City to Turn Dump Into Public Recreation Area
Starting Jan. 1, the city will begin cleaning up a piece of public land that has served as a de facto dump for years, with the hope of turning it into a prime public recreation area.
Once slated to be a municipal landfill, Oregon Gulch is filled with used tires, household garbage and unwanted appliances.
The gulch is a popular spot for dirt biking, which has eroded the hillsides and caused silt to slide into the Sacramento River.
The Western Shasta Resource Conservation District later in the year will begin restoring the eroded slopes, tapping into local and federal grants totaling $100,000.
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