Old-growth redwoods in Gualala watershed acquired by Save the Redwoods League

Family’s legendary grove of old-growth redwoods preserved

by Peter Fimrite, San Francisco Chronicle, June 26, 2018

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A sprawling forest of ancient coastal redwoods in Sonoma County — a grove so magnificent it matches the majesty of Muir Woods National Monument — is being acquired under a land deal that will ensure its protection and allow the public to walk among the giants.

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San Francisco’s Save the Redwoods League is announcing it is purchasing the grove, which, at 738 acres, is a third larger than Muir Woods and has 47 percent more old-growth trees.

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Using laser light sensors from aircraft, Redwoods League surveyors counted 319 trees taller than 250 feet and climbed five of the biggest. The tallest is 313 feet, eight feet taller than the Statue of Liberty, Hodder said. The tallest at Muir Woods is 258 feet. The tallest coast redwood in the world is the 379-foot-tall Hyperion tree, in Humboldt County’s Redwood National Park.

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The property, which includes Haupt Creek, a fish-bearing stream and tributary of the Gualala River, was the largest remaining unprotected old-growth redwood forest still in private ownership.

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To read the entire article, visit the San Francisco Chronicle:
Family’s legendary grove of old-growth redwoods preserved

For more information about the history of this property, see:
Logging the Old Growth Forest on Haupt Creek