Thomas J. Story J.D. Simkins – June 23, 2021
Twelve years after being incinerated, an immensely popular Big Sur hike is finally reopening to the public.
The breezy .75-mile jaunt known as the Pfeiffer Falls Trail, which meanders through a dense envelopment of redwoods before winding down a gorge and culminating with awe-inspiring views of a 60-foot waterfall, had been closed since 2008, when the Basin Complex Fire obliterated much of the trail and its infrastructure.
Now, after $2 million of renovations and years of work, hikers will once more be able to set foot on the iconic trail.
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âThis trail is going to make a lot of peopleâs day,â Marcos Ortega, superintendent of California State Parksâ Big Sur cohort, told The Mercury News. âItâs kid-friendly. You get to see a waterfall. Youâre in the redwoods. It gives you the full Big Sur experience.â
Solano water agency directors to consider 6-figure contracts, PG&E property deal
VACAVILLE Solano County Water Agency directors is scheduled to receive legislative, water advisory and other updates when it meets Thursday.
As part of the board’s consent calendar, the directors also will consider increasing from $70,000 to $95,000 a workforce study contract with Boucher Law; a $126,000 contract with LSA Inc. for environmental permitting assistance in support of the Lower Putah Creek Chinook Salmon Spawning Habitat Project; and a $266,650 contract with American Conservation Experience for the Cold Canyon Trail Rehabilitation Project.
A closed session follows the public meeting, during which the directors will be updated on property negotiations with Pacific Gas & Electric Company.
Eastern Nevada trails system caters to mountain bikers, hikers
It is said that if you build it, they will come. And they are, mountain bike enthusiasts eager to tackle the 13-mile trails network on public lands outside Caliente, Nev.
“We’ve been averaging a few hundred visitors a year since we opened the first seven-plus miles to the public in late 2017. Most are from Nevada and surrounding states,” said Project Manager Jon Prescott.
Prescott, the Planning and Environmental Coordinator for the Bureau of Land Management’s Caliente Field Office, said the single-track trails network in Barnes Canyon is designed for mountain bike use with trails ranging in difficulty from beginner to expert. All but two of the trails are also open to hiking, he said.
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After Sedona City Council approved a transfer of $50,000 from the Sedona Chamber of Commerce to the Sedona Trail Keepers program, leaders of several organizations gathering for a check presntation ceremony at the Girdner Trailhead on Thursday, Feb. 25. Attendees included Kevin Adams, president of the Sedona Red Rock Trail
Fund, Candace Carr Strauss, president and CEO of the Sedona Chamber of Commerce, Sedona Mayor Sandy Moriarty, and Amy Tinderholt, district ranger for the Red
Rock Ranger District in Coconino National Forest. Attendees pose with a $100,000 check presented to the Sedona Red Rock Trail Fund by The Sedona Trail Keepers, a consortium of Sedona area businesses and the Sedona Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Bureau. The presentation marks the conclusion of a successful five-year drive that has seen the Trail Keepers contribute $370,000 to support the SRRTF partnership with the U.S. Forest Service to maintain hundreds of miles of trails i