Four years ago, fire ravaged 97% of Big Basin Redwoods State Park in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Today, a hike on the Redwood Loop Trail is full of inspiring new growth.

Map showing the 1,517 acres slated for purchase by Save the Redwoods League for addition to Monte Rio Redwoods Regional ... was once home to 30,000 to 40,000 acres of old-growth redwood forest.

An ongoing study by a Cal Poly Humboldt professor seeks to find whether thinning in Redwood National Park helped local forests weather last year’s Lost Fire, which scorched roughly 800 acres.