Current Planning Efforts

Want to help save Captain Fletcher's Inn? The Navarro-by-the-Sea Center for Riparian and Estuarine Research and the Mendocino District of California State Parks are completing Interim Management Guidelines for future re-use of the Navarro-by-the-Sea complex at Navarro River Redwoods State Park, as well as construction drawings for stabilizing and rehabilitating the Historic Captain Fletcher's Inn. The Inn and Mill Manager's House are eligible for National Register status being the surviving structures along the Navarro estuary from its mill town era during the early period of redwood lumbering in the watershed. The project is being funded through a generous planning grant from the California Cultural and Historical Endowment that is being administered by the Navarro-by-the-Sea Center.

Please download files from the links below to learn more about the planning process and plans that are developing.

DRAFT NAVARRO-BY-THE-SEA SPECIFIC PLAN (December 16, 2008)

The California Department of Parks and Recreation, in cooperation with the Navarro-by-the-Sea Center for Riparian and Estuarine Research (NSCR) have been planning over the past two years for the future re-use of the Navarro-by-the-Sea complex at Navarro River Redwoods State. The Draft Specific Plan that outlines a vision and steps to rehabilitate the Navarro-by-the Sea complex was made available for review in December 2008 (see files below). It contains details on the cultural and natural history of the area, and recommendations for future use and rehabilitation of the remaining historic structures at Navarro-by-the-Sea.

Please send comments or questions you may have about the Draft Specific Plan to: NSCR, PO Box 1710, Mendocino, California 95460. Submissions may also be made by e-mail: info@navarro-by-the-sea-center.org.

For more information, please contact the NSCR Project Manager, Jim Martin, at (707) 877-3477.

• DRAFT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY_r.pdf (PDF - 668 KB)
• DRAFT SPECIFIC PLAN TEXT_r.pdf (PDF - 1.9 MB)
• DRAFT PLAN EXHIBITS_r.pdf (PDF - 6.7 MB)
• DRAFT PLAN ATTACHMENTS_r.pdf (PDF - 3.9 MB)

ADDITIONAL FILES

The files below provide additional background information about the Draft Specific Plan and resources within the Navarro-by-the-Sea area. These include reports on cultural resources, drainage and flooding, site history and potential soil contamination, wetland delineation, and studies on the geotechnical, geologic, and septic constraints related to use of the Mill House and Inn.

• STATUS OF BAT MITIGATION (PDF - 3.9MB)
• BAT ASSESSMENT AND MITIGATION REPORT (PDF - 22MB)
• CULTURAL RESOURCES REPORT (PDF - 2.3MB)
• GEOTECHNICAL/GEOLOGIC REPORT (PDF - 1.6 MB)
• SEPTIC SYSTEM STUDY (PDF - 1.4 MB)
• DRAINAGE/FLOODING INVESTIGATION (PDF - 1.0 MB)
• DELINEATION OF POTENTIAL JURISDICTIONAL WETLANDS (PDF - 3.7MB)
• SITE HISTORY AND SOILS REPORT (PDF - 3.3MB)
• MAY 22, 2008 - PUBLIC WORKSHOP SUMMARY (PDF - 112KB)
• STUDY AREA AND TOPOGRAPHY (PDF - 1.1MB)
• PLANNING CONCEPTS GRAPHIC (PDF 1.3MB)
• PLANNING FACTS (PDF - 210KB)
• EXISTING FACILITIES (PDF - 310KB)
• STUDY AREA BOUNDARY (PDF - 190KB)

Please see our How to Help page for info on how you can contribute to the “Save the Inn” fund or join The Charles Fletcher Society.