Erica Shugart
Erica Shugart lives on a narrow peninsula between Humboldt Bay and the Pacific Ocean. She is a member of the Protect The Coast PNW Campaign, a grassroots movement to protect the Pacific Northwest from offshore energy development.
Like Water and Wind | Resisting Massive Offshore Energy Projects in the Pacific Northwest
Journal Article
The Pacific Ocean is the largest wilderness on the planet, home to millions of species. Life is most abundant near the shore: undersea reefs, kelp forests, seabirds, and whale migrations. Yet from Northern California to Alaska, the coast of the Pacific Northwest is increasingly threatened by industrial-scale offshore energy projects.