Environmental News
The U.S Navy is greatly increasing its use of the ocean for testing,
including sonar testing, some of which has been proven to harm marine
mammals. The Navy has proposed new and expanded testing on the
Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf Coasts. The good news is the Navy prepared
environmental documents for public review, where in the past they just
did it without a public process. The bad news is the entire issue has
gotten virtually zero news coverage. In this document the Obama
Administration's head of NOAA provides an analysis of the issue for
the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Its the first such
look at sonar and noise in the ocean ever at this level. New policies
and meetings are proposed.
To read the entire document, click here: NOAA letter.pdf
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)