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Eldorado National Forest

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Eldorado National Forest
Address: 100 Forni Rd
Placerville, CA 95667
Phone: 530-622-5061;
Fax: 530-621-5297;
Web: www.fs.fed.us/r5/eldorado
Size: 786,994 acres.
Location: Eastern California, between Sacramento and Lake Tahoe. Accessible by US 50 and CA 88. Nearby cities/towns include Placerville and Sacramento.
Facilities: Information centers, 70+ developed campgrounds, 4 cabins, dispersed camping, picnic sites, hiking trails, bridle trails, OHV trails, boat ramps, ski areas, scenic drives, (é).
Activities: Camping, hunting, fishing, boating, swimming, whitewater rafting, water-skiing, hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, OHV riding, cross-country and downhill skiing, snowmobiling.
Special Features: Historic points of interest include Coloma, the actual site of the gold discovery in California on January 24, 1848; Bedford Park, the only municipally-owned gold mine in the U.S. that is open to the public; two wilderness areas totaling 169,000 acres.

See other parks in California.


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Forest Service (Earth Island II), a case spurred by post-fire timber sales in Northern California's Eldorado National Forest, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals remarked on what it characterized as a "disturbing trend" in the Forest Service's recent post-fire timber sale activities.
In California, 169,000 trees in burned areas of Eldorado National Forest to restore 10 spotted owl protected activity centers and two northern goshawk sites.
[This is] evidenced by the shooting of a father and son last year while on their property within the boundaries of the Eldorado National Forest.
 
 
 
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