The North Fork watershed is remote.
Some mining activity in the area took place in about 1870, followed by cattle ranching, and later sheep ranching in the 1890s.
Problems of overgrazing and erosion in the Independence Mountains, which form the headwaters of the North Fork, prompted the federal government to establish the Independence Forest Reserve in 1906.
This reserve has since been incorporated into the Mountain City Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.
The North Fork watershed is remote. Some mining activity in the area took place in about 1870, followed by cattle ranching, and later sheep ranching in the 1890s. Problems of overgrazing and erosion in the Independence Mountains, which form the headwaters of the North Fork, prompted the federal government to establish the Independence Forest Reserve in 1906. This reserve has since been incorporated into the Mountain City Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.
North Fork Humboldt River