Everything about The Mendocino National Forest totally explained
The
Mendocino National Forest straddles the eastern spur of the
Coastal Mountain Range in northwestern
California, just a three hour drive north of
San Francisco and
Sacramento. Some 65
miles long and 35 miles across, the Forest's federally owned 913,306
acres (3,696 km²) of mountains and canyons offer a variety of recreational opportunities — camping, hiking, backpacking, boating, fishing, hunting, nature study,
photography, and off-highway vehicle travel.
The infamous
Rattlesnake Fire occurred here in 1953. One Forest Service employee and 14 volunteer firefighters perished due to a killer weather phenomenon. The circumstances of the tragedy resulted in major changes in
firefighting strategy and training.
The forest lies in parts of six counties. In descending order of forestland area they're
Lake,
Glenn,
Mendocino,
Tehama,
Trinity, and
Colusa counties.
(External Link
) Forest headquarters are located in
Willows, California.
The forest includes four
wilderness areas:
The latter two were signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 17, 2006. This legislation, entitled "Northern California Coastal Wild Heritage Wilderness Act," added areas to both the Yolla Bolly - Middle Eel Wilderness and Snow Mountain Wilderness, and established the two new wilderness areas on the Mendocino National Forest.
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