It is said that tourism in California began here, at Calaveras Big Trees State Park. It makes sense as California became the ...

California is home to the largest, tallest and oldest trees that inhabit this planet. California has the largest number of individuals of the five conifer genera. Let’s take a look at these ...

Big Red stood a hundred feet tall, with a trunk so wide that if it were hollow, you could lay down inside it and go to sleep. On the day the chainsaws were scheduled to start, neighbors and tree ...

Giant sequoias badly burned in Calaveras County 02:18. CALAVERAS COUNTY — A pair of iconic Calaveras County giant sequoia trees in Big Trees State Park are badly burned after they became ...

The future looks challenging for California’s big trees. By 2100, the state’s average temperature could rise by as much as 9°F compared to the late 20th century, raising the overall water ...

A recently published multi-year study conducted at Big Basin Redwoods State Park shows that long-stored carbon reserves and ancient, dormant buds within redwood trees allow the plants to recover fa… ...

Photos taken in Big Basin Redwoods State Park, about 1 mile from headquarters, in April 2021, left, and Nov. 15, 2023, show the dramatic recovery from the 2020 CZU Lightning Complex Fire.