Your help is needed to stop a project that stands to devastate habitat in one of the California’s most important places for birds. We’ve talked about Humboldt Bay before, but now the fight over the future of this vital spot for migratory birds is really heating up. Please send your message today to save this critical habitat!
Located in the far northwestern corner of California, Humboldt Bay is a globally significant Important Bird Area. The dense eelgrass beds and mudflats of Humboldt Bay support the highest diversity of shorebirds on the West Coast – huge numbers of Western Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Dunlin, Marbled Godwit, and Long-billed Curlew. And up to 60% of all Pacific Black Brant.
The Humboldt Bay Harbor District will soon vote to approve the largest of three new oyster farming projects that will ultimately destroy hundreds of acres of eelgrass and push birds off the mudflats. Make no mistake, if this plan moves forward, birds will feel its impact up and down the coast.
There is substantial and growing opposition to this outrageous proposal, but we need your voices to continue to help turn the tide and protect this place for birds forever.
Please send your email to the Humboldt Bay Harbor District today, asking them to reject the project’s faulty environmental impact report and the project itself. Oyster farming and birds can co-exist in Humboldt Bay, but not like this.