If you are not familiar with the “ghost” redwoods, take a moment to read my page about Albino Redwoods. During recent years there has been some extra research about albino coast redwoods. In this post I plan to bury what appears to be a growing myth stemming from opinions about that research. In a nutshell, […]
What is the truth about fog and coast redwoods? What is the role of fog in those forests, and is everything we read and hear about it true? How about if we start with the myth that coast redwoods need fog to survive. Coast redwood’s natural range is near the coast, but they are planted […]
Went for a drive this afternoon with my wife and our dogs to scout a photo shoot location for a woman who plays the harp. On the way back we met a man who moments earlier spotted mountain lion tracks to the side of the road. It was apparent he has a grasp for the […]
So … I underestimated. Earlier this year, I estimated that a study plot of Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park had at least 8,000 sq. ft. loss of native plants. In July 2016, Redwood National and State Parks posted the sign shown below, stating 3300 square meters of area was damaged. About 4 times greater than […]
For those not familiar with coast redwood measuring, there are mainly two methods employed. One involves a climber going to the top and dropping a tape to the ground. The second method is using a laser rangefinder from the ground. Sometimes a climber can’t drop the tape all the way and may also use a laser […]
The last couple months, a lot of updates were added to the redwood pages. Information and photos. And there are new pages. You can find most of the links in the menu. But here’s a head start to find some of the new stuff: 1. Redwood Giants > Largest 15 > Drury Giant 2. Redwood Giants > […]
The photo below shows a coast redwood cone on a stump near Humboldt Redwoods State Park. Sometimes there are plenty of cones under single coast redwoods. But if you pay close attention, sometimes few if any redwood cones can be found along a trail’s full length. Cone growth and numbers vary from year to year […]
The question could be “is Stout Grove as you knew it, perishing? The big redwood which fell around 2013 – 2014 in Stout Grove, was an interesting revelation. It opened a 7 ft. deep pit, a hidden chapter from the past. For me at least, that’s a testimonial from the grove that this redwood’s origin was […]
Years ago, Robert Van Pelt wrote in Forest Giants, that there’s always a bigger one out there somewhere. And sure enough, 2016 chimes-in with another discovery in Redwood National and State Parks, January 30th, 3:30 pm. The redwood forest raised the bar once again with a new discovery called “Hail Storm” You may have seen the note on my redwood […]
When people travel across the world to see the coast redwoods, good chance they are not thinking about seeds in orbit when they see the moon over the forest at night. But over 40 years ago, coast redwood seeds did indeed orbit the moon on Apollo 14; later planted across the United States. One of the […]
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