From an email received from BRC’s Don Amador:    

” I am passing this on as a public service to inform the public about OHV road and trail closures at a popular OHV area in N. Cal.
Don Amador
Western Representative
BlueRibbon Coalition, Inc.”

“NEWS
Forest Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Mendocino National Forest
825 N. Humboldt Avenue
Willows, CA 95988
Contact: Paul Montgomery (530)934-3316 TT Y (530)934-7724
Release No.06-04-01

Date: April 5, 2006

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SOME ADDITIONAL ROADS ON
MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST
CLOSED DUE TO STORM DAMAGE

Some additional primary roads on the Mendocino National Forest and County roads accessing the national forest have sustained major damage from landslides and other road damage caused by the continued rain and are expected to be closed indefinitely, Tom Contreras, Forest Supervisor, said today.
County Road 43 (Fouts Springs Road/FS M-10), County Road 42 (Goat Mountain Road), and Forest Service Road 20N01 (Ivory Mill Road) have been closed to vehicles due to storm damage. This also means that none of the designated Off Highway Vehicle (OHV) trails on the south end of the Grindstone District can be reached. At this time designated OHV trails on both the Grindstone and Upper Lake Ranger Districts are closed.
“OHV trails are closed any time there is two inches or more of rain in a 24-hour period,” Jeff Applegate, Grindstone District OHV manager, said. “Because of the wet conditions, the trails were already closed. Now, with the damage to the access roads, the trail system on the Grindstone District will not be available until repairs can be made to reopen the roads.”
Other Forest roads that remain closed because of previous storm damage are: M1 four miles north of Lake Pillsbury; M1 at Howard Lake, 22N21 Recer Ridge; and 18N16 Homesite road. M8 also sustained major damage from a recent flood event. Forest Highway 7 (County Road 307) is closed from Alder Springs to Covelo. The Summit Springs Trailhead is inaccessible due to damage on FS Road 17N06, approximately ¼ mile from the junction with M-10. Many other roads are covered by snow and will remain impassable through the winter-like conditions.
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“If you travel to the national forest, be prepared for changing conditions,” Mr. Contreras said. Visitors are advised to contact the nearest Forest Service office for current conditions before entering forest lands.
To check on OHV trail conditions please call Grindstone District (Stonyford area) at (530) 963-3128 or Upper Lake District at (707) 275-1430.
For more information on the road closures, contact the Mendocino National Forest at (530) 934-3316, TTY (530) 934-7724. For questions about road conditions in Colusa County, call the Public Works Department at (530) 458-0466; Glenn County call (530) 934-6530; or the Highway Patrol at (707) 463-4722 for Lake and Mendocino Counties.
Forest Service information is posted on the Internet at http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/mendocino.”