but not for giant sequoias (or other tall species, including coast redwoods). Sillett and his team have disproved it by doing something that earlier forest ecologists didn’t: climbing the big ...

On day 323 of the transect, in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, I dropped over a log 18 feet in diameter into an abyss of giant botanical ... I’ve been walking in forests for 40 years ...

The biggest of northern California’s giant redwood trees grow more than 250 ... The poachers are locals who know the forest and their quarry, which makes it that much harder for rangers to ...

One of the three sequoia species, the dawn redwood is neither as tall nor as girthy as its relatives, the giant sequoia and coast redwood. While the others both have natural ranges in California ...

Redwood Canyon and Muir Grove are also great places for longer treks. The Giant Forest is also home to the famous General Sherman Tree, the largest living tree – by volume – in the world.

Last week we took you on a tour up California’s near North Coast, Bodega Bay up Highway 1 through Jenner, Fort Ross, and north onto Mendocino. This week, we give you a further look at northern ...

Redwood Canyon and Muir Grove are also great places for longer treks. The Giant Forest is also home to the famous General Sherman Tree, the largest living tree – by volume – in the world.