COW MOUNTAIN — The Bureau of Land Management announced it would close the South Cow Mountain Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Area to general recreation use and through traffic Friday and Saturday to provide for public safety during the Mendocino Rally car race.
The NorCal Rally was granted an exclusive use permit to utilize the length of Mendo-Lake Road through the OHV area for this “stage rally” event.
“Public safety is our first concern,” BLM Ukiah field manager Rich Burns said. “The rally cars will be racing at high speeds on the road in both directions, and we have to be as certain as we can be that no non-participants accidentally get onto the race course, for their own safety and that of the participants.”
Spectators will not be allowed on the course during the event. The area will be reopened to the public on Sunday morning, as soon as the area is cleared of all race-related materials.
For additional Cow Mountain information, contact the bureau at 468-4000 or visit www.blm.gov/ca/ukiah.
