2/8/10 - 31.6" of rain YTD, lake is up 22' to 2264'
Last year's high 2285' on 6/6/09, TC ramp bottom 2300'
TC CSD Annexation
Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 6:30pm at IOOF Hall.
A community meeting to discuss the proposed annexation of communities south of the current TCCSD.
See the Frequently Asked Questions document and the proposed CSD boundary map. On the map, existing CSD boundaries are outlined in bold red, and the proposed annexation territory is outlined in purple.
Please support our neighbors by signing the annexation petition when a petition canvasser comes calling.
Eureka Earthquake Fundraiser Success
The North Lake communities showed their support for our Coastal neighbors last Sunday by
attending the Lions Relief Pancake breakfast. Over 75 meals were served and over $1,700 collected. Thank you NTL!
Get Help Making Your Property FireSafe
- Tuesday, March 2, 6:30pm after the TCCSD mtg at IOOF Hall
- Thursday, Feb 11, 6-8pm at CC Fire Hall
Do you need help making your property defensible against wildfire? Is a neighboring parcel a fire risk?
The Trinity County Resource Conservation District has received funding to help communities become FireSafe. Funds are available for tree and brush thinning, trimming, and removal on private property.
To find out how you can receive FireSafe aid, attend this meeting and talk with TCRCD about their program.
Action is Need Now to Save and Revitalize our Lake and Community
The North Lake communities are similar to many rural areas of our country. We face the lack of jobs, business closings, loss of full-time residents, and absentee landlords hijacking key commercial real estate.
In the upcoming months, meetings will be held in the north lake area to discuss our issues, brainstorm solutions, and work out a game plan. Since the County General Plan and Community Plans are stalled due to budgeting, we must be creatively proactive and speak with a united, loud voice to to effect change.
Although we are not a farming community, many of the articles from the Center for Rural Affairs relate to us and are food for thought:
Become a "Save Trinity Lake's Water" Activist ...
If we have any chance of keeping adequate water in Trinity Lake until the Fall each year and propping up our fragile economy, we all must be come engaged in the battle.
Remember that Trinity Lake is not managed by California. The lake releases are managed by the USBR and the lake usage by the USFS.
The players in the battle for the lake water include power generators, huge agribusiness corporations, southern California water districts, and the Endangered Species Act.
Water Flows to Money
You can follow the lake water discussion on the NorthTrinityLake Online Roundtable. Register and subscribe to the Trinity Lake forum. (The subscribe option is at the very bottom of the forum table of contents.)
Suggested reading:
The Trinity Lake water management process and Trinity River restoration funding and oversight is a tangled mess. It is hard to figure out who manages what, what piece of legislation (or court case) trumps the other, and who is in charge. So here are some places to start your reading. Remember that each group is biased, but these sites help us to understand the battle:
Looking for a lunch spot?
The Jaktri Market is now selling sandwiches. Since all eating establishments in the North Trinity Lake area are closed, you may want to try one of Bernie's sandwiches. Check out the deli counter at the Jaktri Market.
Note that the KOA store and coffee shop is closed until May.
North Trinity Lake Online Community Roundtable
The Roundtable is active! The Roundtable is a feature of northtrinitylake.com. You can find a link to the Roundtable under Quick Links in the left-hand column on most pages of NTL — look to left on this page!
Click here for a brief introduction to the new Community Roundtable
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