If you love looking at the Pacific Ocean, then few things could make you happier than driving up Highway 1 along the Mendocino Coast, because that particular stretch of the iconic California highway offers the most ocean in its sweeping views – all of the water with hardly any of the crowds or other signs of civilization that clog the Pacific Coast Highway vistas further south.
Highway 1 near Rockport in northernmost Mendocino County. (Justine Frederiksen/The Ukiah Daily Journal)And one of the best views on the Mendocino Coast might be its last northern peek of the ocean, that sweeping glance just before the road turns from those rugged Lost Coast cliffs that staunchly refused pavement and heads into the trees, taking you past a forest so thick and so tall you can hardly see the sky anymore, let alone the ocean.
While some might find that wall of trees intimidating, to others it is incredibly inviting, for they know that beyond the forest lies forbidden views of the ocean, rarely seen by today’s humans because walking into those trees is not an option now – but it may be soon.
Because about five square miles of this untamed section of the California Coast with no roads or even trails is now in the hands of the Bureau of Land Management, after being acquired by the Save the Redwoods League in 2021.
In a press release, the BLM describes the Lost Coast Redwoods property as “3,181-acres (about 5 square miles) located at a convergence of the traditional territories of the Sinkyone, Cahto, and Coast Yuki peoples. With more than 2,250 acres (about 3.5 square miles) of second-growth redwood forest and large old-growth trees scattered throughout, this property has been managed for commercial timber production since the 1880s (but was acquired by the) Save the Redwoods League for $36.9 million in December 2021 (and is now) protected from excessive timber harvesting, subdivision, and development.”
When asked whether the public access will include trails, possibly connecting with existing trails reached off of Usal Road in Mendocino County, BLM spokesperson Sarah Denos explained in an email that “the BLM is working on a public access and a recreation plan for the property, including trails, trailheads, restrooms, and campgrounds, etc. This will involve (the National Environmental Policy Act) and public participation. Until this process is completed, the number and type of recreation facilities, including trails, is undetermined.”
BLM officials also note in the release that “the League has been actively working on restoration and public access projects on the property for over a decade (and that the BLM) looks forward to continuing stewardship of the property with Tribal partners (and that) the future management of the Lost Coast Redwoods is supported by the Lost Coast Redwoods Sustainable Stewardship Endowment established through a $2 million donation from Save the Redwoods League, made possible through the Foundation for America’s Public Lands, the official charitable partner of the BLM. The endowment establishes a sustained source of funding available to the BLM for stewardship, public access, tribal engagement and in support of long-term conservation for Lost Coast Redwoods.”
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