Total Distance:
314 Miles
Total Distance Through Eel River Canyon:
110 Miles
Southern End-of-Line:
Napa
Northern End-of-Line:
Arcata/Korbel
Average Distance From Eel and Russian Rivers and Humboldt Bay:
30 feet
Primary Freight:
Logging Products and Gravel
Percent of Original Salt Water Marsh Habitat Lost in Humboldt Bay Due to the NWP:
90% (from approximately 9,000 acres of salt water marsh habitat to less than 900 acres)
Number of Listed Species Affected by NWP:
Eleven
Marbled Murrelet
Northern Spotted Owl
Western Snowy Plover
Bald Eagle
Coho Salmon
Chinook Salmon
Steelhead Trout
Tidewater Goby
Beach Layia
Humboldt Bay Wallflower
Western Lily
Number of Northern Spotted Owl Territories Within 1 Mile of NWP:
Twenty
Miles of Marbled Murrelet Critical Habitat Crossed by the NWP:
Five
Size of Area To Be Sprayed With Herbicides:
7.5 feet on each side of the track (15 total feet) along its entire length
Concentration of Lead Found In Outlet Creek Because of NCRA's Water Quality Violations:
2,900 ppb
Level of Lead That Harms Aquatic Species:
14.0 ppb
Number of Damaged Sites When Federal Railroad Authority Closed NWP In 1998:
208 damaged sites along 216 miles
Number of Other Railroads That Have Been Closed By the Federal Railroad Authority:
Zero
