Humboldt Bay on the Threshold of Change

350 Humboldt

350 Humboldt presents environmental planner Aldaron Laird in a Zoom presentation “Humboldt Bay on the reshold of Change,” on Monday, June 7, at 7 p.m. Humboldt Bay has the highest rate of sea level rise on the West Coast. In the next 40 years we will experience dramatic and in some areas catastrophic changes on Humboldt Bay. While rising sea levels are certain, we can choose how we adapt to them. is presentation will discuss the best available science as to likely times when the sea will reach speci c heights above current levels, where impacts are most likely to occur, what land uses, developments, and resources will be adversely a ected, and who is responding to sea level rise. Aldaron Laird is a local environmental planner with 40 years’ experience researching California coastal waters. More recently he has focused on sea level rise issues on Humboldt Bay. He is co-founder of Humboldt State University’s Sea Level Rise Initiative, California’s Coastal Resiliency Network, and a Board member of the Coastal Ecosystems Institute of Northern California. To register for the no-charge Zoom presentation, visit 350 Humboldt’s Facebook page. 350 Humboldt is the local affiliate of the international climate change organization 350.org.