Ties that bind

Redwood Creek runs like an artery through the little town of Orick. It's an artery that's been clogged by sediment from old logging, by leaking septic systems, invasive grasses and bad blood between the government and many residents.

The community today has hatched a plan for a slew of surgeries that could turn back the clock and get Redwood Creek working like it's a teenager again.

Orick leaders and landowners, longtime Redwood National and State Parks employees, Humboldt County and non-profit groups like California Trout seized an opportunity when they saw it: Millions of dollars available from state bond measure Proposition 50, an initiative that called for grand-scale thinking about things like fish restoration and community development on a watershed level.

from Times-Standard of California