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MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. – Saturday, June 9, is National Get Outdoors Day and it is a fee-free day on the Mendocino National Forest.
On this day, fees are waived at Forest Service managed campgrounds and the Red Bluff Recreation Area boat launch.
The fee waiver will not apply to campsites at Lake Pillsbury that are operated under concessionaire through PG&E.
Forest visitors might be interested to know that the California Department of Fish and Wildlife placed approximately 1,000 rainbow trout in Hammerhorn Lake on the Covelo Ranger District this week.
Visitors to this area will enjoy the five-acre lake and nine campsites with fire rings and tables. Accessible facilities include: restroom, picnic tables and the quarter-mile Hammerhorn Trail next to the lake shore from the accessible campground to two fully accessible fishing piers.
This is the first time that Hammerhorn Lake has been stocked since 2015, due to road washouts in the 2012 North Pass Fire burned area. Hammerhorn Lake is about 30 miles east of Covelo at an elevation of 3,480 feet.
“Whether you like to camp, fish, hike, birdwatch or you just want to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city, the Mendocino National Forest offers nearly one million awesome acres to get outdoors and explore this weekend. We look forward to seeing you on the forest,” Forest Supervisor Ann Carlson said.
For information about other recreation areas please visit https://www.fs.usda.gov/recmain/mendocino/recreation.
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LOWER LAKE, Calif. – Anderson Marsh State Historic Park continues to hold monthly guided nature walks.
The final guided walk of spring 2018 is scheduled for Saturday, June 9.
Participants are asked to meet in the parking lot at 8:15 a.m. to have time to experience the early morning wildlife to be found in the ranch house and barn complex yard.
The walk begins at 8:30 a.m. There is no parking fee for those attending.
Join Tom Nixon, former State Parks ranger at Anderson Marsh State Historic Park, as he leads a leisurely walk to on the Cache Creek and Ridge trails.
According to Nixon, “As the park settles into summer, this should be a great opportunity to see resident birds, late spring flowers and dragonflies.”
Bring your binoculars. At this time of year, you are also encouraged to bring sun hats and water.
The two-and-a-half to three-mile guided walk will begin and end at the parking lot and should take about two hours.
There will be a tour of the historic Anderson Ranch House after the walk.
Anderson Marsh State Historic Park is located on Highway 53, between Lower Lake and Clearlake.
For more information about the walks, email
More information about AMIA can be found at www.andersonmarsh.org.
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UPPER LAKE, Calif. – This Saturday, June 9, join Lake County Land Trust members and volunteers for a morning walk at the Trust’s Rodman Preserve at 6350 Westlake Road near Upper Lake.
Brad Barnwell will be leading the group, starting at 8 a.m.
Spring is a great time to see resident songbirds and raptors and Barnwell will be able to help you identify those elusive swallows that you may always have wondered about: “Are they tree swallows or a violet greens?”
Arrive at the Rodman Preserve Nature Center a little before 8 a.m. Bring your binoculars of course and sturdy walking shoes.
The walk is about two miles and is generally an easy hike with only a couple of hills. Views are beautiful and birds should be plentiful.
Please don’t confuse the Rodman Preserve with the County’s Rodman Slough Park which is down by the bridge over the slough. Rodman Preserve is at the corner of Westlake Road and the Nice-Lucerne Cut-off.
The Lake County Land Trust is a local charitable 501C(3) that protects valuable natural habitats in Lake County.
For more information go to www.lakecountlandtrust.org.