamath River were found infested with a white and egg-shaped parasite named Henneguya embedded in their muscle tissues.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Salmon for Elders Project Expands
The Fish for Elders Project, in collaboration with Temporary Aid for Needy Families (TANF) and Hoopa AmeriCorps/Tribal Civilian Community Corps (TCCC), held their second canning class on Thursday, Oct 10.
View ArticleClik here to view.
TEPA Crackdown on Illegal Dump Sites
Shortly after removing more than 22,000 pounds of garbage during a two-month cleanup of illegal dump sites in and around Hoopa, Tribal Environmental Protection Agency (TEPA) crews discovered new dump...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Prosperity and Pollution
The Hoopa Tribal Roads Department is looking at the most profitable year in its history, as Highway 96 is being resurfaced with 40,000 tons of asphalt from the new Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) machine at the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Time To Gather
Students from Junction School escaped the confines of the classroom last week for a hands-on lesson on acorn collection from Frank Lake. He explained the effects of weevils on the food quality of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Smoke Barely Cleared, Prep Starts for Next Fire
As soon as this summer’s fires were over and river folk had even wearied of talking about them, many locals switched to their second favorite topic, what to do about next year’s fires.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tribal Council Votes to Stop Adding Fluoride to Hoopa Water
The Hoopa Valley quietly followed the lead of France, Sweden, Belgium and dozens of other nations from around the world when it stopped putting fluoride into the water supply earlier this year.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Environmental Damager Lingers After Pot Plants Removed from National Forest
Twenty miles from Hyampom, near the border of the Six Rivers National Forest and the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, a small crew of pot growers carved out a 50-acre garden. The garden in the hills...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tips From the Potting Bench: Jot it Down
With solstice right around the corner we are fast approaching the winter season, the garden is all but put to bed except for those hardy veggies that can fend for themselves through the short days and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hoopa Tribal Council Votes to Add 28 Members to Roll
The Hoopa Valley Tribal Council voted on Thursday, December 5, to add 28 people to the tribe’s membership roll and to allow two tribal members to relinquish their membership.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Council Votes to Repay Tribal Members for Cost of Lake Barryessa Homes
The Hoopa Valley Tribal Council voted on Friday, December 20, to refund the costs of Lake Berryessa mobile homes purchased by Hoopa tribal members.
View ArticleClik here to view.
WCCSD Weathers Burst Pipes and Frozen Tank During Snow Storm
Willow Creek Community Service District (WCCSD) Manager Lonnie Danel reported that cold weather over the past month led to pipe ruptures, control malfunctions, and much higher-than-usual water usage...
View Article