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California hikers over the moon as iconic Bay Area Redwood forest trail reopens after $1.8 million renovation, using old, fallen trees to create paths

Hikers in California have a reason to smile, after an iconic redwood forest trail reopened in the San Francisco Bay Area. The beloved Ben Johnson trail, in the Muir Woods National Monument, is one of ...
SFGate

The rarest redwoods in the world can be found inside a Northern California state park

To visit the Avenue of the Giants in Humboldt County is to be surrounded by the rich browns, deep reds and lush greens of the redwood forest. This iconic stretch of old Highway 101, now state Route ...
The Monterey County Herald

$24 million land deal creates 7-mile-long Bay Area corridor of protected redwood forests to the ocean

In one of the largest deals to protect open space in the Bay Area over the past decade, an environmental group is purchasing a scenic redwood forest in the North Bay that will create a 7-mile-long ...
Palo Alto Weekly

The CZU Fire burned more than 24K acres across Big Basin and nearby state parks. Here’s how they’re recovering – and building resilience for the future

Will Fourt, a senior planner with California State Parks in the Santa Cruz District, stands on a bridge on the Skyline to the Sea Trail that was rehabilitated twice in Big Basin Redwoods State Park in ...

Grove of giant sequoia trees burns in California’s Sierra National Forest

A lightning-sparked wildfire in California’s Sierra National Forest burned Tuesday through a grove of giant sequoias and set some of the ancient towering trees on fire.