Advisory: Leased Land, Lake Levels & GFA Gates
IMPORTANT NOTICE(S) FROM THE GOODNOW FLOW ASSOCIATION:
June 2024
Logging Operations:
Logging operations have begun along Bates Pond Road/Trail and will continue through October of this year. Our new landlord has provided us with the following restrictions regarding our access to this area. Please be diligent and very cautious when traversing this portion of our trail system.
There is no restriction on riding ATVs through the area, but stopping and lingering in the harvest area is discouraged.
If someone is near where active logging is underway, they should make the loggers aware of their presence.
Be aware and be considerate of truck traffic on the roads.
Gates will be left open during the day and locked at night.
Operations should be complete by early October.
No other logging operations for our land have been identified for the fall hunting season.
Thank you for your cooperation - GFA BOD
April 2024
Lake Level:
The lake level at this time of year is subject to unpredictable weather. We will do the best we can to attain summer level, while being mindful of potential torrential rains.
At this time, if we see the water level has crested and started to recede, we gradually begin to raise the gates beginning Monday April 15th. As the water continues to recede the lake level may go down some as we begin the process, but not substantially. Rain will cause the level to rise as expected.
December 2023
Proposed sale of the approximately 8000 acres of land we lease.
We have received notice that the sale of the lands we lease is expected to close in January 2024. The new owner is identified as Sumitomo Forestry Group partnered with the domestic Fund Manager, Eastwood Forests LLC. The current land manager (F&W) is expected to be replaced by LandVest. Our current land manager indicates that they expect little if any change in how the property is managed. We have a new four-year lease on the land. We will provide updates as specific information is received.
November 2023
The manager for the land we lease, F&W, has notified our Association and all of the other clubs that lease land, that they have noticed that gates have been left open. The notice did not identify the specific gates, so they may not include any of our four gates. Nonetheless, F&W requested a reminder to all members to close and re-lock gates as we travel on the leased land.
I want to also note that one of our gates was recently incorrectly locked in a manner that prevented the next person from getting through. The padlock acts like a link in a chain with padlocks from other users, so please be careful how you reattach it.
The GFA has our locks on four gates: each end of the Cornell Road, Camp Three Road, and the Ord Falls Road. Happy Trails.
Steve Rodriguez, President GFA