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McCoy Creek Coho Habitat
BLM
PUSHES SALMON TOWARD EXTINCTION
Posted
3/18/97
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) pushed endangered Coho salmon
one step closer to extinction by land trade schemes in McCoy Creek,
a tributary to the South Fork Eel River near the Mendocino/Humboldt
County line. Linda Roush, BLM Arcata Area Manager, and Ed Hastey,
BLM State Director worked to expedite the administrative appeal
process and undermine citizen efforts to purchase the 160 acres
of unentered virgin Douglas Fir forest. This remnant ancient forest
of precolumbian giants, sheltered almost 3/4 of a mile of low gradient,
cold water pools and riffles. McCoy Creek is one of the few areas
on the South Fork where substantial federal land ownership, and
old-growth forest, has protected the tributary habitat of a viable,
wild Coho and Chinook spawning run. The five best remaining wild
Coho runs in California are: So. Fork Eel River, Smith River, Prairie
Creek and Redwood Creek in the Redwood National Park, Elk River
on the north side of Headwaters Forest, and Lagunitas Creek.
McCoy Creek is also part of a connective corridor between the Sinkyone Wilderness on the Lost Coast and the Red Mountain wilderness to the east. The historic Indian Creek trail traverses a portion of the corridor near Sanctuary Forest.
Please help protect the priceless natural heritage of our salmon. Write: Linda Roush, Area Manager BLM, 1695 Heidon Rd., Arcata, CA 95521 and Ed Hastey, State Director BLM, 2135 Butano Drive, Sacramento CA 95825. e-mail ehastey@ca0350.caso.ca.blm.gov
For more information on how you can help call 707-923-2931 or send e-mail to salmonid@igc.apc.org
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