Big Basin’s Rancho del Oso Nature and History Center set to reopen Memorial Day weekend
onBig basin’s nature and history center to reopen on Memorial Day weekend
Governor’s proposed funding for wildfire, state parks are bold steps in the right direction
onToday Governor Gavin Newsom announced a bold, responsible investment in funding for land conservation, forest restoration, climate adaptation, wildfire resilience and recovery. Funding will acquire new State Park land, restore fire resilience in California’s forests and launch renewed future for Big Basin and other state parks impacted by last year’s wildfires.
League plants giant sequoia seedlings on severely burned ridge at Alder Creek
onLeague planted giant sequoia seedlings in an area of Alder Creek hit heavily by fire
Video: Coast redwoods showing regrowth in Big Basin Redwoods State Park
onPaul Ringgold from Save the Redwoods League shows an example of how coast redwoods are recovering from fire damage resulting from the 2020 CZU Complex Fire.
Reimagining Big Basin Redwoods
onPost-fire update and images from Big Basin Redwoods State Park, eight months after the CZU Lightning Complex fire
New bill would commit state to more prescribed and cultural burning
onNew bill would commit state to more prescribed and cultural burning
Post-wildfire lessons from San Vicente Redwoods
onActive stewardship and restoration at San Vicente Redwoods—which burned in the CZU Lightning Complex fire—is critical now as we approach the next fire season.
Recovering from fire at San Vicente Redwoods
onFire impacts at San Vicente Redwoods
Reflections on nature during our pandemic year
onSpotting a barn owl in the wild, League President and CEO Sam Hodder reflects on the role nature has played in inspiring and sustaining people during a global pandemic.
Sometimes it takes a helicopter
onUsing a helicopter to restore fish habitat in rivers and streams
Video: Fire impacts at Alder Creek
onvideo of fire impacts at Alder Creek
Wildfire action plan unveiled in response to record-breaking fire season
onstate unveils new fire action plan
Governor Newsom’s Proposed Budget Investments in Forestry and Wildfire Resilience are a Bold Step in the Right Direction
onWith California’s record-breaking wildfires of 2020 still fresh in the memory of legislators, Gov. Gavin Newsom has earmarked $1 billion in his proposed budget to address the need for forest restoration, fire prevention and recovery.
Donors Worldwide Contribute $543,000 to Big Basin Redwoods State Park Recovery Following 2020 Wildfires
onSave the Redwoods League today announced the completion of the purchase of Cascade Creek, a 564-acre property between Big Basin Redwoods and Año Nuevo State Parks. The $9.6 million project — including both land acquisition, closing and initial stewardship costs — marks a keystone connection for protected habitat from the Santa Cruz Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. It also advances the League’s goal of protecting the last of the old-growth redwood forest as identified in their 2018 Centennial Vision for Redwoods Conservation.
Video: League forest expert talks about redwoods and fire
onLeague Director of Science Kristen Shive, PhD, gave a talk about California’s unprecedented fire season in 2020 and its effects on our iconic coast redwood and giant sequoia forests.
Cascade Creek: The future resilience of a fire-impacted landscape is secured
onSave the Redwoods League has safeguarded the long-term health of a keystone forest with the December 2020 purchase of the Cascade Creek property, home to old-growth and mature second-growth redwoods in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The acquisition creates continuous habitat from the mountains to the Pacific Ocean within the ancestral territory of the Quiroste Tribe.
Fire Recovery at the Core of New Parks Effort
onThe fire at Big Basin Redwoods State Park made headlines around the world, but it was far from the only redwood park to burn. Sadly, each of the parks forced to close by fire had only recently been reopened following the state’s COVID-19 stay-home order.
How Will Redwoods Fare Under Wildfires in a Changing Climate?
onIn the giant sequoia range, roughly 16,000 acres (or 34 percent of the range) had burned, most of which is old growth. We have yet to assess the fire effects on the ground, but as with most modern wildfires, there will likely be a mix of beneficial and detrimental ecological effects.
The data behind what we know about giant sequoia and fire
onData show that the relationship between giant sequoia and fire is changing
After the fire: Big Basin Redwoods State Park
onIt’s been about three months since fire swept through Big Basin Redwoods State Park, and we thought we’d check in on this remarkable coast redwood forest. As we’ve discussed, most of the redwoods will be OK. In the video, you can see the famed Mother of the Forest Tree, charred but still living and surviving. In all, fascinating to see a resilient forest evolve.