Mushrooms

This is a great mushroom year! A free permit to collect mushrooms on JDSF is available at the office 802 North Main St. in Fort Bragg, CA

Gomphus floccous (Woolly Chanterelle)
Not edible

Drains Cleaned on Camp One Loop and Manley Gulch Trails

It's December and little rain has fallen this season. The drains on upper 2/3 of the Manley Gulch trail and lower1/2 of the Equestrian Trail portion of the Camp One Loop Trail have been cleared. Local soils are easer to work when moist so it's been harder to rebuild water bars this year. Drain work on these trails should be completed by the end of the month. Get out and enjoy the Forest!

Bridges in Manley Gulch

The Manley Gulch trail has a new bridge!

Thanks to an anonymous person a very nice bridge has been constructed on the Manley Gulch trail.
















This is the stream crossing before new bridge was built.
















The log bridge is the only problem on the trail now!

Road 500 Trash

Rd 350 at Rd 500 after clean-up. Thank you JDSF!

This is the same area before clean-up.

The new party spot Rd 510 at Rd 500 is getting heavy use.

Polishing the Gas Cap Trail

Horse riders could not get over David's ramp. I cut a gap in the downed tree above the ramp so equestrians can go up and around without tearing up the trail. Horse riders were damaging the trail by going around under the tree and cutting up to the trail.

Exposed roots on steep corner were getting damaged by trail users.

I covered roots with soil to help protect them from getting torn up. This was not done to make the trail easier to ride. Heavy breaking is already cutting into soil and I may place an obstacle up hill of this corner to slow riders down.