Arcata Community Forest Archives

League hosts community events in north coast redwood parks

by Leslie Parra on July 1, 2021

League hosts community events in redwood parks

Arcata Community Forest

by Save the Redwoods League on February 25, 2016

First municipally owned forest in California. Used for education, recreation, wildlife habitat, and timber harvest. 2nd growth redwoods. 144 bird species.

The ancient tree known as “Treebeard” has often been used as a traveler camp, and though burned from the inside many times, it has survived with some portions left dead from the fires. Photo by Mark Andre, Environmental Services

Old-Growth Redwood Burns in Arcata

by Harry Pollack on December 18, 2012

“Transient Camp Causes Fire in Old-Growth Redwood Tree,” reads the headline posted by the City of Arcata. The fire did not damage just any old redwood. It burned (and is apparently still burning) in ‘Treebeard,’ a redwood estimated to be …