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Post your photographs of Otis R. Johnson Wilderness Park, and help identify the plants in the park. Otis R. Johnson Park is a bit of the redwood forest and a hidden gem right in the city of Ft. Bragg.
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Look for environmental news and articles about wave energy and offshore oil drilling threats in this feed from the Ft. Bragg Advocate-News newspaper.
Then and now on the Pudding Creek Trestle
The Pudding Creek Trestle runs across the beach at the mouth of Pudding Creek in Fort Bragg. It was built in 1916 to carry logs to the Fort Bragg lumber mill on the old Haul Road. Originally a railroad, the Ten Mile Branch, the road was later paved and used by logging trucks. Today it is a walking and hiking trail from Fort Bragg to the mouth of the Ten Mile River, although large portions have washed out in the storms of recent years.
The name "Haul Road" (not "Hall Road") refers to the hauling of logs. The name has proved baffling to some, so the road (now trail) has been renamed the "Ten Mile Coastal Trail" although locally it is still referred to as the Haul Road. The Pudding Creek Trestle was repaired and reopened for foot traffic only on November 16, 2007.
About Frank
Frank graduated from Humboldt State University in Northern California and built a sterling reputation for honesty and accuracy during his years as a journalist ...(more)