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Proposed new parcel tax would fund open space, trails, creeks and wildlife
Environmental Services Director Mark Andre, and Mayor Sofia Pereira, left, presided over the annual meeting. KLH | Union Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – Once a year the City Council sits down...
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Arcata Vets start volunteer community cleanups
Mad River Union ARCATA – Further extending its community service and outreach, the Arcata’s Veterans Group is undertaking regular volunteer cleanup days. Sophia D. Bogner Sophia D. Bogner, president of...
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Area man survives shark attack at City Hall
Shunka Fourwinds Mad River Union ARCATA, APRIL 1 – Recent efforts to re-introduce indigenous animal species locally may have backfired. The trend began not in eco-groovy Arcata, but McKinleyville,...
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Yak pack on fast track to bushwhack blowback
The yaksmen and their herd in the Arcata Community Forest. Submitted photo Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – It was nice while it lasted, the glimmer of goodwill projected by the two two-legged...
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2018 harvest wrapped up, Ridge Trail crossing soon to open, city buying...
HARVEST INSPECTION Environmental Services Director Mark Andre took several folks out for a tour of this year’s harvest in the Jacoby Creek Forest. A public walk is also planned. Above, Forest...
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Arcata Community Forest expands by 20 Jolly acres
LIMA LINEUP John Lima, Claudia Lima, Christopher Lima (landowners who sold the 20-acre parcel to the City of Arcata), Mayor Sofia Pereira and Cal Fire Regional Forestry Assistance Specialist James...
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Arcata Police Log: Tagged, penned, sprayed, etched, burned and peed on
• Sunday, August 12 4:51 a.m. Wee-hour thieves didn’t bother breaking into the cartop carrier on the van in a Valley West hotel’s parking lot – they just made off with the whole thing. 11:01 a.m. A...
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Arcata Ridge Trail segment closed for about three weeks
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...
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Arcata Police Log: Traffic-wandering ways avenged by the Hula Hoop of Justice
• Wednesday, November 15 12:10 a.m. The Arcata City Council convened in a thrift store parking lot on H Street to… oh wait, that was an actual dumpster fire. • Thursday, November 16 11:41 a.m. A car on...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: Give the gift of carbon sequestration
Offset your carbon footprint, help Arcata’s forests Travel is a part of many of our lives as is turning our lights on or washing our clothes. Going to exotic places, hiking the mountains, visiting...
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Forest news: International Day of Forests, a Saturday volunteer workday and...
Longtime California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection Boardmember Mark Andre, Arcata's director of Environmental Services, was recently presented with a resolution for his service and dedication to...
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Arcata Community Forest gains 49-acre Forsyth Tract
City of Arcata image City of Arcata press release THE CITY OF ARCATA EXPANDS THE ARCATA COMMUNITY FOREST BY 49 ACRES Arcata, CA, April 19, 2019 – The City of Arcata Environmental Services Department is...
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Volunteers turn out in force to build up forest trails – Trail Summit is...
Photo by Maureen McGarry | RSVP TRAIL TOIL About 35 volunteers turned out Saturday to help maintain trails in the Arcata Community Forest from 14th Street to Redwood Park. Tasks included back filling...
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Arcata Community Forest harvest runs through August
City of Arcata press release Arcata, CA, August 2, 2019 – The City of Arcata’s Environmental Services Department announced that the City’s timber harvest operations will take place in the Arcata...
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City sued over Arcata Ridge Trail routing
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – A group of residents who live near Fickle Hill Road are suing the City of Arcata over the planned route of the Arcata Ridge Trail. The plaintiffs allege that...
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Arcata forest harvest equipment vandalized
Damaged and tagged equipment. City of Arcata photo Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA COMMUNITY FOREST – Logging equipment owned by contractor Diamond R Ranch was severely vandalized in the Arcata...
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Suspect named in felony forest equipment vandalism
This trail camera photo was one of several used to identify the vandalism suspect, Alexander Peterson. APD photo Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – Arcata Police made quick work of a case of...
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Volunteers naturalizing forest Saturday
Volunteer Trail Stewards ARCATA – On Saturday, Oct. 24, the Volunteer Trail Stewards will be working in the Arcata Community Forest, rehabilitating the sections of Trail No. 1, damaged by this year’s...
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Dedicate or commemorate a forest park bench
IMMORTALITY OF SORTS A green metal commemorative bench. Submitted photo City of Arcata ARCATA – The Environmental Services Department has commemorative park bench sites available in Arcata’s public...
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