slgwv's photos with the keyword: Plumas National Forest

Forest litter in Plumas National Forest, near the Pacific Crest Trail in the vicinity of the Middle Fork of the Feather River. This area all burned off in the North Complex wildfire in the last few week, at least according to the fire maps I've seen. We thought it looked ripe for a wildfire when we were there--alas, we were right.

Near Babcock Meadows, Plumas National Forest, California. We were here with the kids over 20 years ago, in summer when the water was a lot lower, and saw lots of crawdads (crayfish) in the creek--which the kids found very intriguing! We didn't see any this time, but the water is a lot deeper and also muddy, so they're probably still there but better hidden. We also saw bear sign, and figure that a bear would treat a crawdad as a crunchy snack! The right inset shows another view of the creek; the left shows the results of flooding from the extraordinary water season a year ago. An old railroad grade, abandoned in 1957, follows the creek along here. It was a timber railroad run by the Clover Valley Lumber Co. I'll post on it at some point--