A multi-use trail for this right of way has been studied, analyzed, reviewed and considered for the past decade and a half. There was a Humboldt County Bicycle Facilities Feasibility Study in 1997. In 2001 it was dubbed a priority project by the Humboldt Bay Trail Feasibility Study. The California Coastal Trail plan reaffirmed that […]
Rees Hughes
Rees Hughes, editor of the Pacific Crest Trailside Reader, lives in Arcata.
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Putting the Fun in Fungi
I don’t fish or hunt. I’m not even much of a gardener. But somewhere in my DNA is a link to my hunter-gatherer past. Every August when the blackberries ripen, I succumb to the urge to harvest. Every autumn, I glean our apple tree to convert into crisps and sauce. Then, there is mushrooming. I […]
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Preferred Guides to Western Mushrooms
Mushrooms Demystified by David Arora (Berkeley: Ten Speed Press), 1986 At nearly 1,000 pages this is for the serious mushroom hunter. All That the Rain Promises and More . . . by David Arora (Berkeley: Ten Speed Press), 1991 This pocket guide describes some 200 of the most common Western mushrooms. You will still need […]