MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. – The past week’s storms – which packed high winds and rain – impacted the Mendocino National Forest, causing potential problems in various areas of the forest.
The public is advised that there may be unstable roads due to saturated soil, blocked roads from downed trees, plugged culverts, deep ruts and running water.
“We are striving to provide as much information as possible about current conditions. Please be aware, that there may be hazards that have not been identified yet as some areas are unsafe for employees to enter,” acting Mendocino National Forest Supervisor Frank Aebly said.
The forest reported that the off-highway vehicle trail closures on the Upper Lake and Grindstone ranger districts have reopened. However, seasonal closures on the Upper Lake district that are in effect include sections of Pine Mountain Road and High Glade Lookout Road.
A full list of closures can be found here.
Visitors are encouraged to call ahead before traveling to the forest. Aebly added that additional closures may be implemented.
For those enthusiastic folks starting to think about camping, hiking and visiting the forest, the typical camping season is May through November.
However, forest officials said this has been a very different precipitation year. It is likely that new records of precipitation may be reached while just three years ago, near record or record low precipitation was recorded.
For example, only 17.9 inches of precipitation was recorded at Alder Springs from Oct. 1, 2013, to Sept. 30, 2014, and this year more than 41 inches has fallen in this area so far.
Forest officials ask that the public continue to check the forest website for more information as there are six to eight weeks of winter precipitation left.
In addition, the current road report is posted at the bottom of the forest website home page. https://www.fs.usda.gov/mendocino/ .
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