http://www.scmbc.org/characteristics-of-old-growth-douglas-firs daily 0.75 2017-08-23 http://www.scmbc.org/support-scmbc daily 0.75 2017-12-22 http://www.scmbc.org/projects daily 0.75 2015-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1413999305260-LAHYH2DZDLRAZRB392O9/IMG_20140502_152832507_HDR.jpg What is a Bioregion? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1440112315903-9ZTNOEWG5F4QL0E90I2T/image-asset.jpeg What is a Bioregion? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1440112315903-9ZTNOEWG5F4QL0E90I2T/image-asset.jpeg What is a Bioregion? http://www.scmbc.org/member-contributions daily 0.75 2016-08-04 http://www.scmbc.org/sustainable-forestry daily 0.75 2017-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1413999204974-IO0BAZEV07XSTV3KY1QU/7_2013.20+7841.jpg Sustainable Forestry http://www.scmbc.org/natural-history-nature-notes daily 0.75 2014-10-23 http://www.scmbc.org/history-and-purpose daily 0.75 2020-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1413998536154-YPDP94AH0679B8W824JM/100_2933.JPG History and Purpose http://www.scmbc.org/about-the-sc-mtns daily 0.75 2020-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1440107399587-A2BKHNE37SJRMJ80M4ED/SempPointFred.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1440102556893-82PRMJA7E9DAHJ2RLDAU/image-asset.jpeg About the Santa Cruz Mountains View of Monterey Bay from Sempervirens Point off Highway 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1416680329195-F6QX176K7JHJ79OGH9ZR/scb-map About the Santa Cruz Mountains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1440102556893-82PRMJA7E9DAHJ2RLDAU/image-asset.jpeg About the Santa Cruz Mountains View of Monterey Bay from Sempervirens Point off Highway 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1416680329195-F6QX176K7JHJ79OGH9ZR/scb-map About the Santa Cruz Mountains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1519671783599-GTLBWRHIKCTEH14RLWY2/100_0241.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Coastal Strand Community Rancho de Oso, looking north at seasonal sandbar at Waddell Creek photo- Fred Mc Pherson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1497635456787-JQJ2LGEVO29LYGHP0NDL/100_0259.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Brackish Water Marsh @ Rancho del Oso photo- Fred Mc Pherson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1497635459109-HSSGIU69HBZ5IVUNZJO4/100_2625.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Tules in Brackish Water Marsh @ Rancho del Oso photo- Fred Mc Pherson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1497636188936-O5HODX7Y1Y0RU9GK77ET/100_0337.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Fire scars on old growth redwood @ Big Basin State Park photo- Fred Mc Pherson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1497636184062-ER3O962XL3JP6I2ZL21Q/100_1423.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Red Alder: An identifying characteristic is the rolled-under margin of the leaf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1519672176448-S9NMD5FFFCC4ID3M9AMK/100_2621.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Monterey Pine Forest shrouded in fog at Waddell Creek photo- Fred Mc Pherson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1519672244005-MJSOBPZVRXFRS2SEJPC2/Amanita+muscaria+webcap+v2.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Amanita muscaria, Monterey Pine Forest Photo by S. Singer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1497636190804-3P2S2BRGLRXK9EE3PVVB/100_4320.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Coastal Scrub Community @ Rancho del Oso State Park photo- Fred Mc Pherson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1497636191262-GIBVIODPFG0MKP8CY1T0/DSCF1353.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - San Lorenzo Valley summer fog from Sempervirens point photo- Fred Mc Pherson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1512499259711-DZALPU2J50O4G37KHKQY/Grassland%2BLa%2BHonda%2BOpen%2BSpace%2BPreserve-light.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Grassy hills, brushy slopes, and forests are all present in La Honda Open Space Preserve, Santa Cruz Mountains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1512499066629-RUXJ0LFLEZZHPSPNBYR3/CIMG2874+web.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Coastal Sage Scrub https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1512499080311-N95HU0D7GKVARM050U6X/CIMG2863+web.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Marine terraces near Santa Cruz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1512499283746-D4SKZKF06PL0M3992OYS/CIMG2784+web.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Marine terraces near Franklin Point https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1595812923334-W6PXZDPGQE3IL7QJRJFG/grassland+fingers+P1000841+w.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Grassland with fingers of Mixed Evergreen forest. Looking toward the ocean from campus of the University of California at Santa Cruz. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1512499300375-8ECUNLYY4ZUF83Y8VTR1/CIMG2794+web.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Westward-trending ridges from Chalks Mountain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1512499319545-SFGG707OGQGGH0EPT83C/The_Chalks_BBSP+web.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - "The Chalks” in Big Basin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1512499379163-7PFVSOY5XBBHLG49NFER/CIMG2869+web.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Baldwin Creek Estuary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1595812973874-03828JVC933PZ3C7HEHS/marine+terrace+P1000847+w.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Marine terrace grasslands on UCSC campus, looking toward a distant Santa Cruz and the Monterey Bay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1595813065208-E4Y0GC2CA9F1W5CEV3C2/artichoke+field+P1000715w.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Artichoke field on marine terrace north of Santa Cruz. Photo by S. Singer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1595813027268-X5G8O0BD3RQNARXJMROW/artichoke+flower+P1000714+w.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Artichoke in flower. Photo by S. Singer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1595813194746-HUT0Q7R2MBBAY2WGG9DM/jagged+coastline+P1000730+w.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Jagged coastline of Pacific Ocean north of Santa Cruz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1595813149733-ECOSFCLNQAIHAKYA89RQ/offshore+rock+P1000720+w.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Offshore rock. Coastline of Wilder Ranch State Park north of Santa Cruz. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1512499398234-IMETYBLD0QFGRNE3PHX3/Ano+Nuevo+Is.+-+Rick+Abend+web.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Ano Nuevo Island Photo by Rick Abend https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1497637139998-0JC7S5OHYE8QKF8UNSLQ/DSCF1121.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - San Francisco, the N.E. end of the Santa Cruz Mountains from Marin Headlands photo: Fred McPherson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1497637140415-1JLD9SCLDD7DCC2FPPSG/Santa+Cruz+Mountains+Northern+Views.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains photo- Fred Mc Pherson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1497637140159-COM8SROLPR7Q0RAY61JS/Fort+Mason+am%2C+Cmty+Grdn+w-SF+behind+zoom+in+8-15-03+%EF%80%A1+.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - San Francisco from Fort Mason photo- Fred Mc Pherson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1519672372736-SCPRTM36Z6EB54JI6208/100_3278.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - View of San Lorenzo Valley from Sempervirens Point photo- Fred Mc Pherson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1497638051394-HG5TTDT26CECJJJZHVTB/100_2992+-+Copy.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - San Lorenzo Valley summer fog from Sempervirens point photo- Fred Mc Pherson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1497638053565-WIWVT4QLBPDPYYAKXMLN/100_2995+-+Copy.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1497638056971-61SU2ZBHN6QAHGB1J2Q8/100_5292+-+Copy.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - View of Santa Cruz Mountains from Santa Cruz wharf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1497638058370-OKCFVV4AXADKEURU4OUJ/DSCF7512+-+Copy+-+Copy.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - View of Santa Cruz Mountains/ Loma Prieta from San Lorenzo River mouth photo- Fred Mc Pherson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1497638060910-CXTG8IC8DE44K4ZUKELG/100_1349+-+Copy+-+Copy+-+Copy.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Lower San Lorenzo River levies, Santa Cruz photo- Fred Mc Pherson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1497638062512-A5L3A3R08KWEAQ3APRN3/100_1062+-+Copy+-+Copy+-+Copy.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1497638063526-70H7GPQA52ZBZ8IR6V53/DSCF6809+-+Copy+-+Copy.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - View of Sana Cruz Mountains across Monterey Bay from Lovers Point, Pacific Grove photo- Fred Mc Pherson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1497638065823-MH00ZI82XGIZ9A5YE7PM/100_2744+-+Copy.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Chaparral in Castle Rock State Park photo- Fred Mc Pherson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1497638555086-3R7R7LTJX5Q3Z02KO16G/100_5659.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - View of Gilroy area from near top of Loma Prieta photo- Fred Mc Pherson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1497638555732-711SIH9G1Q781LOYDQ3L/100_5665.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1497638639519-9OER38DRV62SKFH046TQ/100_5659.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1518658426073-MX6HZJKPU7J4WKY769IN/100_4721.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Loma Prieta in distance from roof of the Museum of Art and History (MAH), Santa Cruz photo- Fred Mc Pherson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1518658434173-TMDN0L94YOZJUNLRE0EH/100_5327.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1518658443189-55PCR6OFKVXAY7KOK9ZC/DSCF0345.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Views of Santa Cruz wharf with Loma Prieta in background from West Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz photo- Fred Mc Pherson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1518658449772-SWELVGOVZINIXD8UP6VV/DSCF0346.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1518658459435-63VAEPS9YZI67YJFP7CV/DSCF0351.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1518658459777-E4TS85XKHMIJAC3MK97C/DSCF0680.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Loma Prieta from San Lorenzo River Mouth photo- Fred Mc Pherson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1518658465085-VA54ETFRE5B4OJRX5NEZ/DSCF0688.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1518658476490-XWOAREXIWS2J4HUG6WR8/DSCF2286.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Loma Prieta from Seabright beach, Santa Cruz photo- Fred Mc Pherson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1518658485790-GPVE1LXWYPY8MUVQUOQ3/DSCF2294.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Loma Prieta from San Lorenzo River Point, Santa Cruz photo- Fred Mc Pherson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1518658491286-YICDL37T08HXG5JICH7P/DSCF2358.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Loma Prieta from Santa Cruz Wharf photo- Fred Mc Pherson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1518658504961-8N39OBAQ89HZJFA7UIW8/DSCF2392.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1518658511716-KGYEOY4F14QIS7UXL4FH/DSCF2394.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Loma Prieta with fishing boats from Santa Cruz area photo- Fred Mc Pherson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1518658522761-IDCSL10XW7H3ROE70CTB/DSCF2722.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Loma Prieta, Roaring Camp Bear Mtn. in foreground from Ben Lomond Mountains photo- Fred Mc Pherson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1562008234758-X7L79GW0GJEWY3C3GK0L/1-CIMG3316.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Loma Prieta as seen from Mt. Umunhum located to the north, elevation 3484 feet. Photo- Steve Singer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1562008247691-A9OJ5QGKUKCQJUJECRXD/2-CIMG3281.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Telephoto image of Loma Prieta from Mt. Umunhum. The word "Umunhum" is of Ohlone origin and means hummingbird. Photo- Steve Singer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1562008256691-ADG1WNMR7B5WZVNBZKFM/3-CIMG3299.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Loma Prieta from an open stand of Gray Pine (P. sabiniana) on the flanks of Mt. Umunhum. Photo- Steve Singer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1518658529201-324C07AAUASP1VB7JWWD/DSCF3281.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Loma Prieta shrouded in fog from Santa Cruz Wharf photo- Fred Mc Pherson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1518658534491-WR7D2OZWFJ7MXVO98DRI/DSCF3283.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1518658533251-3Z2T0YDUZV0XP63YN20P/DSCF3285.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Loma Prieta through port hole window at Olita's Restaurant, Santa Cruz Wharf photo- Fred Mc Pherson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1518658541448-T2S3ZUJRO6BO1RFABH2G/DSCF6732.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1518658548793-KU8319VTJ0IUVW6AAKU0/DSCF6734.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1518658557409-82SWOIE4M5EHETVZIVSB/DSCF6809.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Loma Prieta and Santa Cruz Mountains from Lover's Point, Pacific Grove photo- Fred Mc Pherson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1518658556455-C9CE0YOBDLP6CAO7PHP1/DSCF6810.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Granitic outcropping at Pacific Grove with Loma Prieta in the distance. photo- Fred Mc Pherson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1518658561723-KWP04S2BUBS1HMTXRAPL/DSCF6813.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Telephoto image of Loma Prieta from Monterey photo- Fred Mc Pherson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1518658568356-MKAEZ6LYUYDZNY7UG5EO/DSCF6843.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1518658580485-43MIDC1B185252U4BC52/DSCF7511.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1518658586755-12QINORO61NHXTPIJJDD/DSCF7512.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1518658602858-J294LCWSXCIQVDQW65W2/DSCF7516.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1518658604501-E7UXUK1ETWJW8X3ZTLWT/DSCF7517.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1580352844476-BZ3QZW3HDE9KB7STS0CD/P1000632+w+LP.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Cowell’s Beach, Casino, and Loma Prieta in distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1580352939343-TFJH72ZKQHT2AEOYX5HZ/P1000627+w+LP.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Santa Cruz Wharf and Casino with Loma Prieta in distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1580353006334-EEAN85X1PUKGSVZKDNW4/P1000630+w+LP.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Telephoto view of Loma Prieta from West Cliff Drive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1580353068169-SF2E72BXEJON04J3CY6V/P1000628+w+LP.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Telephoto zoom view of Loma Prieta from West Cliff Drive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1580353126982-8TCRR0RUGCBP9EAYZUMP/P1000666+w+LP.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - View of Loma Prieta in distance from Wilder Ranch State Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1580353188595-BW2NICAMI98LP7WKU32F/P1000648+w+LP.jpg About the Santa Cruz Mountains - Telephoto of Loma Prieta from Wilder Ranch State Park. http://www.scmbc.org/amphibian-species daily 0.75 2020-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1503862926946-DMMMDGSQRUR0D8S7PK94/CTS+reduced+web.jpg Amphibian Species California Tiger Salamander https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1508366418606-VUDMCOFTWFNNDW23802G/Calif+giant+salamander+4.jpg Amphibian Species California Giant Salamander larva https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1595812532564-SMIDWB46GXPC3UNHL6WV/SCLTSalamander_cropped+w.jpg Amphibian Species Santa Cruz Long-toed Salamander. Photo by Kelli Camara https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1512158064571-O0OJNAJLQ9GA0LR4Q8W8/IMG_0259.JPG Amphibian Species Santa Cruz Black Salamander https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1488905838906-P0SG1E4NBHM9E1TADMPD/Red-bellied+Newt+Santa+Clara+County+CA-0314.jpg Amphibian Species Red-bellied Newt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1503862983640-NTH12PMGODXE74RMZ3FL/red-legged+frog+3+reduced+web.jpg Amphibian Species California Red-legged Frog https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1503863037264-Z8V6Q4OF1VQ3PIHJXGNQ/foothill+yellow+legged+frog+web.jpg Amphibian Species Foothill Yellow-legged Frog https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1503862926946-DMMMDGSQRUR0D8S7PK94/CTS+reduced+web.jpg Amphibian Species California Tiger Salamander https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1508366418606-VUDMCOFTWFNNDW23802G/Calif+giant+salamander+4.jpg Amphibian Species California Giant Salamander larva https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1595812532564-SMIDWB46GXPC3UNHL6WV/SCLTSalamander_cropped+w.jpg Amphibian Species Santa Cruz Long-toed Salamander. 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Scot Altenbach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1608657921066-UBKZ8DNZNT6PH01LQRJ4/Mammal-8.jpg Mammal Species https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1608657964642-B53Q3IRHLOFGAAA1MZIP/Mammal-9.jpg Mammal Species Photo: George Dayton, UCSC Natural Reserves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1608658018817-FUQP2W92S57WERU04VM3/Mammal-10.jpg Mammal Species https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1608658064220-JFTVED0XN6Z0O98IQWWN/Mammal-12.jpg Mammal Species https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1608658093177-HNI5K0Y6LAVNSCFD281S/Mammal-13.jpg Mammal Species https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1608658120162-9XQ50W0CC8Q4VMVV9PLG/Mammal-14.jpg Mammal Species http://www.scmbc.org/sensitive-fauna-intro daily 0.75 2021-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1440107181446-F3C1CV1NHJUHZEXR07K6/image-asset.png Sensitive Fauna: Introduction Marbled murrelet fledgling rescued. With the hand in the photo you can see how small it really is. Incidentally, murrelet fledglings should never be held directly in the hand as shown in this old photo. We now know that doing so damages the water-proofing characteristics of their feathers. For in-depth information on this species, click here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1440107181446-F3C1CV1NHJUHZEXR07K6/image-asset.png Sensitive Fauna: Introduction Marbled murrelet fledgling rescued. With the hand in the photo you can see how small it really is. Incidentally, murrelet fledglings should never be held directly in the hand as shown in this old photo. We now know that doing so damages the water-proofing characteristics of their feathers. For in-depth information on this species, click here. http://www.scmbc.org/characteristics-of-old-growth-redwoods daily 0.75 2020-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1594677096302-YB957S8L85A224CNOUPD/huge+branch+w.jpg Characteristics of Old-Growth Redwoods Steve Moore peering over the edge of what is believed to be the largest redwood branch in California. It measures 9 feet in diameter! The tree containing this branch is one of many old-growth redwoods still to be found in the Santa Cruz Mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1594677096302-YB957S8L85A224CNOUPD/huge+branch+w.jpg Characteristics of Old-Growth Redwoods Steve Moore peering over the edge of what is believed to be the largest redwood branch in California. It measures 9 feet in diameter! The tree containing this branch is one of many old-growth redwoods still to be found in the Santa Cruz Mountains. http://www.scmbc.org/contact daily 0.75 2014-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390510556456-TV8RZ8LOBB3L6TBXFWZD/tumblr_mkrr2pZQ851rkz363o2_1280.jpg Contact http://www.scmbc.org/reptile-species daily 0.75 2020-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1503862835439-FAF6UT4JY7YNJNW9ZO10/western+pond+turtle+reduced+web.jpg Reptile Species Western Pond Turtle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1503862835439-FAF6UT4JY7YNJNW9ZO10/western+pond+turtle+reduced+web.jpg Reptile Species Western Pond Turtle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1486752011545-ZW9AVUB5DBQ0QEK4L1O7/sfgs Reptile Species San Francisco Garter Snake http://www.scmbc.org/new-blog daily 0.75 2015-02-08 http://www.scmbc.org/new-blog/2015/2/8/redwood-champions-amid-drought-and-climate-disruption monthly 0.5 2025-08-27 http://www.scmbc.org/new-blog/2015/2/8/forest-scientist-dispels-common-myths-about-old-growth-redwood-forests monthly 0.5 2025-08-27 http://www.scmbc.org/new-blog/2015/2/8/logging-santa-cruz-mountains-protection-threatened monthly 0.5 2025-08-27 http://www.scmbc.org/new-blog/2015/2/8/summit-area-residents-fear-timber-bill-could-resurrect-rejected-logging-plan monthly 0.5 2025-08-27 http://www.scmbc.org/new-blog/2015/2/8/watershed-education-growing-big-ideas-with-small-grants monthly 0.5 2025-08-27 http://www.scmbc.org/new-blog/2015/2/8/a-new-revenue-stream-from-californias-redwoods monthly 0.5 2025-08-27 http://www.scmbc.org/new-blog/2015/2/8/elderly-aptos-couples-envision-preserving-their-giant-redwoods monthly 0.5 2025-08-27 http://www.scmbc.org/new-blog/2015/2/8/salmon-will-return-if-given-the-chance monthly 0.5 2025-08-27 http://www.scmbc.org/new-blog/2015/2/8/can-redwoods-survive-climate-change monthly 0.5 2025-08-27 http://www.scmbc.org/new-blog/2015/2/8/reason-enough-to-hug-a-tree-coast-redwoods-combat-climate-change monthly 0.5 2025-08-27 http://www.scmbc.org/new-blog/2015/2/8/all-eyes-now-on-conservation-plan monthly 0.5 2025-08-27 http://www.scmbc.org/new-blog/tag/redwoods monthly 0.5 http://www.scmbc.org/new-blog/tag/santa+cruz+mountains monthly 0.5 http://www.scmbc.org/new-blog/tag/climate+change monthly 0.5 http://www.scmbc.org/how-tall-do-our-redwoods-grow daily 0.75 2017-08-28 http://www.scmbc.org/news daily 0.75 2025-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1440105999107-ARA2MJ5YMLQO5BC0F3W3/Misc.+132.jpg News http://www.scmbc.org/news/2020/10/19/redwood-forest-impacts-of-the-czu-lightning-fire-complex-climate-change-hits-home-with-catastrophic-results monthly 0.5 2025-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1603820940498-I4OWCIKS98NQIHAGX5A1/Remains+of+Park+Headquarters+building_1487.jpg News - REDWOOD FOREST IMPACTS OF THE CZU LIGHTNING FIRE COMPLEX: Climate Change Hits Home with Catastrophic Results Remains of Park Headquarters building, Big Basin State Park. © California State Parks, all rights reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1603821120827-0PY2BQSKKXMOF84FJT3B/Severely+burned+redwood+stand+P1010051.jpg News - REDWOOD FOREST IMPACTS OF THE CZU LIGHTNING FIRE COMPLEX: Climate Change Hits Home with Catastrophic Results Severely burned redwood stand, Big Basin State Park. Photo: Steve Singer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1603821463830-DP5O0Y41KG22RGK9T3AP/Down+tree+across+Sky+Meadow+Road_1499.jpg News - REDWOOD FOREST IMPACTS OF THE CZU LIGHTNING FIRE COMPLEX: Climate Change Hits Home with Catastrophic Results Down tree across Sky Meadow Road, Big Basin State Park. © California State Parks, all rights reserved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1603821274807-N024K1M4IDOU74P3XV9D/Old-growth+redwood+felled+by+fire+P1010044.jpg News - REDWOOD FOREST IMPACTS OF THE CZU LIGHTNING FIRE COMPLEX: Climate Change Hits Home with Catastrophic Results Old-growth redwood felled by fire, Big Basin State Park. Photo: Steve Singer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1603821381238-W3JZJ3AOVOFBKZ3TD9N1/Stump+still+burning+two+months+after+fire+P1010054.jpg News - REDWOOD FOREST IMPACTS OF THE CZU LIGHTNING FIRE COMPLEX: Climate Change Hits Home with Catastrophic Results Stump still burning two months after fire, Big Basin State Park. 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In 2023 this habitat was a narrow and very shallow run and riffle upstream past the fallen multi-trunked alders spanning the channel. In 2024 the channel was widened and occupied by a pool averaging 1.4 ft deep and reaching 3.0 ft deep at the left bank of the fallen alders. (2) Mile 2.7. Just upstream in the wide flat channel above the jam, the channel shows substantial aggradation, apparently due to the large jam intercepting sediment carried in the January and February high flows. Willows and alders (to 10+ ft high) have colonized the sunny channel. (3) West Fork, mile 3.1+, looking downstream. Former long , deep, fish sampling pool mostly filled in 2022. Even shallower in 2024. Partial logjam in downstream portion from 2023 still intact. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/a1357fe3-ecb1-4ae6-b8a8-01c53131a092/Gazos+trio+14-32-40.jpg Home - Make it stand out Gazos Creek, from left to right: (1) Mile 2.1 on 25 June 2024, looking downstream to head of Habitat 2. A transported 23 ft x 3 ft dia. redwood log anchored on left bank has produced pool scour and escape habitat. (2) Mile 3.0 from road on 2 May 2024. North slope debris flow that crossed the road in 2023 is substantially revegetated. (3) Mile 3.3 on 2 May 2024. The tightly packed jam may not be passable except at very high flows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/34bb1acf-d866-40a9-bb4b-c704f4191bac/081524+panel-P1020892.jpg Home - Make it stand out From left to right: (1) Tan oak bark burns… Despite being rich in tannic acids, tan oak logs burn well. (2) Redwood bark burns… sometimes… Fire has burned upward along bark ridges. (3) Redwood bark resists burning if bark is thick and holds water… Fire burned out heartwood within a shell of bark that didn’t burn. The hollow interior created an oven-like environment that intensified heat enough to overcome the fire resistance of the heartwood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/aaa67408-3c11-4cf7-a383-354be681cbd1/Tannin+trio+1-2-3.jpg Home - Make it stand out A Plausible Theory for the Creation of Hollow Trees, from left to right: (1) Step 1. An old-growth redwood burning from the inside, bottom upwards. (2) Step 2. Tannin levels are highest in the outside edge of the heartwood, forming a fire-resistant ring. Fire burns upwards and not outward — the end result is a hollow tree like this. (3) Step 3. Hollow trees are unstable and often collapse leaving a shell tree like this one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/85478920-af9e-4004-b6bd-49d49c971c69/041524+P1020653+panel.jpg Home - Make it stand out From left to right: (1) Thorough coverage of the burn within the fire perimeter left few refuge areas where wildlife could survive (5-21-22). (2) On old-growth trees most large branches were burned away, removing the suitable nest sites used by marbled murrelets (6-18-22). (3) Hillside near Sempervirens Campground (6-2-22). (4) Loss of tree canopies allowed sunlight to reach the forest floor and sun-loving plants to replace the normal redwood flora (9-25-23). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/02f08eab-1b48-4193-aad9-9280c55e2f1d/22+-+Jerry%27s+Sed+Pic+use.jpg Home - Make it stand out From left to right: (1) Former deep pool on main stem of Waddell Creek now filled with sediment from the burn area; (2) Basal sprouting of redwood two months after the fire; (3) Ceanothus thyrsiflorus went from largely absent before the fire to abundant afterwards; (4) Marbled murrelet chick on a nest (photo by A. Rinkert); (5) Most of the park is still off-limits to the public while trails are being rebuilt and planning proceeds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/b85613e2-189b-411c-a8cc-bd75d31c9690/09132023+image.jpg Home - Make it stand out Figures from left to right: 1. Bizarre sprouting of new branches from redwood. 2. Over 3,000 hazardous trees were cut down after the fire. 3. Biggest tree in the park had its top-half blown off by the fire. 4. Two years after the fire, Western Morning Glory (Calystegia purpurata) drapes itself over other vegetation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/8953e170-a1ae-488b-802d-7d73a9d528f3/Pic1-2-3-4.jpg Home - Make it stand out The left two photos show Big Basin before the fire as represented by a small unburned area. The right two photos show Big Basin after the fire as found in large areas of very intense burn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/ebef86e4-5237-4d62-9168-7df0574a5aeb/Pic5-6.jpg Home - Make it stand out Left: Dead redwood shows stubs from large branches once present. Right: Father Tree once supported a murrelet nest each year for many years. No more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/3753fa6f-a755-407f-a89a-b01daea480f5/Pic7-8.jpg Home - Make it stand out Left: Flush of sun-loving plants on Redwood Loop Trail (6-18-22). Right: Dense shrubby growth covers forest floor (8-11-23). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/d8e5ca80-a19a-4663-b410-cc7e15c6afa4/Pic9-10.jpg Home - Make it stand out Left: Many dead and/or hazardous Douglas-firs were cut down and removed from human use areas. Right: Over 2,000 Douglas-firs, many quite large, were removed along the main park entrance road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/aa48952d-df1f-47c7-afc1-5cfb9eae228c/Pic11-15.jpg Home - Make it stand out From left to right: Redwood Violet (Viola sempervirens), Redwood Sorrel (Oxalis oregana), Western Sword Fern (Polystichum munitum), Pacific Starflower (Trientalis latifolia), and Wake Robin (Trillium ovatum). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/4fc45326-1995-45e4-8c5d-29ecd7754117/climate+change+fighters+checklist.jpg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1a8bffd6-30b8-42fb-a1f3-03ddada6e6fc/101023+flat.jpg Home - Make it stand out Figures from left to right: 1. West slope of West Fork above stream — Dead redwoods and Douglas-firs occupy west slope with sparse groundcover (8-26-23). 2. West Fork — Former pool that was 130 feet long and 3+ feet deep completely filled with sediment over the last two winters. 3. West Fork — Dead trees on a burned slope that is now a major source of sediment to stream. 4. Main Stem — Log jam formed in 2023 from fallen alders. Jam created no pool and is not beneficial to fish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/7a81c09a-2b9c-4ae7-9758-c6df8ec0815d/collage+121022+Jerry-+sed+covered+pool.jpg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/0a684dca-2f96-4e8b-a8be-7f6a0bedf36b/collage+B+flat.jpg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/9449516e-94d8-4f61-b44c-7203215a0081/2022_BBSP_website_title_slide.jpg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1628122451844-Z6MYE6JDYUPT7R42L9CP/MAMU_on_nest_2021_Bibbey_Estrella.jpg Home - Make it stand out Murrelet nestling in 2021 nest on very large branch. Bird is in its black-and-white plumage acquired just before fledging. Photo: Estrella Bibbey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1548190042698-J7O7B9OMEWMMDEEMCB76/scott_peden_tree-cover.jpg Home Scott Peden and colleague at the base of his namesake tree – the tallest tree in the Santa Cruz Mountains at 352 feet tall. The Scott Peden tree is the one in the photo with the divided top. For more about this remarkable tree and Scott, click here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1594493849326-0D9CTZHCEC6W1SMVA42D/Jerry_new_pond_turtle_pic.jpg Home Western Pond Turtle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1501867685759-CQYTX0E8K3XZ0C8B9URL/beprovided.jpeg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/e00d1c14-3c04-42e1-aa1e-6d62a27325c2/Ceanothus.jpg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/e7b1c11b-a652-4d9b-b1fe-e1d076d6f6e5/trio-10032024.jpg Home - Make it stand out Fire impacts on old-growth redwoods, from left to right: (1) Learn how redwoods burn from the inside out, (2) Learn how canopy loss effects the forest vegetation and wildlife, and (3) Learn which trees can survive severe fires like this one, and which cannot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/b1eced0e-c212-46d9-93e3-7e4a69e8aede/Waddell+trio+25-38-53.jpg Home - Make it stand out Waddell Creek, from left to right: (1) Mile 2.15+ looking upstream. In 2023 this habitat was a narrow and very shallow run and riffle upstream past the fallen multi-trunked alders spanning the channel. In 2024 the channel was widened and occupied by a pool averaging 1.4 ft deep and reaching 3.0 ft deep at the left bank of the fallen alders. (2) Mile 2.7. Just upstream in the wide flat channel above the jam, the channel shows substantial aggradation, apparently due to the large jam intercepting sediment carried in the January and February high flows. Willows and alders (to 10+ ft high) have colonized the sunny channel. (3) West Fork, mile 3.1+, looking downstream. Former long , deep, fish sampling pool mostly filled in 2022. Even shallower in 2024. Partial logjam in downstream portion from 2023 still intact. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/a1357fe3-ecb1-4ae6-b8a8-01c53131a092/Gazos+trio+14-32-40.jpg Home - Make it stand out Gazos Creek, from left to right: (1) Mile 2.1 on 25 June 2024, looking downstream to head of Habitat 2. A transported 23 ft x 3 ft dia. redwood log anchored on left bank has produced pool scour and escape habitat. (2) Mile 3.0 from road on 2 May 2024. North slope debris flow that crossed the road in 2023 is substantially revegetated. (3) Mile 3.3 on 2 May 2024. The tightly packed jam may not be passable except at very high flows. For comparison with 2020 - 2022 conditions on Gazos, Waddell, and Scott Creek click here or scroll down much further on this page.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/34bb1acf-d866-40a9-bb4b-c704f4191bac/081524+panel-P1020892.jpg Home - Make it stand out From left to right: (1) Tan oak bark burns… Despite being rich in tannic acids, tan oak logs burn well. (2) Redwood bark burns… sometimes… Fire has burned upward along bark ridges. (3) Redwood bark resists burning if bark is thick and holds water… Fire burned out heartwood within a shell of bark that didn’t burn. The hollow interior created an oven-like environment that intensified heat enough to overcome the fire resistance of the heartwood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/aaa67408-3c11-4cf7-a383-354be681cbd1/Tannin+trio+1-2-3.jpg Home - Make it stand out A Plausible Theory for the Creation of Hollow Trees, from left to right: (1) Step 1. An old-growth redwood burning from the inside, bottom upwards. (2) Step 2. Tannin levels are highest in the outside edge of the heartwood, forming a fire-resistant ring. Fire burns upwards and not outward — the end result is a hollow tree like this. (3) Step 3. Hollow trees are unstable and often collapse leaving a shell tree like this one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/85478920-af9e-4004-b6bd-49d49c971c69/041524+P1020653+panel.jpg Home - Make it stand out From left to right: (1) Thorough coverage of the burn within the fire perimeter left few refuge areas where wildlife could survive (5-21-22). (2) On old-growth trees most large branches were burned away, removing the suitable nest sites used by marbled murrelets (6-18-22). (3) Hillside near Sempervirens Campground (6-2-22). (4) Loss of tree canopies allowed sunlight to reach the forest floor and sun-loving plants to replace the normal redwood flora (9-25-23). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/02f08eab-1b48-4193-aad9-9280c55e2f1d/22+-+Jerry%27s+Sed+Pic+use.jpg Home - Make it stand out From left to right: (1) Former deep pool on main stem of Waddell Creek now filled with sediment from the burn area; (2) Basal sprouting of redwood two months after the fire; (3) Ceanothus thyrsiflorus went from largely absent before the fire to abundant afterwards; (4) Marbled murrelet chick on a nest (photo by A. Rinkert); (5) Most of the park is still off-limits to the public while trails are being rebuilt and planning proceeds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/b85613e2-189b-411c-a8cc-bd75d31c9690/09132023+image.jpg Home - Make it stand out Figures from left to right: 1. Bizarre sprouting of new branches from redwood. 2. Over 3,000 hazardous trees were cut down after the fire. 3. Biggest tree in the park had its top-half blown off by the fire. 4. Two years after the fire, Western Morning Glory (Calystegia purpurata) drapes itself over other vegetation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/8953e170-a1ae-488b-802d-7d73a9d528f3/Pic1-2-3-4.jpg Home - Make it stand out The left two photos show Big Basin before the fire as represented by a small unburned area. The right two photos show Big Basin after the fire as found in large areas of very intense burn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/ebef86e4-5237-4d62-9168-7df0574a5aeb/Pic5-6.jpg Home - Make it stand out Left: Dead redwood shows stubs from large branches once present. Right: Father Tree once supported a murrelet nest each year for many years. No more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/3753fa6f-a755-407f-a89a-b01daea480f5/Pic7-8.jpg Home - Make it stand out Left: Flush of sun-loving plants on Redwood Loop Trail (6-18-22). Right: Dense shrubby growth covers forest floor (8-11-23). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/d8e5ca80-a19a-4663-b410-cc7e15c6afa4/Pic9-10.jpg Home - Make it stand out Left: Many dead and/or hazardous Douglas-firs were cut down and removed from human use areas. Right: Over 2,000 Douglas-firs, many quite large, were removed along the main park entrance road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/aa48952d-df1f-47c7-afc1-5cfb9eae228c/Pic11-15.jpg Home - Make it stand out From left to right: Redwood Violet (Viola sempervirens), Redwood Sorrel (Oxalis oregana), Western Sword Fern (Polystichum munitum), Pacific Starflower (Trientalis latifolia), and Wake Robin (Trillium ovatum). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/4fc45326-1995-45e4-8c5d-29ecd7754117/climate+change+fighters+checklist.jpg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1a8bffd6-30b8-42fb-a1f3-03ddada6e6fc/101023+flat.jpg Home - Make it stand out Figures from left to right: 1. West slope of West Fork above stream — Dead redwoods and Douglas-firs occupy west slope with sparse groundcover (8-26-23). 2. West Fork — Former pool that was 130 feet long and 3+ feet deep completely filled with sediment over the last two winters. 3. West Fork — Dead trees on a burned slope that is now a major source of sediment to stream. 4. Main Stem — Log jam formed in 2023 from fallen alders. Jam created no pool and is not beneficial to fish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/7a81c09a-2b9c-4ae7-9758-c6df8ec0815d/collage+121022+Jerry-+sed+covered+pool.jpg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/0a684dca-2f96-4e8b-a8be-7f6a0bedf36b/collage+B+flat.jpg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/9449516e-94d8-4f61-b44c-7203215a0081/2022_BBSP_website_title_slide.jpg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1628122451844-Z6MYE6JDYUPT7R42L9CP/MAMU_on_nest_2021_Bibbey_Estrella.jpg Home - Make it stand out Murrelet nestling in 2021 nest on very large branch. Bird is in its black-and-white plumage acquired just before fledging. Photo: Estrella Bibbey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/1548190042698-J7O7B9OMEWMMDEEMCB76/scott_peden_tree-cover.jpg Home Scott Peden and colleague at the base of his namesake tree – the tallest tree in the Santa Cruz Mountains at 352 feet tall. The Scott Peden tree is the one in the photo with the divided top. 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Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/f7aac31b-1a76-4f3c-a277-48721de87c85/01+P1020526.jpg Big Basin Fire Recovery—April 2022 - Make it stand out This is what the tree canopy at Big Basin looked like before the fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/6f97a745-87c4-4dad-bd53-50247fa36483/02+P1020390.jpg Big Basin Fire Recovery—April 2022 - Make it stand out This is how it looks now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/4e7ebf8d-f410-4da1-9c40-0ac447bc8088/03+P1020402+%282%29.jpg Big Basin Fire Recovery—April 2022 - Make it stand out The Father Tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/e5e89371-daf1-408e-850b-f3f89acfd6f7/04+P1020365.jpg Big Basin Fire Recovery—April 2022 - Make it stand out Fallen branches accumulate at the base of the Washington Tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/f8cb6a07-1bed-4443-aa06-ea27e54c9f9e/05+P1020542.jpg Big Basin Fire Recovery—April 2022 - Make it stand out On windy days, fallen redwood branches will litter the roadways. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/bc2842b4-70e1-4b08-8224-6b65d7ecb3a5/06+P1020510+%285%29.jpg Big Basin Fire Recovery—April 2022 - Make it stand out Bottle-brush-shaped fire column redwoods are shown on the left. Unburned trees are shown on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/c0f75a6c-755d-49df-9c5e-88c524f92cad/07+P1020456.jpg Big Basin Fire Recovery—April 2022 - Make it stand out The greatly-thinned tree canopy allows sunlight to penetrate to the forest floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/d2cbe973-49e8-42c3-a77d-26693c7063ae/08+P1020428+%283%29.jpg Big Basin Fire Recovery—April 2022 - Make it stand out Branch-sprouting on redwoods makes for a different shape of bottle-brush tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/fce93083-1774-4b34-8aa4-7608d5653953/09+P1020628.jpg Big Basin Fire Recovery—April 2022 - Make it stand out Lush green ground cover developing under open canopy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/f053355f-be1b-40af-839d-cea93db30593/10+P1020622.jpg Big Basin Fire Recovery—April 2022 - Make it stand out Dense undergrowth creates a new weed problem and a fire hazard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/c8c9ae22-2545-4b5d-a93e-e5e32c0a0f71/11+P1020612.jpg Big Basin Fire Recovery—April 2022 - Make it stand out There is still some beauty to be found in the park. It is just harder to find now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/79640a95-1376-4ff7-959e-e92860c04cad/12+P1020617.jpg Big Basin Fire Recovery—April 2022 - Make it stand out Douglas Iris (Iris douglasiana). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/fcc2e91e-55fe-4c79-972f-1c266835cc72/13+P1020386.jpg Big Basin Fire Recovery—April 2022 - Make it stand out Redwood Violet (Viola sempervirens). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/11de5f2b-4c3b-4e89-b3fe-a08d958df7dc/14+P1020482.jpg Big Basin Fire Recovery—April 2022 - Make it stand out Western Wake Robin (Trillium ovatum) found under a small group of unburned trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/8473fe65-b461-4299-9fe4-406e75f99c1c/15+P1020382.jpg Big Basin Fire Recovery—April 2022 - Make it stand out New chimney tree formed near park headquarters area. Chimney trees are more numerous in the park after the fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/43d53101-5d72-407e-927b-5a76d478c61a/16+P1020541.jpg Big Basin Fire Recovery—April 2022 - Make it stand out Rare sight – a small group of lightly-burned redwoods. Photo taken through the hollowed-out base of a fire-killed tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/9449516e-94d8-4f61-b44c-7203215a0081/2022_BBSP_website_title_slide.jpg Big Basin Fire Recovery—April 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/f7aac31b-1a76-4f3c-a277-48721de87c85/01+P1020526.jpg Big Basin Fire Recovery—April 2022 - Make it stand out This is what the tree canopy at Big Basin looked like before the fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/6f97a745-87c4-4dad-bd53-50247fa36483/02+P1020390.jpg Big Basin Fire Recovery—April 2022 - Make it stand out This is how it looks now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/4e7ebf8d-f410-4da1-9c40-0ac447bc8088/03+P1020402+%282%29.jpg Big Basin Fire Recovery—April 2022 - Make it stand out The Father Tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/e5e89371-daf1-408e-850b-f3f89acfd6f7/04+P1020365.jpg Big Basin Fire Recovery—April 2022 - Make it stand out Fallen branches accumulate at the base of the Washington Tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/f8cb6a07-1bed-4443-aa06-ea27e54c9f9e/05+P1020542.jpg Big Basin Fire Recovery—April 2022 - Make it stand out On windy days, fallen redwood branches will litter the roadways. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/bc2842b4-70e1-4b08-8224-6b65d7ecb3a5/06+P1020510+%285%29.jpg Big Basin Fire Recovery—April 2022 - Make it stand out Bottle-brush-shaped fire column redwoods are shown on the left. Unburned trees are shown on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/c0f75a6c-755d-49df-9c5e-88c524f92cad/07+P1020456.jpg Big Basin Fire Recovery—April 2022 - Make it stand out The greatly-thinned tree canopy allows sunlight to penetrate to the forest floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/d2cbe973-49e8-42c3-a77d-26693c7063ae/08+P1020428+%283%29.jpg Big Basin Fire Recovery—April 2022 - Make it stand out Branch-sprouting on redwoods makes for a different shape of bottle-brush tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/fce93083-1774-4b34-8aa4-7608d5653953/09+P1020628.jpg Big Basin Fire Recovery—April 2022 - Make it stand out Lush green ground cover developing under open canopy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/f053355f-be1b-40af-839d-cea93db30593/10+P1020622.jpg Big Basin Fire Recovery—April 2022 - Make it stand out Dense undergrowth creates a new weed problem and a fire hazard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/c8c9ae22-2545-4b5d-a93e-e5e32c0a0f71/11+P1020612.jpg Big Basin Fire Recovery—April 2022 - Make it stand out There is still some beauty to be found in the park. It is just harder to find now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/79640a95-1376-4ff7-959e-e92860c04cad/12+P1020617.jpg Big Basin Fire Recovery—April 2022 - Make it stand out Douglas Iris (Iris douglasiana). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/fcc2e91e-55fe-4c79-972f-1c266835cc72/13+P1020386.jpg Big Basin Fire Recovery—April 2022 - Make it stand out Redwood Violet (Viola sempervirens). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/11de5f2b-4c3b-4e89-b3fe-a08d958df7dc/14+P1020482.jpg Big Basin Fire Recovery—April 2022 - Make it stand out Western Wake Robin (Trillium ovatum) found under a small group of unburned trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5391fcafe4b0df683d9c51dd/8473fe65-b461-4299-9fe4-406e75f99c1c/15+P1020382.jpg Big Basin Fire Recovery—April 2022 - Make it stand out New chimney tree formed near park headquarters area. 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