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…
HSU, Arcata Acting To Counter Climate-Crushing Carbon
Carbonated Discussion On TNT This Week Carbon. We love it in our fizzy drinks and for freezing Han Solo, and as carbon-based units we appreciate this element’s key role in our existence. Carbon is deeply intertwined with our economy and insidiously, is also mucking up the atmosphere and causing global warming. While politicians hem and…
Arcata, Humboldt State Mull New Research Forest – December 31, 2012
“It could be a real positive for Humboldt State and the City,” said Frank Whitlach, HSU associate vice president for Marketing & Communications.