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Mendocino Woodlands State Park

Field	Value
name	Mendocino Woodlands State Park
nrhp_type	nhl
image	Big Tree-Mendocino Woodland SP.jpg
nearest_city	39350 Little Lake Road, Mendocino, California
locmapin	California#USA
coordinates
area	700 acre
built	1934
architect	Daniel R. Hull, Raymond E. Floyd
architecture	Bungalow, Craftsman
added	September 25, 1997
refnum	97001262

The Mendocino Woodlands State Park is a group camping facility located at 39350 Little Lake Road, Mendocino County, California, 7 mi inland from the town of Mendocino. It was built as a Recreational Demonstration Area by the Civilian Conservation Corps. Mendocino Woodlands consists of approximately 700 acre of land along the Little North Fork of the Big River and is surrounded to the north, east, and west by the 50,000 acre Jackson Demonstration State Forest. To the south, the park abuts the Big River State Park. It was declared a National Historic Landmark on September 25, 1997.

History

Mendocino Woodlands was one of forty-six campgrounds (including Camp David) created by the Works Progress Administration and the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s. Its rustic wood-and-stone buildings, built by the WPA are surrounded by second-growth redwood forest. Like the other campgrounds, Mendocino Woodlands was originally planned as a site for youth summer camps in which the participants would be introduced to the wonders of nature. However, Mendocino Woodlands is the only one of the campgrounds that has been continuously used for public camping.

As originally formed, the campsite occupied a property of 5425 acre. However, when the campsite was conveyed to the California State Park system by Senate Bill 1063 in 1976, the size of the property was reduced to approximately 700 acre, with the remaining area left in the control of the California Department of Forestry, now Cal Fire. In 1997, the Mendocino Woodlands Recreation Demonstration Area was designated as a National Historic Landmark.

Wildlife

Mendocino Woodlands is a forest of coast redwoods, sprinkled with willow, alder, tanoak, and madrone trees. It is home to mountain lions (Puma concolor), Northern-spotted owls (Strix occidentalis caurina), and Cooper's hawks (Accipiter cooperii). Navarro river that runs through the park is used by salmon, river otters, and beavers.

Depicts a black, round fungus growing on a tanoak in the Mendocino Woodlands. — Annulohypoxylon thouasianum]]

Additionally, a wide variety of mushroom species grow alongside the redwoods, which are especially abundant during the rainy season. These include lobster mushroom (Hypomyces lactifluorium), red coral (Ramoria araiospora), and velvet-footed pax (Tapinella atritomentosa). Pictured on the left is a fungus which can be found on hardwoods such as tanoak.

Management

The Mendocino Woodlands State Park is managed by Mendocino Woodlands Camp Association, a nonprofit corporation that has operated and maintained the facilities at the park since 1948.

References

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Yumpu.com. "MENDOCINO WOODLANDS STATE PARK - Landscape Architecture".
Tramposch {{!}}, Bill. (2018-01-20). "Mendocino Woodlands: a National Historic Landmark built entirely with hand tools".
(2016-08-09). "Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fungi of Coastal Northern California". Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed.

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