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Grove of Titans

Trail Reconstruction Project, August 2021

Grove of Titans Trail Reconstruction Project, August 2021. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.Grove of Titans Trail Reconstruction Project, August 2021. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.
Grove of Titans Trail Reconstruction Project, August 2021. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.Grove of Titans Trail Reconstruction Project, August 2021. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.
Grove of Titans Trail Reconstruction Project, August 2021. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.Grove of Titans Trail Reconstruction Project, August 2021. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.
Grove of Titans Trail Reconstruction Project, August 2021. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.Grove of Titans Trail Reconstruction Project, August 2021. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.
Grove of Titans Trail Reconstruction Project, August 2021. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.Grove of Titans Trail Reconstruction Project, August 2021. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.
Grove of Titans Trail Reconstruction Project, August 2021. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.Grove of Titans Trail Reconstruction Project, August 2021. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.
Grove of Titans Trail Reconstruction Project, August 2021. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.Grove of Titans Trail Reconstruction Project, August 2021. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.
Grove of Titans Trail Reconstruction Project, August 2021. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.Grove of Titans Trail Reconstruction Project, August 2021. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.
Grove of Titans Trail Reconstruction Project, August 2021. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.Grove of Titans Trail Reconstruction Project, August 2021. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.

Trail Damage, 2012

California State Parks Acting Sector Superintendent Brett Silver explains the importance of protecting the grove to a group of visitors. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.California State Parks Acting Sector Superintendent Brett Silver explains the importance of protecting the grove to a group of visitors. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.
Visitors who ventured off of the park’s official trails have created this large patch of compacted bare soil. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.Visitors who ventured off of the park’s official trails have created this large patch of compacted bare soil. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.
Visitors exposed these tree roots by venturing off the park’s official trails. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.Visitors exposed these tree roots by venturing off the park’s official trails. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.
Brett Silver, California State Parks Acting Sector Superintendent, points to the location that forest vegetation should cover. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.Brett Silver, California State Parks Acting Sector Superintendent, points to the location that forest vegetation should cover. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.
Grove of Titans in 2015, prior to heavy trampling and denuding of understory vegetation. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.Grove of Titans in 2015, prior to heavy trampling and denuding of understory vegetation. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.
During the peak summer season, some 13,000 cars per month travel along Howland Hill Road, the main auto access to the Grove of Titans. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.During the peak summer season, some 13,000 cars per month travel along Howland Hill Road, the main auto access to the Grove of Titans. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.
During the peak summer season, some 13,000 cars per month travel along Howland Hill Road, the main auto access to the Grove of Titans. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.During the peak summer season, some 13,000 cars per month travel along Howland Hill Road, the main auto access to the Grove of Titans. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.
Grove of Titans contains some of the largest coast redwoods. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.Grove of Titans contains some of the largest coast redwoods. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.
In 2012, lush vegetation covered the Grove of Titans before visitors trampled the forest floor. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.In 2012, lush vegetation covered the Grove of Titans before visitors trampled the forest floor. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.
“Social” trails trample and denude understory vegetation and compact the soil. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.“Social” trails trample and denude understory vegetation and compact the soil. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.
Nurse log is crushed by heavy trampling on denuded “social” trail. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.Nurse log is crushed by heavy trampling on denuded “social” trail. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.
Grove of Titans in 2012, prior to “social” trails. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.Grove of Titans in 2012, prior to “social” trails. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.
Brett Silver, California State Parks Acting Sector Superintendent, stands on design samples for the elevated walkway which will provide visitor access to the Grove of Titans while protecting the sensitive habitat. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.Brett Silver, California State Parks Acting Sector Superintendent, stands on design samples for the elevated walkway which will provide visitor access to the Grove of Titans while protecting the sensitive habitat. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.
Denuded understory and exposed roots of a coast redwood. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.Denuded understory and exposed roots of a coast redwood. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.
Visitors are asked to walk on designated trails in order to prevent the damage caused by “social” trails. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.Visitors are asked to walk on designated trails in order to prevent the damage caused by “social” trails. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.
Visitors are asked to walk on designated trails in order to prevent the damage caused by “social” trails. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.Visitors are asked to walk on designated trails in order to prevent the damage caused by “social” trails. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.
The Grove of Titans project will provide trash bins to mitigate littering like this. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.The Grove of Titans project will provide trash bins to mitigate littering like this. Photo by Max Forster, @maxforsterphotography.