ARCATA RIDGE TRAIL CLOSING TEMPORARILY A privately-owned section of the Arcata Ridge Trail will be closed beginning Saturday, Sept. 1 for about three weeks. The property owner, Northcoast Timberlands is conducting a timber harvest in the vicinity and the trail will be used for log hauling. Recreational users should use the North Fork Janes Loop (east…
Arcata Community Forest expands by 20 Jolly acres
City of Arcata ARCATA COMMUNITY FOREST – The City of Arcata has expanded the Arcata Community Forest by 20 acres. The acquisition was made possible thanks to grants received from the Cal Fire Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and the California Resources Agency Environmental Enhancement and Mitigation Program. The land was purchased from community members, John…
Yak pack on fast track to bushwhack blowback
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – It was nice while it lasted, the glimmer of goodwill projected by the two two-legged creatures among the five who live together in the Arcata Community Forest. A recent encounter with the infamous “yaksmen” and their animal companions went famously, with a passing bicyclist enjoying fresh milk…
Sunny Brae bear’s death a reality check
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – Seven weeks after the July shooting death of a bear in Sunny Brae, the state Dept. of Fish & Wildlife (CDFW) has released the investigating warden’s incident report. The document provides little fresh insight into the events of that night, but it does offer an expansive view…
Vandals Systematically Sabotage Dam – November 28, 2012
Kevin L. Hoover Eye Editor ARCATA COMMUNITY FOREST – Sometime during the first week of November, unknown suspects intentionally plugged the water inlet at the Jolly Giant Dam. Water has risen in the reservoir, though no danger to citizens or property is foreseen. The dam, built in the 1930s by the Union Water Company, once…
Arcata's Natural Splendor Fomented, Forwarded, Fretted Over – November 14, 2012
FMC member Danny Hagans noted that miles of road have been decommissioned in the Sunny Brae Forest. “It may look startling that things have been uprooted, but that’s the process of restoring hydrologic processes,” he said.
Oil spill seeps toward Janes Creek, big weekend sop-up – January 20, 2010
Andre called the response “very robust,” and said that water samples were taken, since some of the grease appeared to have contaminated the creek.