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Eureka, May 8, 2008
Big Rock River Access New Picnic Area
"Thanks to a grant received from California Department of Boating and Waterways (DBOW), we were able to make improvements to this river access site for our many river users. DBOW has funded many site improvement projects on north coast rivers," stated Hemus. Grants and partnerships such as the one from DBOW and others are critical to accomplishing river access improvements. "With so many river recreation opportunities, we have been focusing efforts over the past ten years on river access improvements such as toilets, parking, signage, river safety and information bulletin boards, and road or trail access across the Forest," Hemus said.
Six Rivers National Forest manages 389 miles of six Wild and Scenic Rivers: Smith, Klamath, Trinity, Cal-Salmon, North Fork Eel, and Van Duzen. This represents over 35% of California’s Wild and Scenic Rivers managed by the Forest Service.
For information about water safety visit the Six Rivers National forest website www.fs.fed.us/r5/sixrivers/.