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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1BldmzbQxU&] Following what has happened at Dobbyn Creek is difficult. So above is a map demonstration from Mikal Jakubal and below is a photo and caption piece from Jesi Elmore that will take you creekside! Sunday – April 3, 2011 Slide starting to pinch off Dobbyn Creek and force water into county bridge abutments and landowners’ property.
Read moreIf the county grants the permits, this year’s Redwood Run tickets will go on sale April 22. According to the site, For the first time ever it will be held in Cooks Valley at the Bowman property, two miles north from the old site. This venue recently held Reggae Rising and Willie Nelson concert. It’s a beautiful site consisting of
Read more“The upper part of the slide has created a huge 200 foot bluff–sheer mud and rock bluff,” Diana Totten a consultant with Coleman Brothers Construction says. “The slide is still moving…how fast is hard to determine….We can’t get over there without a boat.” The lake that has formed has kept most people from accessing the massive slide that several people
Read moreDiana Totten, a descendent of the local Wintuns, feels that there is more to the series of slides currently collapsing across the North Coast than the large amounts of rain which fell in February and March. “Yesterday,” she said, “An old Indian guy stopped by the Dobbyn Creek slide. He had lived here all his life. He talked about something
Read moreMoss, wild currant, and a roadside waterfall–the world is beautiful.
Read moreDiana Totten Consulting With Homeowners “I’m tired but I’m inspired at the same time,” says Diana Totten consultant on the Dobbyn’s Creek slide. The crews have been putting in long hours but they are feeling somewhat hopeful as water is eroding through the slide and the half mile long “lake” has dropped a little. They are hopeful that this trend
Read moreThe Highway 101 slide just north of the Dean Creek exit overlays scenes of incredible beauty with varying degrees of destruction. In the above photo, in the distance the lovely Eel River Valley stretches on either side of both the river and road while in the foreground uprooted trees sprawl across spring grass.
Read moreUPDATE 3:52: Thankfully the BLM Ranger is going Okay. He apparently experienced shock after the crash. (He had a knee injury.) UPDATE 11:28: According to KMUD–“Ambulance & CHP in route to Wilder Ridge Rd. Unconfirmed reports indicate BLM officer crashed ATV at search warrant site.” UPDATE: 11:21: KMUD is reporting that the search warrant is on Wilder Ridge Rd. UPDATED
Read moreSnow in the hills–just a light dusting now though at 1200 feet. Drive safe–At this point the roads are clear but — Check out the webcams for more up to date information. Here are the Humboldt ones. Here are the cameras located on Hwy 101 at Willits.
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