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It doesn’t happen all the time around here… sometimes it’s pretty quiet in the woods. But, if Mountain Parks Foundation gets some press coverage, you will find it here!
It’s been 5 years since the CZU fires devastated the region, and in particular, Big Basin Redwoods State Park, but nature has been hard at work renewing her landscapes, and on Monday, August 18th, a special remembrance and renewal event will take place from 10am-1pm as a collaboration between Big Basin Redwoods State Park and the Mountain Parks Foundation.
You can find ‘Yoga in the Redwoods’ at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park in Felton teaching in the Iyengar Yoga tradition
Through one of the activities in the newly launched Redwood Rx program, participants learn to write in partnership with nature. The activity is one in a series running through October that are focused on nature-based health and wellness. (Credit: Mountain Parks Foundation)
Mountain Parks Foundation announces the launch of Redwood Rx, which provides nature-based guided programs at Henry Cowell, Fall Creek, and Big Basin Redwoods State Parks.
In 2020, a blaze consumed Big Basin Redwoods State Park, incinerating cabins, blackening ancient trees, and imperiling endangered murrelets. Staff now want to reimagine the park to better ensure the seabird’s future.
By Sarah Gilman
Reporter, Audubon Magazine
Summer 2022
The New York Times published a travel article where they list the 52 places across the globe where travelers can be "part of the solution" and Santa Cruz County made the list.
Rancho del Oso Nature and History Center will be open Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. beginning Memorial Day Weekend, May 29 and 30.
More than eight months after the CZU Lightning Complex Fire swept through Big Basin, signs of renewal can be seen.
BIG BASIN — The Douglas fir came crashing down just a couple dozen feet from the famous “Mother of the Forest” tree Friday, and the impact shook the earth, blowing another smoldering hot spot into live flames. The fire-damaged fir was taken down with chainsaws in a controlled fall, to prevent it from toppling on its own and damaging one of the old-growth giants still standing a stone’s throw away…