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Upcoming

Friday, December 6, 2024 (UPDATED Date and TIme!)

Alec Brown (Master’s Candidate, Cal Poly Humboldt Natural Resources Graduate Program), Thesis Defense: “Climate change, policy paralysis, and a nuclear waste island? Exploring perceptions of risk, trust, and community agency in navigating uncertain futures facing Humboldt Bay's spent nuclear fuel storage site.” Cal Poly Humboldt, Natural Resources Building, Room 201, and on Zoom (e-mail jjm182[at]humboldt.edu for the meeting ID and password).

Previous 44 Feet Project events

October 10, 2024 12 noon

Jen Marlow, “Managing Risk from Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Hazards to Humboldt Bay’s Spent Nuclear Fuel Site,” Cal Poly Humboldt Emeritus and Retired Faculty Association, Baywood Country Club. Link to presentation.

July 6, 2024

“GOLDEN RULE” BON VOYAGE PARTY ON SATURDAY, JULY 6. Which Way the Wind, together with VFP/Golden Rule Project, Humboldt Sea Level Rise Institute, and 44 Feet are planning a Bon Voyage Party for the Golden Rule, the world’s first anti-nuclear peace boat, which will leave Humboldt Bay on July 14 to sail along the Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia coastline promoting peace and anti-nuclear action.

The party will be on the historic Madaket, leaving at 10:30 am, skippered by Leroy Zerlang, with Jennifer Kalt, Director of Humboldt Waterkeeper and faculty member at CPH, an expert on sea level rise and sites of vulnerability on the bay edge, Alec Brown, CPH graduate student, an expert on the stored nuclear fuel rods at Buhne Point, and Marnie Atkins, Wiyot Tribal Council Secretary.

The cultural and religious significance of Tuluwat and Wigi (Humboldt Bay) to the Wiyot people, the challenges presented by sea level rise to the infrastructure on the Humboldt Bay and to the communities on the bay edge, as well as the risks posed by the 37 metric tons of stored nuclear fuel stored by PG&E and the U.S. Department of Energy at Buhne Point, will be highlighted on the boat tour. While the Madaket is sailing, the Golden Rule will also be sailing on the bay.

At the conclusion of the bay tour attendees will adjourn to Jack’s restaurant on the bay edge for lunch and brief presentations by Helen Jaccard from Golden Rule, and Marnie Atkins, Jen Kalt, and Alec Brown with an opportunity for questions and comments from the attendees. Reservations are being accepted for the boat trip and lunch, $65.00, and to sail on the Golden Rule. For reservations go to whichwaythewind.org, or call Jack Irvine, 707-407-9667. If you are interested in being aboard the Golden Rule call Jack Irvine, 707-407-9667. All proceeds will be donated to the VFP/Golden Rule Project.

Please respond promptly as space on the Madaket is limited to 40 guests.

June 3–6, 2024

“Participatory Mapping as a Proposed Method for Engaging Stakeholders in Spent Nuclear Fuel Relocation from Areas Exposed to Coastal and Climate Hazards.” Julie Sorfleet and Jen Marlow, Poster, CAGIS + UCGIS SYMPOSIUM 2024.

May 20, 2024, 7pm on Zoom

“Re-Locate: Stories of Climate Displacement—from Kivalina, Alaska, to Humboldt Bay.” Jen Marlow, 350Humboldt and friends. Register for the event.

April 11, 2024

“Participatory Mapping as a Proposed Method for Engaging Stakeholders in Spent Nuclear Fuel Relocation from Areas Exposed to Coastal and Climate Hazards.” Julie Sorfleet and Jen Marlow, Poster, 2024 Humboldt Bay Symposium.

June 22, 2023, 1:30pm

At What Point Managed Retreat?: Habitability and Mobility in an Era of Climate Change. Columbia University, June 20–23, 2023. Our talk on 44 Feet will be part of the “Governance, Policy, and Planning” session on Thursday, June 22, from 1:30–3:00 pm. PDF of the presentation.

Feb. 23, 2023, 5:30pm

Jen Marlow and Alec Brown, "44 Feet: Vulnerabilities, Opportunities, and Strategies for Managing Risk from Sea-Level Rise to Humboldt Bay's Spent Nuclear Fuel Site,” Cal Poly Humboldt, Schatz Renewable Energy Research Center’s Climate and Clean Energy Speakers’ Series.

November 3, 2022

Cascadia CoPes Hub/ RCN Virtual Seminar Series, “Research on the Vulnerability to Sea Level Rise of the Humboldt Bay Spent Nuclear Fuel Site and Community-led Future Planning,” talk by Alec Brown.

Oct. 14, 2022, 7pm

Which Way the Wind Festival, Panel Discussion, “Humboldt Bay: Opportunities and Challenges,”
Synapsis, 7pm

August 26, 2022, 8am–1pm

Focus Group workshop, “Scenario Planning Follow Up: Response Actions,” hosted by 44 Feet at Cal Poly Humboldt.

August 14, 2022

The Children, a play by Lucy Kirkwood, Community-Talk Back, hosted by Redwood Curtain Theater, to address “issues around the increasing vulnerability of the spent nuclear fuel stored locally on Buhne Point.”

June 24, 2022

Focus Group workshop, “Vulnerabilities, Opportunities, and Strategies for Managing Risk from Sea-Level Rise to Humboldt Bay’s Spent Nuclear Fuel Site,” hosted by 44 Feet at Cal Poly Humboldt. 

June 23, 2022

Step-up in Elevation Tour, King Salmon Beach Entrance, co-hosted by 44 Feet and PG&E. Invited guests only.

September 30, 2021

2021 Humboldt Bay Symposium, Where Do We Go from Here: Sea Level–Rise Risk to a Spent Nuclear Fuel Site on Humboldt Bay.