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Saturday, September 24, 2022

North Coast New Parks...

From 2018-2022:


DEL NORTE COUNTY:

Aug 23, 2019
state $ help North coast Yurok tribe buy 50,000 acres from timber giant Green Diamond
@FORESTSFOREVER
"The Tribe is restoring approximately 15,000 acres in Blue Creek into an old-growth forest and a Salmon Sanctuary. Blue Creek is one of the most important Klamath River tributaries..." #salmon #forests https://buff.ly/2zdPKMR
https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2019/aug/14/yurok-tribe-acquires-50000-acres-green-diamond-lan/
MAP: https://www.westernrivers.org/assets/projects/bluecreek_website-map-updated-1594857350.pdf
Jun 30, 2020 @FORESTSFOREVER
How the Yurok Tribe is reclaiming the Klamath River https://youtu.be/D2mBw-oLw0I


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11/2018
https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2018/11/effort-begins-save-grove-titans-redwood-national-and-state-parks
Installing a 1,300-foot elevated walkway that connects to the existing Mill Creek Trail at Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park

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HUMBOLDT COUNTY:

Oct 16, 2020 @ca_coastal
Congrats to @FriendsOfDunes on acquiring the 357-acre Samoa Dunes and Wetlands for conservation and public access! This property joins existing conservation lands to create a continuous connected area of more than 1600 acres of sweeping native dunes.
https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2020/oct/15/friends-dunes-assumes-temporary-management-357-acr/
includes poor quality MAP

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Nov 16, 2019
ConnectingCalifornia: they acquired property between Redwood National Park and Humboldt Lagoon State Park. Their plan to donate the 90 acres ...would create a contiguous protected area. “It makes a land bridge, essentially, that goes ... all the way straight to the coast,”
@lagunagreenbelt Nov 15, 2019
Humboldt Land Donation ‘Missing Piece’ Linking National Park And Coast https://www.ijpr.org/environment-energy-and-transportation/2019-11-05/humboldt-land-donation-missing-piece-linking-national-park-and-coast

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MENDOCINO COUNTY:

Jan 25, 2022 Ruth H. Robertson (Red Road Woman) @Ruth_HHopkins
Save the Redwoods League has announced that it is transferring 523 acres of coast to the InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council. The group of 10 tribes have inhabited the area for 1,000s of years & will be responsible for protecting the land. #LandBack
“California redwood forest returned to native tribal group”
A conservation group is turning over a historic redwood grove on the Northern California coast to descendants of the original Native
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/california-redwood-forest-returned-native-tribal-group-82456609
The league purchased the land two years ago for $3.5 million funded by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. to provide habitat for endangered northern spotted owl and marbled murrelet to mitigate other environmental damage by the utility.
MAP: https://www.savetheredwoods.org/press-releases/523-acres-of-forestland-donated-to-intertribal-sinkyone-wilderness-council/

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MAP: https://www.savetheredwoods.org/press-releases/league-buys-lost-coast-redwoods-the-longest-stretch-of-privately-owned-shoreline-in-the-coast-redwood-range/
January 5, 2022) — Save the Redwoods League today announced that it has purchased the 3,181-acre Lost Coast Redwoods property in Mendocino County from timberland owner Soper Company for $36.9 million.
Includes 5 miles of privately owned coastline

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May 19, 2019 @tuleyomeorg
Mendocino Land Trust has received funding from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to acquire a 93-acre conservation easement off of Gordon Lane, just south of Mendocino, with the purpose of conserving 49 acres of rare pygmy forest.
https://www.lakeconews.com/index.php/news/community/61223-mendocino-pygmy-forest-protection-project-awarded-funds
https://www.mendocinolandtrust.org/projects/pygmy-forest-protection-conservation-easement/

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GREAT REDWOOD TRAIL--EX NCRR TRACKS

Feb 12, 2019 @TheCACoast
North Coast’s Great Redwood Trail no longer just a dream
https://www.petaluma360.com/article/news/north-coasts-great-redwood-trail-no-longer-just-a-dream/?sba=AAS&artslide=0
9/30/2018 https://www.activenorcal.com/governor-brown-signs-great-redwood-trail-bill-fast-tracking-the-300-mile-trail/
Aug 16, 2018 @FORESTSFOREVER
Vision for Great Redwood Trail inspires
https://www.sfgate.com/outdoors/article/Great-Redwood-Trail-NWP-Railroad-Eel-River-13153345.php






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