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If you're looking to enjoy soaring redwoods without massive crowds, this hidden state park offers plenty of seclusion and a ...
Consider this your complete handbook to taking in the world's tallest trees across this four-park destination.
In some of California’s most remote forests, a quiet tradition has been unfolding for more than a century. Though for redwood trees, some of which predate the Roman Empire, a century may be just ...
Around 95% of California's redwoods were logged, so the majority growing today are newer, "second-growth" trees. Those forests tend to be denser, allowing wildfires to burn hotter and spread more ...
California redwood road trip: 5 memorable ways to experience the massive trees. Established in 1902, Big Basin Redwoods State Park is California's oldest state park, preserving more than 18,000 acres.
These coastal redwoods are faring better in a changing world than the other California redwood, the giant sequoia, in the foothills of the Sierras farther inland. Fires and insects are taking a toll.
Are California’s redwoods and sequoias unusual in how limited their habitats are? Or are all plants and animals able to survive only in places where the climate is just right for them?
Photos taken in Big Basin Redwoods State Park, about 1 mile from headquarters, in April 2021, left, and Nov. 15, 2023, show the dramatic recovery from the 2020 CZU Lightning Complex Fire.
New buds are sprouting through the charred remains of California redwoods that burned in 2020, suggesting the trees are more resilient to wildfires than thought. When you purchase through links on ...
Photos taken in Big Basin Redwoods State Park, about 1 mile from headquarters, in April 2021, left, and Nov. 15, 2023, show the dramatic recovery from the 2020 CZU Lightning Complex Fire.
California's Yurok Tribe, which had 90% of its territory taken from it during the Gold Rush of the mid-1800s, will be getting a slice of its land back to serve as a new gateway to Redwood National ...