For a sense of scale in these natural settings I often place subjects somewhere in the scenes. Perspectives vary. Some people feel these natural settings are better without any people. So you understand. . . what you see in these examples is what’s in the book, and much more.

NAVARRO REDWOODS STATE PARK

From the Ashes of Clear-cut Logging

Views and Opinion From an Old Logger

This superlative redwood park is nestled along the coast of northern California in Mendocino County, between the towns of Point Arena and Ft. Bragg.

Navarro is a second-growth redwood park. That’s right, I said second-growth. What’s so superlative about it then? You may wonder. Read on, and I’ll tell you.

In the 1860s Navarro Redwoods was clear-cut logged and burned–reduced to a barren of charred stumps and ash, and today there are redwoods on these river-flats running 5 to 7 foot in diameter by 250 feet tall. Some nearing 300! So goes the sub-title, “From the Ashes of Clear-cut Logging.”

Contrary to the arguments forest activists raise over logging Navarro Redwoods is living proof that a forest logged is never destroyed or lost forever.

In this book I present the issues being raised over managed forests, and I use Navarro Redwoods as a proxy to support my views. I majored in plant sciences and worked in the woods for over 40 years. So I’m qualified to tell you. Hence the lower sub-title, “Views and Opinion from an Old Logger.” That’s me.

Under the canopy of the trees in this park you’ll find every living thing that has been found in an old-growth redwood forest. Navarro may be young but it is complete. It has reached a climax condition in160 years. Incredibly fast! Already some places in this park you can’t tell from an old-growth forest. Navarro is superlative.

Alas, Navarro is only 660 acres. Not that big, but it’s all river-flat groves stretching for 12 miles along the banks of the Navarro River, which winds its way to the Pacific Ocean through steep forested mountains. So Navarro has all the look and feel of a park much larger. In any case there’s a lot to see in this small park. I’ve been observing the groves in Navarro closely now for 47 years.

In this book are 2 maps detailing the dedicated groves and highway through Navarro, but there’s no designated trails here. It’s all wild, and it’s one of Navarro’s crowning features.

Navarro Redwoods is a hardcover book, forest green in color with a foil stamped title on front and spine. Big 9 x 12 inches, 163 pages. Over 350 full-color images. And for lasting protection this book comes with a durable 100# glossy, full-color, dust jacket. It’s beautiful!

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