CZU Fire Impacts on Big Basin Redwoods, Six Years Later

In this webinar experts reveal the insights why, six years on, the story of the exceptionally intense 2020 CZU fire is that coast redwoods may be more vulnerable to severe wildfire than we had previously understood. Join California State Parks Senior Environmental Scientist Portia Halbert, Sempervirens Fund’s Director of Land Stewardship David Cowman, and Auten Resource Consulting founder Steve Auten to dive into the fire’s story, what the monitoring and data collection reveal about the extent of the fire’s impact on redwoods, and what comes next.

Learn more about Sempervirens Fund’s approach to old-growth forest restoration after fire.

August 2026