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Dennis Houghton shares trail-building knowledge Tuesday night
Dennis Houghton briefing forest volunteers on trail construction. Photo by Maureen McGarry | RSVP Note: the newspaper version of this item included a date error. Houghton's talk takes place Tuesday...
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Cabin discovered in Arcata Community Forest
The lovely tiny house in the woods. Photos by KLH | Union Update, April 8, 2016: Those intrigued by this cabin may be interested in the discovery of a second cabin, possibly created by the same...
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An update on Arcata forest issues
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – Hardly anyone from the public attends the monthly meetings of the Forest Management Committee (FMC) – including its citizen members. Even with an update of the...
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Mystery cabin being cleared out
The cabin last Thursday, Aug. 13. KLH | Union Update, April 8, 2016: Those intrigued by this cabin may be interested in the discovery of a second cabin, possibly created by the same individual. Read...
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Body found in Arcata Community Forest
The location of the body, off Trail 2. KLH | Union Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA COMMUNITY FOREST – A woman’s body was found Thursday afternoon, Sept. 10 in the lower Arcata Community Forest....
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Mad River Union ARCATA – The Humboldt County Coroner’s Office and Arcata Police have determined that the woman whose body was found Sept. 10 in the Arcata Community Forest died as the result of a...
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Free forest map app good in the woods
City of Arcata graphic ARCATA –The City of Arcata is urging Community Forest users to check out a new, free mapping app. Mobile App PDF Maps is a mobile map application that enables you to download...
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Yak tracks lead to new cabin revelations, concealed bunker
The log cabin following its discovery on McAdams Ranch property near the Arcata Community Forest. Photo courtesy NRM Corp. Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – A trashy campsite deep in the forest...
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Arcata annexes Sunny Brae Tract
Map courtesy Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo). Kevin L. Hoover Mad RiverUnion ARCATA – Arcatans woke up Tuesday morning in a town that was about one-half square mile larger than it was the...
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Arcata forest plan proving hard to update
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – What’s harder – wrangling millions of dollars in grants, acquiring vast tracts of valuable land with huge development potential to protect its natural values,...
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Arcata forest harvested, expanding as old dam gets tricky re-do
The harvest area in the Arcata Community Forest. City of Arcata graphic Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA COMMUNITY FOREST – Viewed from the town, Arcata’s woodlands appear stately and changeless....
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Arcata forest harvested, expanding as old dam gets tricky re-do
The harvest area in the Arcata Community Forest. City of Arcata graphic Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA COMMUNITY FOREST – Viewed from the town, Arcata’s woodlands appear stately and changeless....
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Cabin discovered in Arcata Community Forest
The lovely tiny house in the woods. Photos by KLH | Union Update: Those intrigued by this cabin may be interested in the discovery of a second cabin, possibly created by the same individual. Read about...
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BIRD THE MARSH Join Redwood Region Audubon Society on a free public field trip at the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary Saturday, Jan. 28. Bring your binoculars and have a great morning birding!...
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Dogs, horses, cyclists, joggers, hikers foment forest friction, trail...
Members of the Forest Management Committee at their Jan. 12 meeting. Seated around table, from left: Jack Naylor, Russ Forsburg, Yana Valachovic, Danny Hagans, city liaison Mark Andre, Dennis Halligan...
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Colleagues, friends mourn loss of Lowell Diller
Lowell Diller. Photo courtesy Conservation Unlimited: Humboldt State University's TWS Student Chapter. Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – Humboldt State University Wildlife professor Lowell...
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Jolly Giant Dam spillway construction underway
Not exactly Oroville Dam, but a major project for Arcata nonetheless. Photo courtesy Mark Andre | City of Arcata Mad River Union ARCATA COMMUNITY FOREST – Reconstruction of the spillway for the Jolly...
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Forsyth Property being logged prior to city purchase
The Forsyth addition, acquired last year, and the greater Forsyth property. City of Arcata graphic Mad River Union ARCATA – Logging was set to begin this past Monday in the Forsyth Property, a...
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Sea level rise response requires radical rethinks
PAST AND FUTURE Flooding around 1975 illustrates future coastal indundation scenarios thanks to sea level rise.Photo courtesy City of Arcata Patrick Evans Mad River Union ARCATA – Arcata is almost an...
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Eco-Briefs for Nov. 29, 2017
The Arcata Community Forest, then and nowish. City of Arcata image 92 YEARS OF TREE GROWTH & DEATH The City of Arcata Environmental Services Department’s Forest Ecology Fall Lecture Series...
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