NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – Crews will begin repair work on the Bar Creek Slide on the M1 Road on the Covelo Ranger District of the Mendocino National Forest on Saturday, Feb. 6.

The road damage is located about three miles north of the Eel River Work Center.

Repairs will include digging up the road, coring the cracks and recompacting.

Crews will also conduct some fire suppression repair to the road and ditch line while they are in this area.

There will be temporary closures and delays while crews work on these repairs.

Forest officials ask that the public avoid traveling in this area.