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Aerial surveying is a common technique used by wildlife biologists to count deer, elk, pronghorn antelope and bighorn sheep populations throughout the state.
Many of the elk living in Mendocino County are found on private property, which means residents, tourists and motorists passing through the area may notice low-flying helicopters surveying for elk over private property during these days.
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In its Wednesday report, the California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office did not release the name and age of the woman who died in the wreck pending notification of her next of kin.
The CHP said the solo-vehicle crash occurred at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday on Highway 20 near Walker Ridge Road, east of Clearlake Oaks.
The woman was driving a 1999 Toyota 4Runner westbound on Highway 20 just east of milepost marker 38.35 at an unknown speed when the wreck occurred, the CHP said.
Riding as the passenger in the vehicle was 20-year-old Isabella Rosario Moon of Chico, according to the CHP report.
For reasons that the CHP said are so far unknown, the driver allowed the Toyota to veer to the right side of the road and onto the dirt shoulder.
The CHP said the driver overcorrected and steered the Toyota back to the left where the vehicle overturned in the middle of the roadway, sliding off the south side of Highway 20 and down a dirt embankment.
As the Toyota was going over the embankment, the driver – who the CHP said was not wearing her seatbelt – was ejected from the vehicle. Radio reports indicated that firefighters and CHP officers who arrived at the scene found her unresponsive. The CHP said she died of her injuries at the scene.
The CHP said that Moon, who was wearing her seatbelt, sustained minor to moderate injuries.
Firefighters transported her to Adventist Health Clear Lake Hospital, where the REACH 6 air ambulance picked her up and transported her to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, officials reported.
It is unknown at this time if alcohol or drugs are contributing factors to the collision, the CHP said.
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The crash occurred shortly after 8:15 p.m. Tuesday in the area of milepost marker 37 on Highway 20 near Walker Ridge Road, the California Highway Patrol reported.
Radio reports stated that a white SUV had gone off the highway and down an embankment. CHP officers at the scene estimated the vehicle was between 100 and 200 feet down the embankment and off the road.
When firefighters and CHP officers first arrived, they found the driver to be in critical condition and unresponsive, and they requested an air ambulance respond to the Walker Ridge area, based on radio reports.
Shortly afterward, firefighters reported over the air that the driver had died, which the CHP separately confirmed.
A passenger in the vehicle was reported to have minor injuries and was transported by ground ambulance to Adventist Health Clear Lake, according to scanner traffic.
A short time later, radio traffic indicated that REACH 6 was requested to respond to the hospital and transport that patient to an out-of-county trauma center.
Additional information will be published as it becomes available.
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The hearing, for the purposes of an informational presentation and to receive public comment on the draft environmental impact report for the Guenoc Valley Mixed-Use Planned Development Project, will take place beginning at 1 p.m. Thursday, March 12, in the board chambers on the first floor of the Lake County Courthouse, 255 N. Forbes St., Lakeport.
The draft EIR is available online here.
Lotusland Investment Holdings Inc. has applied for approvals to develop the project, which is comprised of 49 assessor parcels totaling approximately 16,000 acres – or 25 square miles – at 22000 Butts Canyon Road in Middletown.
If approved, the project would allow for the development of up to 400 hotel rooms, 450 resort residential units, 1,400 residential estates and 500 workforce co-housing units within the zoning district.
The 45-day public comment period ends at 5 p.m. April 7. Written comments can be sent to Principal Planner Mark Roberts, County of Lake, 255 N. Forbes Street, Lakeport, CA 95453, or emailed to
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