In California Park, Redwood Trees Start Recovery From Fire
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FILE - California State Parks District Superintendent Chris Spoher, center, walks through Big Basin Redwoods State Park in Boulder Creek, Calif., Thursday, April 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)
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Big Basin Redwoods State Park is recovering after fires heavily damaged California’s oldest protected natural area.
Eight months ago lightning storms started more than 650 fires in Northern California. Today, Big Basin Redwoods State Park is still closed. But during a guided visit recently, life was reappearing on blackened redwood trees. Small flowers stood out on the burned land.
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.
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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.
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.