Pacific Shores Subdivision Acquisition – LEGACY has been working with Smith River Alliance since 2003 to provide an ongoing series of progress maps to track land acquisition within the 1000 acre Pacific Shores Subdivision in Del Norte County. This 1960s era, poorly placed subdivision is in a wetland area of the Lake Earl estuary, the largest shallow water coastal lagoon in the Western US, outside of Alaska. Through the work of the Smith River Alliance, over 600 lots equaling more than 400 acres (0.625 sq mi) have been acquired by the State by 2008. All parcels acquired are added to the Lake Earl Wildlife Area. At this point, the program remains in operation and 76% of the parcels are owned publicly.
