Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation Natural Resources Department

09/09/2026

Reminder!!! ♻️ Del Norte Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event

Del Norte County households can safely dispose of hazardous materials on Saturday, September 26, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Del Norte County Transfer Station off Elk Valley Road in Crescent City.

Accepted materials include:

Pesticides and herbicides
Poisons and household cleaners
Aerosols
Paint thinners and solvents
Photographic and pool chemicals
Cosmetics

The event is free for Del Norte County households. No large 55-gallon barrel pump-outs will be available.

Please do not bring materials that are accepted year-round through the Authority’s regular recycling programs, including used motor oil and filters, antifreeze, car batteries, non-aerosol paints and stains in properly labeled containers, household batteries, residential fluorescent bulbs, televisions, home-generated sharps, and fats, oils and grease. Anyone bringing these items will be directed to the regular disposal line.

Transportation limits apply. Each vehicle may carry no more than 15 gallons of liquid hazardous waste or 125 pounds total, with a maximum of 50 pounds of solid hazardous waste. Larger quantities are considered commercial amounts.

For more information, contact the Del Norte Solid Waste Management Authority at (707) 465-1100.

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Del Norte Household Hazardous Waste Event September 26th

The Annual Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event will be held on Saturday September 26th at the Del Norte County Transfer Station. This is the one time Del Norte County households can dispose of their pesticides, herbicides, poisons, cleaners, aerosols, thinners, solvents, as well as photographic or pool chemicals, and cosmetics. There will be no large 55 Gallon Barrel pumpouts at this event.

Tedd Ward, Director for the Del Norte Solid Waste Management Authority said, “This popular community event is the best time for Del Norte County households to get rid of those hazardous materials that we don’t accept every day.”

The Authority has established convenient opportunities to recycle the most common household hazardous wastes, including used motor oil, oil filters, antifreeze, car batteries, all non-aerosol paints, stains, and varnishes in sealed containers with the original label, household batteries, residential fluorescent bulbs, televisions, home generated sharps, and fats oils and greases.

Please don't bring these items that we accept every day to this event, if you do you will be directed to the non-event line.

State transportation laws limit each vehicle to a maximum of 15 gallons of liquid or 125 pounds of liquid hazardous waste or 50 pounds of solid hazardous waste. Higher levels are considered commercial amounts regardless of generators being an official business.

This event will be free to Del Norte County households, and it will be held from 9 AM to 2 PM on Saturday, September 26th at the Del Norte County Transfer Station off Elk Valley Road in Crescent City. For more information, call the Del Norte Solid Waste Management Authority at 465-1100.

09/02/2026

Last month, Sea Otter Savvy , with funding from California State Coastal Conservancy, provided an opportunity for NR staff to travel to Moss Landing and Monterey for a sea otter experience. We were able to chat with sea otter biologists, see what sea otter population monitoring looks like from the shore and from the water, identify wildlife disturbance, tour the Monterey Abalone Company (where we were joined by the Wildlife Conservation Network), and get a behind the scenes tour of the Monterey Bay Aquarium and their sea otter care and recovery center. It was an incredible day, jam-packed with amazing information, connections, trainings, and OTTERS! This trip will hopefully be an annual event, dependent on funding, and open to tribal citizens and staff that want to talk to sea otter biologists and learn about what possible sea otter reintroduction would look like on the North Coast.
Shu' shaa nin-la to Sea Otter Savvy, Kayak Connection, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey Abalone Company, Wildlife Conservation Network and the State Coastal Conservancy for an amazing opportunity and experience! 🦦🦦🦦

08/29/2026

Happening right now !

There will be an elk meat giveaway this Saturday, the 29th, from 9-noon or until bags run out. This is first-come, first-served for Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation Citizen elders, 55+.

08/24/2026

Chay-yii-ne chis-chuu-svn’
Elder elk meat giveaway happening this Saturday August 29th from 9am-12 pm!

There will be an elk meat giveaway this Saturday, the 29th, from 9-noon or until bags run out. This is first-come, first-served for Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation Citizen elders, 55+.

08/07/2026

07/23/2026

The Taa-la-wa Dee-ni’ K’wet-xii-ne (Tolowa Divers) now have 4 Rescue Divers! Race, Mason, Rosa & Jody have completed Rescue Diver certification, a cert that is physically and mentally challenging, but an absolute necessity for scientific diving. So proud of everyone and huge thanks to our incredible instructors, Maddy, Ciera, Morgan, and Ian from Reef Check Foundation!
This certification is part of our Ghvtlh-k’vsh shu’-srnelh-‘i~ (Kelp Guardians) project funded by California Sea Grant and California Ocean Protection Council.
🤿🤿🤿

07/23/2026

Our annual post-4th of July beach cleanup was a big success…like, 560 pounds of fireworks and garbage BIG!
Staff, along with Tribal Rights Employment Office’s Summer Youth & Youth Corps programs and the Netlh-‘ii~-ne Stewards removed 560 pounds of fireworks and garbage off of Dat-naa-svt, the beach below the Howonquet Hall Community Center.
As people go to the beach to set off fireworks every year for the 4th, they inevitably leave all kinds of rubbish behind so we’ve taken it upon ourselves to clean our beach and steward our marine environment.
Please, if you use the beach for your firework festivities, clean up after yourselves and protect our beautiful beaches!

06/20/2026