Covelo residents weigh in on the future of the national forest

Eileen Russell

Live, Work, Play. The U.S. Forest Service hosted a community meeting in Covelo as well as other key towns that are impacted by what happens in the Mendocino National Forest. After devastating wildfires have ravaged through the forest, burning up to ninety percent of the total area, land managers have difficult decisions to make about how to move forward. Residents of towns neighboring the forest have been given the opportunity to create a shared vision for post-wildfire recovery by attending these sessions. The Covelo session was well attended, and KZYX reporter Eileen Russell went and files this report. For anyone who would like to learn more you can vist https://mendocino.forestplanning.net/