Plumas National Forest
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Plumas National Forest is a United States National Forest located in northern California. It is located in the Sierra Nevada mountains and covers 1,146,000 acres (4,638 km²) of land. This is mostly an area for logging. The primary logging town is La Porte, which is 30 miles (48 km) SW of Quincy. About 85 percent of the forest lies in Plumas County, but smaller portions spill over into eastern Butte, northern Sierra, southern Lassen, and northeastern Yuba counties. [1] Forest headquarters are located in Quincy, California.
On Labor Day, September, 2007, a human-caused wildfire started on private property (southeast of Mountain Meadows Reservoir near Westwood in Lassen County) and is still under investigation. It was burning, with about 2,300 firefighters. Strong winds pushed smoke to the Sacramento Valley, Bay Area, Nevada and Idaho. In Plumas County, 500 homes are threatened by the Moonlight Fire; 100 residences were evacuated near Greenville in the North Arm area of Indian Valley, as the wild fire was still raging in the Plumas National Forest. The fire blazed to 28,000 acres.[1]
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[edit] External links
- Official government site
- Trailspotting: Hiking Plumas NF Lakes Basin GPS/Mapping data, hike description & photos
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