Mountain Parks Foundation

Thank you to our wonderful community for their efforts on the #ReimaginingBigBasin project. Click the link in our bio for additional ways on how to contribute. ...This link will take you to the Reimagining Big Basin Website to take the online survey, view the virtual event from last night (this will be published soon), and more. Be sure to tag #BigBasinBigVision on your social media. Thank you again for all of your support! #ReimaginingBigBasin #castateparks #CaStateParksPartnershipsDivision See more

Check out our interview with Tracy Bliss, author of "Big Basin Redwood Forest -- California’s Oldest State Park", sharing a variety of stories about our beloved Big Basin. #BigBasin #Redwoods #nature #StateParks #MountainParks #californiaredwoods #outdoors #norcal #HenryCowell

Join us Thursday, January 20th for a live virtual event! We will discuss planning, designing and managing strategies to support Big Basin’s re-emergence as a model for climate resilient wildland parks throughout California. Find the event registration link below or on the project website: reimaginingbigbasin.org. (Spanish translation will be available during the presentation).

Exciting times! Santa Cruz County mountains is listed on The New York Times places to travel in 2022!! #BigBasin #Redwoods #nature #StateParks #MountainParks #californiaredwoods #outdoors #norcal #HenryCowell

Once covered with more than 50 old cars, rusting machinery, and other debris, the land near Big Basin is now cleaned up.

Join us on Thursday, January 20th for a live virtual event where we will discuss planning, designing and managing strategies to support Big Basin’s re-emergence... as a model for climate resilient wildland parks throughout California. Find the event registration link below or on the project website: reimaginingbigbasin.org. Spanish translation will be available during the presentation. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/returning-with-resilience-plan See more

Pics from a recent Big Basin visit

Happy New Year Everyone! Scott Arnez #BigBasin #Redwoods #nature #StateParks #MountainParks #californiaredwoods #outdoors #norcal #HenryCowell

Just a bit of perspective on the cost and time frame of State Park projects, as we look towards Rebuilding Big Basin Redwoods State Park!

Environmental Scientist, Ryan Diller, explains the sensitive recovery time habitats experience post-wildfire.

We are not in the clear yet! Nearly 300 days after the 2020 CZU Lightning Complex Fires started, impacted areas still contain active fire hazards. During this p...ast week, CalFire responded to the Pine Fire which burned 3.7 acres of old-growth redwood forest. CalFire identified 11 additional hot spots and responded to a separate 11.5 acre fire within Big Basin. Please respect park closures for your own safety and to allow this sensitive habitat to recover. Photos courtesy of Steve Keuhl. @slvsteve

Nice article from our Partners at The League!

New Zealand? Who knew?

On behalf of the Board of Directors, I would like to thank everyone for keeping our beloved Parks in their thoughts and prayers. Several of our Board Members and employees live up in the San Lorenzo Valley and have been evacuated. Our office and store at Henry Cowell Redwoods SP has been closed and critical items removed. The devastation that you have seen at Big Basin has really hit us hard and we are in a waiting mode to see where the fire is headed and what the weather does tonight and tomorrow. Our hearts go out to those who have lost their homes. The only good news is that the Redwoods will survive this and that the Park will someday be rebuilt. Thanks, Larry Tierney, Board Member.

All those beautiful green plants on the redwood forest floor love the rain. (Redwood sorrel at Humboldt Redwoods State Park, by Steve Corey)

To reduce the threat of severe wildfires, we need to act on climate change, protect and restore our forests, and learn to live with good fire.

There's work to be done in our forests, so much so that forestry could be the backbone of a new green economy. We spoke to some of the people out there working in the redwoods of northern California to get their perspectives on the important work they do.

Did you know that the first female State Park Ranger started at Big Basin?