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Four years ago, fire ravaged 97% of Big Basin Redwoods State Park in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Today, a hike on the Redwood Loop Trail is full of inspiring new growth.
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) is responsible for fire management in the redwoods state parks, and NPS manages fire in the national park. [141] Forest Service research ecologist with mixed tribal ancestry conducting a cultural burn for tanoak acorns in 2019
About 75% of California's 20 most destructive wildfires—measured in terms of structures burned—have occurred since 2015. [1] Santa Ana winds in California expand fires and spread smoke over hundreds of miles, as in this October 2007 satellite image The Rim Fire consumed more than 250,000 acres (100,000 ha) of forest near Yosemite National Park, in 2013
When a massive wildfire swept through California’s oldest state park last week it was feared many trees in a grove of old-growth redwoods, some of them 2,000 years old and among the tallest ...
The deadliest wildfire in California history — 2018's Camp Fire, which burned more than 13,000 buildings and killed 85 people — prompted losses of about $15 billion, the report's authors said ...
Big Basin Redwoods State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of California, located in Santa Cruz County, about 36 km (22 mi) northwest of Santa Cruz.The park contains almost all of the Waddell Creek watershed, which was formed by the seismic uplift of its rim, and the erosion of its center by the many streams in its bowl-shaped depression.
Almost two years ago, wildfires burned nearly all of Big Basin Redwoods State Park's old-growth redwood forest. But the trees are recovering.
The fires destroyed 1,490 buildings, [1] including in the communities of Boulder Creek, [6] Bonny Doon, [7] Swanton, [8] and along Empire Grade Road. [9] Fires burned in both Butano [10] and Big Basin Redwoods state parks, where a number of historic buildings were destroyed, including the visitor center at Big Basin. [11]