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2025: The Year in Review

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Thanks to each and every one of you who have already renewed your membership! If you haven't already, please consider making a donation today — we rely on your annual contributions to help us fight pollution, watchdog development, and get people on the water to enjoy Humboldt Bay.
Looking back over the past year, we want to share a few highlights:
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How You Can Protect the Night Sky & Prevent Light Pollution

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Humboldt County's new Outdoor Lighting Ordinance has many people asking, “How can I protect the night sky?”
To protect the night sky, choose lighting that is fully shielded, directed downward, and turns off when not needed. Brightness is 1,000 lumens or less, and the color temperature is warm (2,700 K or less).
For info on adding shielding to existing fixtures, buying fully-shielded fixtures, and more, check out our new flier: How to Protect the Night Sky & Prevent Light Pollution!
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2024 in Review - and the Year Ahead

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Humboldt Waterkeeper was founded 20 years ago after the defeat of a proposed Liquified Natural Gas facility on the Samoa Peninsula. Ever since, we've focused cleaning up contaminated sites, protecting water quality, and getting people outside to enjoy the bay's beauty and to learn how to help protect it.
Photo: This year, we successfully blocked one more fallen bay billboard from being rebuilt – 19 down, two more to go!
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Jennifer Kalt, Executive Director

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Jen is a botanist with more than 20 years of conservation and advocacy experience on the North Coast. She leads Humboldt Waterkeeper's efforts to restore water quality, protect habitat, and increase awareness of Humboldt Bay and coastal resources through advocacy, outreach, and research.
She has led the development of a database of contaminated sites most vulnerable to rising sea level and groundwater, as well as two California EPA-funded studies on mercury levels in local fish and shellfish. She also teaches environmental planning for Cal Poly Humboldt's Department of Environmental Science & Management. Jen earned an MA in Biology and a BS in Botany with a minor in Anthropology from Humboldt State University.

Jasmin Segura, Bay Tours Coordinator

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Jasmin has had the privilege of living on unceded Wiyot land since 2007 when she relocated from Los Angeles to attend HSU to pursue a degree in Botany. Through her work as Bay Tours Coordinator for Humboldt Waterkeeper, she has had the incredible opportunity to connect and build partnerships with wonderful humans.
The intersection between social and environmental justice is paramount to authentic and sustainable progress in Humboldt County and beyond. Her goal through her work is to foster safe and meaningful experiences on and around Humboldt Bay.

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  2. Aldaron Laird: A Photographic Exploration of Wigi
  3. Introducing Humboldt Waterkeeper!
  4. Baykeeper's 15th Anniversary Party: Oct. 19 @ the Historic Eagle House!

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