Big Basin Redwoods State Park Photography 

A Healthy Start to the New Year!

Even in winter’s chill, the regrowth at Big Basin Redwoods State Park post-CZU fire is fresh and inspiring! Crews have opened some new trails since we visited last month, and there are handsome new footbridges spanning Opal Creek as it wends through the recovering forest! Photos by Julie Horner If you go Park Information including trail availability and amenities: https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=540… Read More
Reimagining Big Basin Commentary Fire Recovery Local News 

Commentary: Reimagining Big Basin Project Stakeholder Recommendations

By Jesus Beltran To: Will Fourt, Senior Project Planner, Reimagining Big Basin Project Hi Will, My name is Jesus Beltran and I have lived a few miles from the old Big Basin Redwoods State Park headquarters since 2017. I used to visit the Park on an almost weekly basis, logging hundreds of miles on its fire roads on my mountain… Read More
Jane Mulcaster Big Basin Redwoods State Park Columns Environment 

Why Trees (and Human Spirits) Endure

Nature builds resilience into our bark  By Jane Mulcaster Girl Scouts Meg Mulcaster, Narya Bower, and Maggie Fry from Campbell troop 62301 explore fire-scarred redwoods outside the Big Basin Visitor Center in April, 2018.  As the sun sank behind the trees at the upper campground in Big Basin State Park in early April 2018, the mercury dipped into the 40s,… Read More