If you experience problems viewing the virtual tour or playing the video clips on the site, please email us at questions@ftbraggmillsite.com.
2-D Video Tour of the Mill Site
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Since the process to redevelop the mill property is still in the planning phase and access to the site is restricted, we have developed a 2-D video tour as way for people to visit the site virtually. Click on the image at right to view a series of videos on overall safety, community safety, worker safety, and environmental protection and cleanup. There is also a video called Mill Memories, which is an account of the long and various history of the property and the mill. We′ll be adding additional tour stops periodically, so be sure to come back again to see what’s new.
Georgia-Pacific and the City of Fort Bragg have been working with state partners to preserve open space along the Pacific coastline, protect coastal resources, create new public recreation resources, and reconnect the City of Fort Bragg to its coastline and the ocean. A key part of this effort is the design of a Coastal Trail – when complete, the trail will connect MacKerricher Park in the north to Noyo Bay in the south, forming a nearly 10-mile trail along the coast. The video clip to the right is a sneak peek of the sights and sounds of walking along the northern part of the trail. Read more about the coastal trail project and cleanup work in this part of the mill site.
The Operable Unit Map Tour guides you through each of the operable units or OUs, which were established by DTSC as a way to optimize management of environmental investigations and cleanup. Breaking large sites down into smaller operable units is a common practice so that each OU can be individually assessed and remediated, moving the process along faster than if the entire site had to be characterized and cleaned up all at once. Indeed, this approach has allowed the Coastal Trail and Parkland OU-A to be sampled and fully characterized on an accelerated schedule. As a result, the parcel can more quickly be transferred to the City of Fort Bragg for future recreational use and natural resource preservation in cooperation with the California Coastal Conservancy and others.
The Fort Bragg Mill Site is divided into five OUs, called OU-A, OU-B, OU-C, OU-D, and OU-E. When you visit the new Operable Unit Map Tour, you will see the boundaries of each OU on a map and will also have the option of viewing a series of photographs and a brief description of each OU. Also, across the website we have linked the OU tour module to most every instance of the term operable unit or OU to make it easy to immediately jump to the tour if you need a refresher as to the where or what of any of the OUs. Note that you can enhance your virtual tour by asking questions of the technical team. Just write to us at questions@ftbraggmillsite.com.
