Mike Fay, Wildlife Conservation Society biologist and National Geographic Society explorer, and his hiking partner Lindsey Holm walks and records the redwoods from the southern end in Santa Lucia Range and the Santa Cruz Mountains to the southern end of Humboldt Redwoods State Park, home of the largest contiguous block of old-growth redwood forest, 10,000 acres and beyond. 130 of the known redwoods greater then 350 feet grow here.Redwood cones are the size of an olive, Who would think such big trees would have such small cones. Stump sprouting from older trees that were cut down have helped the Redwood to survive. Sawmills had a hay day at one time that lasted about 100 years, but others battled to save the redwoods...
Learn more about the Redwoods.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/10/redwoods/bourne-text/1Picture of a Redwood 1500 years old with a most complex crown.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/redwoods/gatefold-imageLike inter active jigsaw puzzles? Give this 300 piece giant 300 foot redwood puzzle a try.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/puzzles/redwood-giant-puzzle.htmlTime Line
Click on the rings of a red wood tree to see what it lived through in history from 1180-2007.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/10/redwoods/redwoods-interactiveCan't see the tree for the forest? Find out about forests hundreds of feet above the ground. Another forest suported in the crowns of the giants.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/10/redwoods/redwoods-interactive.
