Latest from forest
Sempervirens Fund Purchase
April 01, 2006 by Aleta George
The Bay Area has a rich history of women speaking out to protect lands we know and love. At the …
Fire on the Ridge
July 01, 2005 by Sim Van der Ryn
On a clear January day in 2005, I took a walk up from my house on the east slope of …
The Essential Tree
October 01, 2003 by Gordy Slack
It’s almost impossible to imagine the California landscape without oak woodlands. But this most familiar and prolific habitat faces a number of serious threats, including unchecked suburban development and Sudden Oak Death. Fortunately, many parks in the Bay Area, including those of the East Bay Regional Parks, offer welcome refuge for a variety of oak woodlands.
A Redwood Century at Big Basin
July 01, 2002 by Delphin M. Delmas
At the dawn of the 20th century, a number of Peninsula residents—including photographer Andrew Hill and lawyer Delphin Delmas—watched in horror as loggers cut their way into groves of ancient redwoods in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Determined to preserve these Titanic offsprings of Nature for future generations, these pioneering citizens banded together to lobby for the creation of California’s first state park—Big Basin.
