May, 2015, John Montague from Humboldt, reported discovery of a new Coast Redwood diameter record. Joined by Zane Moore from from Colorado, they measured and confirmed a new diameter record of 29.2 ft.. That’s not down at ground level. The 29.2 ft. diameter was measured up at chest level, known as dbh. For girth comparison, the new […]
The past few weeks, another coast redwood greater than 24 ft. diameter was discovered in Redwood National and State Parks. The average diameter at dbh, chest height, was 24.80 ft.. Redwood National and State Parks recently posted on Facebook that a 23.7 ft. wide Big Tree in Prairie Creek was the 3rd widest known. The recent discovery […]
The photo below shows a very unusual tree that appears to be a 235 ft. tall Weeping Western Hemlock in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park. If you look carefully at the top of the hemlock, there are shapes that resemble an old man’s mustache, and large nose. Like our other post-2013 discoveries, specific tree names […]
Just added a new page to the site about Westridge trail in Prairie Creek. Its a wonderful trail for hiking and photography. To keep this post brief, here’s a small image and the page link for more information. http://www.mdvaden.com/redwood_trail_westridge.shtml Image: Westridge Trail
Recently, I added a section to my 2014 discoveries page about other redwood explorers of the last 50 years. Here is the infoin a nutshell. The photo is Dr. Steve Sillett of HSU, exploring Jedediah Smith Redwoods Ron Hildebrant, among the explorer network, goes back years with Michael Taylor. After Dyerville Giant of Humboldt Redwoods […]
Welcome to the Hobbit House of Prairie Creek redwoods … if you have imagination. This room within a redwood also has a window with a beautiful forest view. The area is Cal-Barrel Rd., off Drury Pkwy. The old road has a lot of scenery, and it probably should be rated as a hike. There are […]
The men in the photo are from Archangel Ancient Tree Archive, an organization that collects samples from largest trees of various species. They are The Cloners who propagate thousands of genetic jouvenile trees. The aim is to preserve genetics and reforest areas. The nature of the what they do more or less implies the clones are superior. […]
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