<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0f7Ej3_1FCxOJu700" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0f7Ej3_1FCxOJu700" width="589" height="884" ><figcaption>The Elk River Trail in the Headwaters Forest Reserve is shown in spring 2023. (Sage Alexander — Times-Standard file photo)</figcaption></figure>The Bureau of Land Management Arcata Field Office announced this week that Headwaters Forest Reserve will be closed from Sept. 21 through Oct. 2 as the crews work to complete repairs and resurfacing on the Elk River Trail.The Elk River Trail and Elk River Trailhead, located just southeast of the Humboldt Hill neighborhood roughly six miles south of Eureka city limits on the south fork of the Elk, will be closed to the public throughout the project, which may be subject to delays, BLM says.According to a news release published by BLM Monday, “the temporary closure of Headwaters Forest Reserve near Eureka … is necessary to allow construction equipment to operate safely and to protect both visitors and workers during the project.”“The work will improve approximately one mile of paved trail, including repairing damaged sections of pavement, placing a new asphalt overlay, improving trail shoulders and other associated repairs,” the news release notes.It also notes that “visitors should not enter the construction area or attempt to travel around closure barriers” during the project. BLM’s temporary closure order notes that trespassers found in violation of the order are subject to a fine and up to 12 months in prison.Headwaters Forest Reserve was acquired by BLM from Pacific Lumber in the late 1990s after years of community struggle over logging in the area.It’s also the property that surrounds the historic logging town of Falk. Now a ghost town nearly entirely reclaimed by nature, Falk was founded in 1884, eventually grew to a population of more than 400 and endured for some 50 years before the sawmill around which the town was founded closed during the Great Depression in 1937.The history of the company town is detailed in John Humboldt Gates’ “Falk’s Claim: The Life and Death of a Redwood Lumber Town.”Falk was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2024.More information on the reserve can be found at https://tinyurl.com/35ybwj37.Robert Schaulis can be reached at 707-441-0585.</div></body>

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The Bureau of Land Management Arcata Field Office announced this week that Headwaters Forest Reserve will be closed from Sept. 21 through Oct. 2 as the crews work to complete repairs and resurfacing on the Elk River Trail. The Elk River Trail and Elk River Trailhead, located just southeast of...

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The Bureau of Land Management Arcata Field Office announced this week that Headwaters Forest Reserve will be closed from Sept. 21 through Oct. 2 as the cre

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