Whitethorn News

Sanctuary Forest invites you to join BLM Interpretive Specialist Rachel Sowards Saturday, June 27 on an exploration through Shelter Cove tide pools.

Garberville Rodeo Queen contestant Mahala Kenney is 14 years old and lives in Whitethorn.

The trustees of the Southern Humboldt Unified School District will meet at Redway School on Thursday, June 18.

Sanctuary Forest invites you to join us for the Birds of the Sinkyone Walk on Saturday, June 13, in the headwaters of the Mattole.

Sanctuary Forest invites you to join us for our popular Edible and Medicinal Plants hike in the Mattole River headwaters of Humboldt County on Saturday, May 23.

Sanctuary Forest invites you to join us Saturday, May 8 for Fire Regimes: Past, Present and Future, the first in our guided hike series for 2009.

Bees may have a secret life that we know nothing about, but what we do know is that they sure keep busy -- almost as busy as the students at Whitethorn School.

Firewood cutting is now allowed at a designated area in the King Range National Conservation Area, continuing until fire restrictions are put in place in mid-summer. Permits, which cost $10 per cord, are available at the Bureau of Land Management King Range Project Office in Whitethorn, or the BLM Arcata Field Office, 1695 Heindon Road, Arcata.

"Fish of the Lost Coast," a lecture, will be held Tuesday, Feb. 24, at 7 p.m. Dave Fuller, Fisheries Biologist for the BLM will give the talk.

Agnes Johnson Elementary held their monthly fire drill while students were eating lunch.

Holiday/winter solstice festivities include a wine tasting with Whitethorn Winery and open house at First Fig Gallery, Whitethorn Construction Holiday room and Caffe Dolce.