Industrial contaminants persist at Fort Bragg’s former mill site

FORT BRAGG, CA., 5/14/26 — A two-part public information forum took place in Fort Bragg on May 7 and May 9 to highlight the problem that contamination still poses for future uses of Georgia-Pacific’s old mill site.

The mill site, about 425 acres with 2.5 miles of ocean frontage, covers the western third of the City of Fort Bragg. Established in the 1880s by the Union Lumber Company and later operated by Georgia-Pacific until it closed in 2002, the timber mill played a significant role in Fort Bragg’s timber industry.