Current Events > California's Oldest State Park, home to the Redwood forests, now burned down

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A pity.

https://kcbsradio.radio.com/articles/californias-oldest-state-park-home-to-redwoods-is-gone

Report: California's Oldest State Park, Home To Majestic Coast Redwoods, Is 'Gone'

Californias oldest state park and home to some of the most celebrated ancient coast redwood trees appears to be no more, at least the "historic core" and well-known facilities in the park.
"We are devastated to report that Big Basin State Park, as we have known it, loved it, and cherished it for generations, is gone," Sempervirens Fund, an organization dedicated to redwoods protection, wrote in a post to their website Thursday afternoon.
The CZU Lightning Complex, a combination of several fires burning over the last several days in San Mateo and Santa Cruz Counties, has "damaged the parks headquarters, historic core and campgrounds," according to a news release from the California Department of Parks and Recreation.
Big Basin was Californias very first state park, acquired by the state in 1902.
While the park features over 80 miles of trails and spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean, its true stars are the 250-foot-tall ancient coast redwood trees. Theyre estimated to be between 1,000 and 1,800 years old and are thought to predate the Roman Empire.
The fate of the parks oldest trees is not yet known.
Some reports show many of the giant redwoods were touched by the flames, but still standing. "Nearly all Big Basins iconic redwood trees were scorched, and while many escaped the blaze with foliage intact, dozens near the park center had been torched up to the crown and their tops had burned off or broken," The Mercury News wrote Thursday.
According to the New York Times, conditions at Big Basin remain too dangerous for anyone to assess damage to the trees.
So, we wait.
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As of late Thursday, the CZU Lightning Fire has burned over 48,000 acres and is 0% contained.

Truly a pity.

Thanks Trump

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This is sad. I would have loved to see them in person one day

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Irony posted...

Thanks Trump

trump's going to take away funding because california isn't fixing it's issues.
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Really sad - I was seven or eight but barely remember standing next to one when we visited...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVXJmfd3cmg

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Climate change is making these wildfires worse

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I mean, that definitely sucks, but there are more Redwood forests than that.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8KOL8X5X5c

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