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Yaksmen Claim Persecution, May Leave Arcata

By kevpod

“Please inform your readers and general public that though reported as argumentative, in fact, the ‘Yakmen’ are committed to peacefully non violent change from this totalitarian police surveillance state,” Vanciel wrote. “Just like Gandhi, we recognize that peaceful resistance is the only way.” »

Volunteers Flock To Forest, Ridge Trail Getting Real

By kevpod

There have been attempts to establish a comparable Friends of the Arcata Forest organization at times, but the concept never caught on. Now, though, the well-established Humboldt Trail Council (HTC) has taken the Arcata Community Forest (ACF) under their wing. »

Volunteer Trail Stewards To Work In Arcata Community Forest

By kevpod

An orientation and initial organizing meeting for all interested volunteers will be held Thursday, Feb. 28 at 6 p.m. in the Council Chamber at Arcata City Hall. Contact Rees Hughes at (707) 826-0163 or hughes@humboldt.edu with any questions. »

Mark Andre: Seeking a Sister Forest in Belize

By kevpod

Arcata’s Forest Management Committee (FMC) is a City Council appointed technical advisory committee with expertise in forest ecology, wildlife, fisheries, geology and watershed management. The FMC met and discussed the potential for a sister forest arrangement with Belize and they enthusiastically endorsed the concept. »

Arcata, Humboldt State Mull New Research Forest – December 31, 2012

By kevpod

“It could be a real positive for Humboldt State and the City,” said Frank Whitlach, HSU associate vice president for Marketing & Communications. »

Vandals Systematically Sabotage Dam – November 28, 2012

By kevpod

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,... »

Arcata’s Jolly Giant Dam Sabotaged, Catastrophe Averted For Now – November 21, 2012

By kevpod

APD Press Release Sometime during the first week of November 2012, unknown suspect(s) caused significant damage to the Jolly Giant Dam located about one mile east of Humboldt State University in the Arcata Community Forest near trail #8. The suspect(s) cut the lock to a steel grate lid leading to the outlet control structure on the... »

Arcata’s Natural Splendor Fomented, Forwarded, Fretted Over – November 14, 2012

By kevpod

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. »

Ridge Trail Work In Progress, Sunny Brae Forest Roads Going Back To Nature – September 24, 2012

By kevpod

Over the past several weeks, contractors, restoration experts and City personnel have been preparing the Ridge Trail for use by forestgoers, and elsewhere, doing the opposite – making old logging roads disappear forever by turning them back into forested hillsides. »

Wandering Hiker Located, Rescued – September 14, 2012

By kevpod

Codagone told the Arcata Police he had gone hiking for a few hours by himself in the Arcata Community Forest when he realized he could not find his way back. He said he had seen a sign marking Trail 13, and that he was near logging equipment. »