Dan the Man
Senior Member
Well they finally opened Boggs Creek after a year and a half of logging salvage efforts.
They opened it up a month or so a go to "Day Use" traffic only. No camping. There is a gate about 1/2 way back that closes access to the entire second 1/2 of the Boggs Creek recreation area. So really only 1/2 of the park is open.
And I must say, the place is practically unrecognizable! Looks like a warzone.
Even with the logging effort, there are still downed limbs and wood debris piled up next to the road everywhere. and the creek is at the lowest flow I've ever seen it. There are downed trees and limbs hanging over the creek in just about every area that was formerly a "fishable hole".
I walked back beyond the gate a bit to see what the second half of the area looked like and it's even worse. Entire mountain sides just cleared out and naked to the sun all day. So much of the stream is now completely exposed to the sun with no cover from the banks. This will heat up the stream and make the water unsustainable for trout.
And as for the logging effort. I assumed it was to clear out the downed trees and generally try to prepare the place for recreational use again. Wow was I wrong! They apparently went in, dragged a bunch of new trails with the trucks, took out the valuable timber they were interested in and left everything else as it was, they also piled up huge stacks of limbs and debris near the roads and between the roads and the creek bank which makes access to the creek almost impossible in places. I can only hope that there are further efforts in the planning to finish the clean up and make the place a camping/fishing destination again?
Such a shame. This place will never be the same. I would estimate it will be 5 years before the area recovers enough to make the creek a legitimate trout fishing destination again.
They opened it up a month or so a go to "Day Use" traffic only. No camping. There is a gate about 1/2 way back that closes access to the entire second 1/2 of the Boggs Creek recreation area. So really only 1/2 of the park is open.
And I must say, the place is practically unrecognizable! Looks like a warzone.
Even with the logging effort, there are still downed limbs and wood debris piled up next to the road everywhere. and the creek is at the lowest flow I've ever seen it. There are downed trees and limbs hanging over the creek in just about every area that was formerly a "fishable hole".
I walked back beyond the gate a bit to see what the second half of the area looked like and it's even worse. Entire mountain sides just cleared out and naked to the sun all day. So much of the stream is now completely exposed to the sun with no cover from the banks. This will heat up the stream and make the water unsustainable for trout.
And as for the logging effort. I assumed it was to clear out the downed trees and generally try to prepare the place for recreational use again. Wow was I wrong! They apparently went in, dragged a bunch of new trails with the trucks, took out the valuable timber they were interested in and left everything else as it was, they also piled up huge stacks of limbs and debris near the roads and between the roads and the creek bank which makes access to the creek almost impossible in places. I can only hope that there are further efforts in the planning to finish the clean up and make the place a camping/fishing destination again?
Such a shame. This place will never be the same. I would estimate it will be 5 years before the area recovers enough to make the creek a legitimate trout fishing destination again.