NEWS
2021 in Pictures By Mark Larson
newsroom@northcoastjournal.com
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t’s been a pandemic year of daily walking for my wife and me, and we never left Humboldt County. From January through April, we continued to explore our local trails and enjoyed the wildlife and emerging spring flowers. Once we got our Moderna vaccination shots, we masked up and joined vaccinated friends and neighbors for a mix of community outdoor events in May, June and July. Then our local COVID-19 test rates and hospitalizations soared from August onward. No county fair attendance for us in August and for the rest of the year, we only attended in-person events that required all attendees to be vaccinated. Here are some highlights of what we enjoyed throughout it all in our county. View the full slideshow at www.northcoastjournal.com.
A favorite sign of spring's arrival is when Marsh Wrens show up at the Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary and defend their territory.
After years of lobbying, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park removed the plaque honoring eugenecist and Nazi collaborator Madison Grant from this stone monument on June 14. A CAT hydraulic excavator lifted the stone monument onto a waiting flatbed trailer. The bare boulder will be placed on the east side of the Newton B. Drury Scenic Parkway.
At a stop in the Migrations procession, Deborah Ketelsen (left), Vicky Ozaki, Barbara Rich and Chiemi Lehner joined Gary Ronne and other members of the Humboldt Asians & Pacific Islanders group in taiko drumming at Stewart Park.
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NORTH COAST JOURNAL • Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022 • northcoastjournal.com
