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Soquel Demonstration State Forest is a managed area for forestry research and education in the Santa Cruz Mountains. It is logged continuously but does have one small old-growth grove, Harrison Grove. The Demo Old Growths' Grove lurks nearby in the Forest of Nisene Marks.
There are four dawn redwoods in Boston Public Garden. The oldest and largest was planted in 1963; the youngest grows only a few meters away. Another specimen grows next to a group of Bald Cypress, providing a rare opportunity to compare and contrast these closely related trees.
*Biennial of blitzing blazes that burned bucolic Big Basin finds biome bouncing back.* The park suffered extensive damage in the CZU Lightning Complex fires, but partially reopened last month. Many old growth trees, such as the Auto Tree and Father of the Forest, have survived.
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The photo of Kovar shown here is from outsideonline.com/outdoor-ad….
The landowner, Stan Acton, was inspired by Richard Preston's book, The Wild Trees.
This is one of many videos of ascents up the Grandfather tree: youtube.com/watch?v=L4Y8vvp4…
Tim Kovar, founder and owner of Tree Climbing Planet, leads climbs once a year in March up old-growth coast redwood trees on private land in Los Gatos, California. Most ascents are up the 200' tall Grandfather tree.
Even now after decades of logging, most massive old-growth trees are surrounded by others in dense groves. Big Lonely Doug, a Douglas-fir on Vancouver Island in Canada, is a rare exception. Saved in 2011 by logger Dennis Cronin, it is the 2nd largest Douglas-fir in the country.
Fred Hartsook was a well-known photographer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He owned the Hartsook Inn, next to the Eel River and what is now Richardson Grove State Park in Humbolt County, California. The 50" DBH "Hartsook Giant" sits on a gentle slope near the old inn.
The Grove of Old Trees in bucolic rural Sonoma County is a small but compelling redwood grove featuring several old-growth trees. There is one "walk-in" redwood labeled on the park map and at least one other on the property. The charming town of Occidental is nearby.
The US Forest Service defines trees as woody plants with a trunk >= 3 inches DBH. This would sadly exclude the dwarf willow, a small woody plant common to alpine and arctic locations. The plant tends to stay close to the ground (<6cm in height) to avoid harsh arctic winds.
The Pioneer Tree in Samuel P. Taylor State Park is ringed by second-growth trees that have shot up from its roots. There are many other old-growth trees nearby, including the Devil's Gulch Giant, which is actually the wider tree by DBH.
The tallest tree in Portola Redwoods State Park is not the Old Tree or even any tree in Peters Creek Grove but rather this off-trail, towering, old-growth coast redwood that sits along Slate Creek. If you visit, please try to preserve the sorrel that grows around it in abundance.
One of the biggest myths about Christmas trees is that plastic ones are better for the environment. Nothing could be further from the truth! Buy real trees!
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The Redwood Experimental Forest in Del Norte County, CA was established in 1940 and has supported studies of forest management, canopy growth, Murrelets, and mammals. A section of old growth coast redwood within the forest, the Yurok Research Natural Area, was preserved in 1976.
