Resilient redwoods a beacon of hope
California state park recovering from blaze 8 months ago By MARTHA MENDOZA, Associated Press
Published: April 25, 2021, 6:09am
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3 Photos Fire burns Aug. 24 in the hollow of an old-growth redwood tree in Big Basin Redwoods State Park, Calif. Eight months after a lightning siege ignited more than 650 wildfires in Big Basin Redwoods State Park, the state s oldest park, which was almost entirely ablaze, is doing what nature does best: recovering. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/Associated Press) Photo Gallery
BIG BASIN REDWOODS STATE PARK, Calif. Eight months after a lightning siege ignited more than 650 wildfires in Northern California, the state’s oldest park which was almost entirely ablaze is doing what nature does best: recovering.
Resilient Redwood Forest a Beacon of Hope for California
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Eight months after a lightning siege ignited more than 650 wildfires in Northern California, the state’s oldest park which was almost entirely ablaze is doing what nature does best: recovering.
Big Basin Redwoods State Park is closed, but during a backcountry guided tour earlier this week, clusters of chartreuse shoots were budding on blackened redwood branches and trunks. Bright yellow bush poppies, white violets and star lilies dotted the scorched landscape. Hillsides of purple California lilac shrubs were fixing nitrogen in the soil. And new Knobcone pine trees, which need temperatures above 350 degrees to pop open their cones and drop their seeds, were sprouting.
SAN JOSE, Calif. â Nearly eight months after Gov. Gavin Newsom visited Big Basin Redwoods State Park to tour the damage after a major wildfire, green sprouts are coming back on the blackened trunks of the parkâs ancient redwoods. But not much else has changed on the charred landscape.
Hazardous trees pose a risk. The wreckage of burned buildings and vehicles from the Aug. 19 wildfire still hasnât been cleared. State officials havenât completed a damage estimate of how much it will cost to rebuild. And the process for holding public meetings to construct new facilities at Big Basin â Californiaâs oldest state park, whose soaring redwoods in the Santa Cruz Mountains attracted 1 million visitors a year â hasnât yet begun.
BEFORE-AND-AFTER PHOTOS: Resilient redwood forest beacon of hope for California forest
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Berry Creek Falls in Big Basin Redwoods State Park in Boulder Creek, California on April 22, 2021. Most of the park burned in 2020 s CZU Complex wildfire.
BIG BASIN REDWOODS STATE PARK, Calif. - Eight months after a lightning siege ignited more than 650 wildfires in Northern California, the state’s oldest park which was almost entirely ablaze is doing what nature does best: recovering.
Big Basin Redwoods State Park is closed, but during a backcountry guided tour earlier this week, clusters of chartreuse shoots were budding on blackened redwood branches and trunks. Bright yellow bush poppies, white violets and star lilies dotted the scorched landscape. Hillsides of purple California lilac shrubs were fixing nitrogen in the soil. And new Knobcone pine trees, which need temperatures above 350 degrees to pop open their cones and drop their seeds, were sprouting.
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