Charles D. Murphy III, 70, died peacefully in his home at The Sea Ranch, CA. on February 28, 2014, after a long courageous battle with leukemia. While we mourn Charlie's passing, we also celebrate his life -- the life of a bright, energetic and visionary RCLC Director.

Each year, RCLC presents an Environmental Award for a work entered in the Art In the Redwoods (AIR) Festival that captures the beauty and spirit of our local natural environment.

The spectacular bluffs around Point Arena, where one can gaze upon sea lions frolicking and whales spouting in the frothing sea, will be preserved forever as open space, a national land conservation group said this week.

In the second year of our project, Redwood Coast Land Conservancy [RCLC], the local land trust conserving the coast between the Navarro and Russian Rivers, is continuing outreach to landowners to identify and help preserve habitat for a local federally-listed endangered species, the Behren's Silverspot Butterfly.

At its May 12 meeting, the California Coastal Commission approved the application by Bower Limited Partnership (BLP) to construct a 105-footlong Geoweb retaining wall along the bluff behind the Surf Supermarket.

After weeks of intermittent rain and gusting winds, April 16, the designated Bonham Trail to Cooks Beach Dedication Day, dawned clear and promising.