The big dawn redwood tree outside my office window is now orange and is beginning to drop its branches. Unlike true conifers, dawn redwoods are deciduous, meaning they lose their needles in the fall ...
The California Coastal Commission approved the replacement of the Lagunitas Creek Bridge on Highway 1 this week — on one condition. The commission specified that before the California Department of ...
Semper Virens. Heartwood. A knotty growth of bark, the burls are filled with unspotted bud tissue—should a redwood tree fall, a burl can sprout a new tree. The burls, which fetch thousands of ...
The tiny town of Leggett was reeling from damage caused by a winter storm, until one man arrived with a chain saw in tow.
In December 1997, a 23-year-old Julia Butterfly Hill climbed into a 200-foot redwood tree, known as Luna, in Northern California. Her mission was simple but profound: to save this ancient tree ...
A giant redwood tree in Exeter believed to be more than 100 years old will have to be felled after deteriorating, the city council has said. The tree is in the Pinces Gardens allotments ...
A 200-year-old giant redwood tree in Swansea has been chopped down "by mistake" by a housing developer. The tree was planted by the land-owning family who created what is now Penllergaer Valley Woods.
There is a way to prolong the redwood’s life and help it through an extended drought on residential and commercial properties. Gollinger and Passmore recommend slow, deep watering at the tree ...
Having a tree or a grove named for you or a loved one doesn’t come cheap, and the names have to be legally approved by the California State Park and Recreation Commission. But after that, the age-old ...