Mendocino-Tahoe Conservancy
TRAILS - JUGHANDLE ECOLOGICAL STAIRCASE
The Jughandle Ecological Staircase Trail is located at Jug Handle State Reserve just north of Mendocino on the California coast. The trail crosses five terraces formed over the millennia by natural phenomenon of ocean waves carving into sandstone cliffs,that were subsequently uplifted by geological action.Each terrace is about 100,000 thousand years older and about 100 feet higher than the one below it, and each supports unique assemblages of grasslands, forests and even a sphagnum bog supporting insectivorous plants.
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We'd like to thank the following organizations who are working in collaboration with us for land conservation within the Mendocino-Tahoe
ecological corridor and/or assisting in developing sections of what will become the Cross California Trail.
(We'd also like to thank Konocti Regional Trails and The Excelsior Project)
Mendocino-Tahoe Conservancy
P.O. Box 1026, Nevada City, CA 95959
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