In 1939, a dozen years before Tomales Bay State Park opened, there was a big fire that cleared the land. The bishop pine forest we see today naturally sprung back after that wildfire.

The largest natural bishop pine forest in the world is in Tomales Bay State Park in Point Reyes. Just like the groves of their majestic cousins, the coastal redwoods, bishop pine forests can last for ...

Corinne Hodson, 8, plays on Heart’s Desire Beach in Tomales Bay State Park near Inverness on Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. California State Parks says it is planning to manage vegetation in the 2,400 ...

Fallen trees lie next to a trail in Tomales Bay State Park in western Marin County on Thursday, April 11, 2024. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal) Proponents of the project were equally passionate.

Tomales Bay State Park covers the land on both sides of the bay, offering access to some incredible beaches and coastal walks ...

A new inn on Tomales Bay is just one more reason to visit California’s nationally ... Surrounding the bay are forests thick with bishop pine, bay laurel, ... with California as No. 1 State.

The Golden State is home to the tallest, largest and oldest trees in the world, what one botany enthusiast called the “tree-fecta.” Hyperion , a 379-foot coastal redwood, stands taller than ...

In 1939, a dozen years before Tomales Bay State Park opened, there was a big fire that cleared the land. The bishop pine forest we see today naturally sprung back after that wildfire.

Everyone’s heard about the wonders of California’s coastal redwood trees. They can live for hundreds, even one or two thousand years, all while enduring West Coast fires, storms and pests. But there’s ...