FOREST FORCE Arcata’s citizen-led Forest Management Committee (FMC) hit the trail(s) in recent weeks to give personal scrutiny to a new asset and the aftermath of a recent harvest. First they traveled to the site of this year’s sustainable forest harvest near Redwood Park. About 18 to 20 acres was harvested of about 340,000 board…
Arcata’s Mall of the Wild – the Jacoby Creek Forest
THERE’S GOT TO BE a better nickname for the amazing and newly expanded Jacoby Creek Forest (JCF). But none better suited to its status as a sanctuary for the wild animal-Americans with whom we share A-town. Clockwise from top left, a Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis); two views of a fisher (Pekania pennanti), video of which may be viewed here; and finally, a ghostly mountain lion or cougar (Puma concolor). Home to many splendid beasts and their fragile habitat, the JCF isn’t open to the public except for occasional limited, city-guided walks. Photos courtesy Michael McDowall | City of Arcata Environmental Services
Jacoby Creek Forest expands by 114 acres
The expansion was made possible thanks to over $1.5 million dollars in funding provided by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife Proposition 1 Watershed Restoration Grant Program, the CAL FIRE Forest Legacy-California Climate Investments Program, the California Natural Resources Agency’s Environmental Enhancement and Mitigation Grant Program, the City of Arcata and local donations made to the Humboldt Area Foundation’s Arcata Forest Fund.
Wild things, you make our hearts sing
Animals of the Jacoby Creek Forest. Images courtesy City of Arcata Environmental Services
VIDEO: A bobcat in Arcata’s Jacoby Creek Forest
Images courtesy City of Arcata Environmental Services
VIDEO: A back-scratching bear in Arcata’s Jacoby Creek Forest
Images courtesy City of Arcata Environmental Services
2018 harvest wrapped up, Ridge Trail crossing soon to open, city buying Forsyth Property
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – The city is preparing to make a long-sought, historic addition of 49 acres to its 2,350-acre Arcata Community Forest (ACF) while wrapping up a harvest in its 1,305-acre Jacoby Creek Forest (JCF). Meanwhile, the Arcata Ridge Trail’s key crossing across county territory is being finalized while a…
Jacoby Creek Forest expanding, Humboldt State getting own forest
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union JACOBY CREEK FOREST – Arcata’s “other” municipally-owned woodland, the 1,340-acre Jacoby Creek Forest, is about to expand by 80 acres thanks to a $1,754,000 grant from the California Dept. of Fish & Wildlife. The grant also helps make possible the acquisition of 887 acres for a new Humboldt State…
Arcata’s asbestos quarry cover-up
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union JACOBY CREEK FOREST – When the City of Arcata acquired the $2.7 million Barnum Tract in 2003, it added 285 acres to the now-1,200-acre Jacoby Creek Forest. The expansion came with a white elephant – a 15-acre rock quarry. The quarry came with uncertain commercial potential, a raft of…
Arcata’s 2014 forest harvest set
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – Arcata’s citizen-led Forest Management Committee (FMC) met in two places July 2 – City Council Chamber and deep in the Jacoby Creek Forest (JCF). The meeting’s mission was to inspect sites which will be harvested beginning later this month. The harvest of about 350,000 board feet of timber…
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