NORTH COAST REGIONAL MEETING RECAP & RECORDINGS
October 1, 2026
Hosted by the Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria, North Coast Resource Partnership, Humboldt County RCD, the Task Force’s North Coast Regional Meeting at the Bear River Recreation Center in Loleta, CA brought together over 350 people in Humboldt County. During the meeting, three panels of local leaders highlighted issues of regional importance in the North Coast Region.
Welcome
Tribal Welcome
- Tribal Council Maggie Wortmon, Bear River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria
Welcome to the North Coast
- Assemblymember Damon Connolly
Opening Remarks
Executive Committee Co-chairs
- Wade Crowfoot, California Natural Resources Agency
- Ted McArthur, U.S. Forest Service
Executive Committee Members
- Joe Tyler, CAL FIRE
- Anne Cottrell, Rural County Representatives of CA
- Bobby Macaulay, CA State Association of Counties
- Don Hankins, Indigenous Stewardship Network
- Katy Landau, CalEPA
- Abby Edwards, Governor’s Office of Land Use & Climate Innovation
Director’s Report
Patrick Wright, Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force
Introduction to the North Coast
Frank Lake, USDA Forest Service-PSW
Collaborative Efforts Producing Results
Moderator: Karen Gaffney, North Coast Resource Partnership
- Sherri Norris, NCRP Tribal Engagement
- Ted McArthur, USDA Forest Service
- Shelana deSilva, CA State Parks
Sustaining Resilience: Building Workforce & Infrastructure to Implement Projects at Scale
Moderator: Lenya Quinn-Davidson, Task Force Science Advisory Panel
- Henri Holbrook, UCCE/Humboldt County PBA
- Eric Darragh, Mid Klamath Watershed Council
- Bill Tripp, Karuk Tribe
- Ross Dollarhide, CAL FIRE-HUU
Behind the Redwood Curtain: Stories of Success & Innovation
Moderator: Yana Valachovic, Task Force Science Advisory Panel
- Tanner Speas, Southern Humboldt Fire & Rescue JPA
- Erin Kelly, Cal Poly Humboldt
- Brady Dubois, American AgCredit
- Elicia Goldsworthy, Green Diamond Resource Co. & CA Board of Forestry & Fire Protection
Closing Remarks
Executive Committee