MLT protects 219 acres along Eel River near Willits, hosts film festival

MLT protects 219 acres along Eel River near Willits, hosts film festival

A large swath of forest along the Eel River in Mendocino County is now protected by a conservation easement, the Mendocino Land Trust recently announced. In a press release, MLT officials report accepting “a conservation easement to protect 219 acres of forest along the Eel River east of Willits.” Called “The Windswept Ranch conservation easement,” the property is described as including “about ¾ of a mile of frontage on the Eel River, (which) is…