REDDING: Sacramento River access to expand with new land
Public access to the Sacramento River between Redding and Red Bluff will expand this fall by 71 acres that the Bureau of Land Management acquired in the Sacramento River Bend area. The new acreage opens for public use this fall after deteriorating buildings, old fences and other hazards are removed.
The addition brings to 17,500 the acres of river frontage and oak woodlands available to the public, said Kelly Williams, BLM manager of the Sacramento River Bend Outstanding Natural Area.
The area is popular with horseback riders, hikers, mountain bike riders, birders and hunters. Primitive and boat-in camping are allowed. There are launch and takeout points for rafts and kayaks.
For information on the Sacramento River Bend area, go to www.blm.gov/ca/ st/en/fo/redding.html and click on the photo of the area, or call (530) 224-2100.
– Christine Vovakes
ROSEVILLE: Roadside cleanup volunteers receive $500 grant from HP
An organization of volunteers who clean up roadside trash in Placer County has received a $500 grant from Hewlett-Packard to help fund an educational program about litter reduction and recycling.
Citizens Involved Means Better Living plans to offer the program to students in Roseville high schools who need community service hours to meet class or graduation requirements.
The teens may then be able to go to elementary schools to present what they have learned to younger students, said David Albright, executive director of CIMBL.
Albright said the grant will help pay for handouts provided during the program. Participating students also will receive reusable water bottles from Keep California Beautiful and recycling information from the city of Roseville, he said.
– Art Campos
PLUMAS LAKE: Parade to celebrate opening of Highway 70 interchange
To celebrate the opening of a new Highway 70 interchange, residents of the nearby Yuba County community on Saturday will conduct a parade across the roadway that will provide them easier access when it officially opens three days later.
A chili cook-off is also part of the planned celebration in the housing area south of Olivehurst.
The event will begin at 10 a.m. at River Oaks and Plumas Lake boulevards, just west of the new interchange.
– Bee Metro staff
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