Because most redwoods are on private land, her organization has been buying hundreds of acres of trees as a way to protect them. "We only have about 5% of the old-growth redwood forest left.

Coastal fog, for example, upon which redwood trees rely for water, is on the decline. In fact, since the 1950s, Dawson said, fog has declined about 30% during the summertime, when redwoods really need ...

Small towns can often be overlooked, especially in the Bay Area, where the big three (San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose) ...