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Lacks Creek Management Area

Lacks Creek is located in California‘s northern Coast Range, approximately 15 miles inland from the Pacific Ocean. The area is in Humboldt County, approximately 20 miles northeast of Eureka. The management area includes 8,673 acres of BLM managed public lands – 7,377 acres are within the Lacks Creek watershed, with the other acreage made up of contiguous lands. The management area is surrounded by large private land timber holdings, and the region contains some of the most productive and intensively managed commercial forest lands in the United States. The immediate area is sparsely populated with scattered ranches in adjacent Redwood Valley.
 
Lacks Creek is a tributary to Redwood Creek and is located in the northern Coast Range of California approximately 20 miles northeast of Eureka and 10 miles southeast of Orick.

Open douglas fir forest with shrubs and a trail at Lacks Creek.Lacks Creek flowing through rocks and vegetation.Tall trees around a flowing Lacks Creek.

Directions to Lacks Creek

Drive east on Highway 299 for 17.8 miles from Highway 101. Turn left at the Redwood Valley turn off (Bair Road) and travel 3.9 miles. Make a right turn at the sign that reads "Hoopa - 22 miles", and travel 5.9 miles. The entrance is a left turn.


Lynda J. Roush, Field Manager
Bureau of Land Management
Arcata Field Office
1695 Heindon Road
Arcata, CA 95521-4573
Phone: (707) 825-2300
Fax: (707) 825-2301
Office Hours: 7:45 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., M-F
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