The Garcia River is a river on the northern coast of California, in southern Mendocino County. The river's watershed covers 144 square miles and its mainstem is 44 miles long. The watershed receives 45 inches of precipitation per year near the coast and 75 inches inland. The watershed's elevation ranges from sea level near the ocean to 2,470 feet in the Coast Range. The river empties into the Pacific Ocean a couple miles north of Point Arena. The Murray River in Australia. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq. ... Mendocino County is a county located on Californias north coast, north of the San Francisco Bay Area and Sonoma County and west of the Central Valley. ... A drainage basin is the area within the drainage basin divide (yellow outline), and drains the surface runoff and river discharge (blue lines) of a contiguous area. ... Point Arena and the Point Arena lighthouse, looking southward from Manchester State Beach. ...

Excessive erosion caused by logging, grazing and gravel mining is the most serious issue facing the river. Logging in the area began in the 1800s, but the most damage occurred in the decades after World War II. During this time, modern machinery was available, increasing production, but environmental regulations and industry good practices had not yet been developed. The river and its tributaries were often clogged with logging slash. In addition, skidding the logs over streams destroyed their protective vegetation. The streams were eventually cleared of this debris, naturally and through human efforts. Unfortunately, there is now a lack of large woody debris in the streams because of the extensive logging. This debris is needed for salmonid reproduction, to help prevent erosion and to create pool habitat for aquatic organisms. Severe soil erosion in a wheat field near Washington State University, USA. Erosion is the displacement of solids (soil, mud, rock, and other particles) by the agents of wind, water, ice, movement in response to gravity, or living organisms (in the case of bioerosion). ... Loggers on break, c. ... Grazing is the regular consumption of part of one organism without killing it by another organism. ... The El Chino Mine located near Silver City, New Mexico is an open-pit copper mine This article is about mineral extraction. ... Environmental law is a body of law which addresses the system of complex and interlocking rules which seeks to protect from destruction or development certain species or favored natural areas thought to be endangered by human encroachment. ... Look up slash in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Genera (see text) Salmonidae is a family of ray-finned fish, the only family of order Salmoniformes. ... Habitat (from the Latin for it inhabits) is the place where a particular species lives and grows. ...

About 80 percent of the land in the watershed is privately owned. Coast Forestlands is the largest landowner in the area, followed by Louisiana Pacific and Mailliard Ranch. There are several more large landowners that own the bulk of the rest. However, some land of the land consists of private residences and small ranches and farms. Public access to the river and the rest of the watershed is limited due to this private ownership. Louisiana Pacific (NYSE: LPX) is a building material manufacturer. ... A Ranch is an area of land, including buildings and structures, given primarily to the grazing of livestock on rangeland. ... Bales of hay on a farm near Ames, Iowa A farm is the basic unit in agriculture. ...

References

• State Water Resources Control Board
• Klamath Resource Information System