Blackwood Canyon Staging Area to CLOSE

Don’t panic, it’s a temporary closure to allow helicopters to land and help replace nearby power poles.

“My name is Savannah Tabor and I work for the Forest Service in the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit. Liberty Utilities will replacing powerline poles at Eagle Rock and will be using the Barker Meadow OHV Staging Area 39.103326, -120.204036 as a helicopter landing zone between 10/12/2025-10/16/2025. If you have any concerns you can either contact myself savannah.tabor@usda.gov or Kelso Carapia kelso.carapia@usda.gov.”

I clarified that it is only the staging area that is closed. The Middle Fork Trail should be open for public use.

This is the staging area at the bottom of the Middle Fork Trail at the Blackwood Canyon campground and the pit toilets.

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