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Sempervirens Fund Launches Campaign to Open 4.5 miles of Big Basin Redwood Trails Closed By the 2020 CZU Fire
Sempervirens Fund launches campaign to restore the Timms Creek Loop and the next phase of the iconic Skyline-to-the-Sea Trail in Big Basin.
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Growing Old-Growth
An old-growth redwood is huge. One of the largest living things to ever grace the planet. And their size isn’t just impressive, it’s important. In the Santa Cruz Mountains very few old-growth redwoods remain, but you’re helping to grow the old-growth of tomorrow, today. Together, we’re restoring redwood forests faster for the trees, for wildlife, for the fight against climate change, and for future generations.
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Sempervirens Fund Celebrates Plan to Expand California’s State Parks by 30,000 Acres
California State Parks and Sempervirens Fund announce the permanent addition of the 153-acre NoraBella property to expand Big Basin State Park.
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Gateway to Big Basin Added to Big Basin Redwoods State Park
California State Parks and Sempervirens Fund announce the permanent addition of the 153-acre NoraBella property to expand Big Basin State Park.
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A Stewardship Story: Return to Nature
Surviving since nearly the age of the dinosaurs, redwoods are resilient—but only 5% of them have survived the last century and a half. Human impacts have left redwood forests struggling to recover. Together, we are carefully caring for the redwood forests you protect, resetting their natural systems, and helping them return to nature. Take a peek behind the trees at how you have helped the redwood forests of the Santa Cruz mountains–some of the most biodiverse and threatened on Earth–this year.
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Ten Ways Nature Can Help You Have a Healthy 2026
The new year often brings contemplation, motivation and resolution for greater health and happiness. In 2026, consider adding nature to your list. Nature encounters can be big, bold adventures, or family-friendly and free. There is something for everyone in this list of ten reasons, doctor’s orders, to opt outdoors this year:
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Reimagining Big Basin
In August 2021, a year after the CZU fire, California State Parks launched a visioning process for Reimagining Big Basin. Learn more, connect, and stay involved.
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Bat Chat: Nocturnal Knowledge with Dr. Winifred Frick
They’re more than creatures that go bump in the night—bats are important mammals in the redwood forest. Learn more about the bats that call California home with Dr. Winifred Frick, Chief Scientist at Bat Conservation International and a professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UC Santa Cruz.
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NEWS: Legislation Cutting Green Tape for Expanding California State Parks Now Law
AB 679 cuts through green tape so California State Parks and conservation partners can move quickly to protect our majestic redwoods, expand parklands, and bring new life to Big Basin and other parks devastated by the CZU Fire.
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Forest Stewardship: Creek to Sea
As we mark the four-year anniversary of the Mill Creek dam removal, we’re celebrating new signs of hope for coho and the interconnected habitats of the Santa Cruz Mountains—from creek to sea—exploring how they support one another, and how we support them.
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Behind the Scenes: A Botanical Survey of Castle Rock Hollow
Among the hallmarks of healthy redwood forests are trees of varying ages growing and thriving together. Achieving this diversity of ages, or chronodiversity, can improve old-growth conditions, which leads to greater habitat diversity—two essential outcomes for redwoods to thrive in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Read on to learn about the importance of chronodiveristy in coast redwood forests.
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NEWS: Sempervirens Fund welcomes Raj-Ann Rekhi to its board of directors
Raj-Ann Rekhi Gill joins Sempervirens Fund’s board of directors to help lead conservation efforts at California’s first land trust.
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