Preserve the Gateway to Big Basin

January 8, 2022

Join Sempervirens Fund to preserve the Gateway to Big Basin. Together, we have the opportunity to permanently protect 153 acres of redwood forests and preserve a scenic approach into Big Basin Redwoods State Park. Donate by January 31 and your gift will be matched dollar for dollar up to $200,000.

Tilford George Berry: The Ghost of the Gambling Hermit in Big Basin’s Berry Creek Falls

October 11, 2017

By Ryan Masters, Sempervirens Fund It is said if you stare long enough into the 70-foot curtain of water tumbling down Berry Creek Falls in Big Basin Redwoods State Park, you will see the forlorn ghost of the gambling hermit Tilford George Berry. Originally from Indiana, Berry was a sawmill worker who had fled west, allegedly to…