Closed Sand Dune Areas

Black Sands Beach

Closed to vehicles

Location:  Humboldt County, near Eureka, California.

Managed By: BLM - Arcata Field Office

Size:  

Date of Closure: 1999

Type of Closure: Permanent (lawsuit pending)

Reason for Closure: 

This closure is the result of an environmental assessment and amendment to the King Range Management Plan that was prepared in October 1997.

October 2006 - Designated as a Wilderness Area

Other information: 

• Part of the King Range National Conservation Area. 

• Included in the King Range WSA? 

• From California Wilderness Coalition: "In addition, since Black Sands Beach is the last remaining portion of the King Range NCA accessible to ORVs, closing it will help reduce opposition to designating the area as Wilderness in the near future."

Endangered or Threatened Species:

• None

Maps:

• Google Map Satellite Image for Black Sands Beach Entry

Links:

• Aerial Photos of Black Sands Beach - California Coastal Records Project

• Ask BLM to Support Multiple-Use in the King Range Vision Process

• BLM News Release

• Recreation Coalition Files Suit Against BLM Land Closure

• Lost Coast 4x4's

• Building the Wildlands Project

• BLM Sued over Black Sands Closure

• Group fights vehicle ban

• Disabled unwelcome on California beaches?

• All In The Name Of Environmental Protection

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