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Save the Redwoods League has safeguarded the long-term health of a keystone forest with the December 2020 purchase of the Cascade Creek property, home to old-growth and mature second-growth redwoods in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The acquisition creates continuous habitat from the mountains to the Pacific Ocean within the ancestral territory of the Quiroste Tribe.
Save the Redwoods League has safeguarded the long-term health of a keystone forest with the December 2020 purchase of the Cascade Creek property, home to old-growth and mature second-growth redwoods in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The acquisition creates continuous habitat from the mountains to the Pacific Ocean within the ancestral territory of the Quiroste Tribe. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ - Save the Redwoods League today announced the completion of the purchase of Cascade Creek, a 564-acre property between Big. Cascade Creek Details Facility Type Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine NAICS Description Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation Operator Rochester Public Utilities Operator ID 16181 Operating Capacity (MW) 84.9 Summer Capacity (MW) 77.4 Winter Capacity (MW) 80.1 Generating Units 2 Primary Fuel Natural Gas (NG) Secondary Fuel Distillate Fuel. View 40 photos for 9 Cascade Crk, Little Rock, AR 72223 a 4 bed, 4 bath, 4,761 Sq. Single family home built in 2006 that sold on.
The CZU Lightning Complex burned through the entire Cascade Creek property in August 2020, but most of the coast redwoods appear to have survived, and the forest is already showing signs of recovery. In partnership with Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST), the League moved forward with the purchase because of the forest’s high ecological value. By connecting Big Basin Redwoods State Park with the coastal prairies, wetland marshes, dune fields, and ocean bluffs of Año Nuevo State Park, it provides contiguous habitat for myriad native wildlife species, including mountain lions, black-tailed deer, bobcats, coyotes, gray foxes, and ringtails, as well as raptors and songbirds. Protection of this property is crucial for the biodiversity and long-term ecological health of lands that have been recently impacted by wildfire.
Cascade Creek After the Fire
In 2020, California more than doubled its record number of acres burned in one year. This year’s wildfires covered more than 81,200 acres of coast redwood forests of varied ages, approximately 4.9 percent of the total redwood range. Out of just 117,679 acres of old-growth redwood forest remaining in the world today, more than 11,178 acres experienced fire, which is about 9.5 percent of the ancient footprint. Climate change and fire exclusion for more than 150 years have resulted in more high-severity wildfires in California. As a result, fire-adapted redwood forests are facing an unprecedented test.
Mature coast redwood trees have exceptionally thick bark that insulates them from heat and fire. Even if fire consumes their crowns, which is lethal for most conifers, the trunk of a redwood can sprout back to life. Second-growth forests, which make up 93 percent of the coast redwood range today, grow more densely, and the trees have not had as much time to develop thick bark, putting them at higher risk.
“This year’s fires have amplified our need to protect the coast redwood forest. We need resilient habitat in the face of a changing climate,” said League President and CEO Sam Hodder. “Cascade Creek contains substantial old-growth and mature second-growth redwoods, a forest that—once recovered—will be a refuge of green, carbon-rich stability in a fire-impacted landscape.”
“While the forest may look rough for a few years, almost all of the coast redwoods within the Cascade Creek property appear to have survived the CZU Lightning Complex fires,” Hodder continued. “The ferns, sorrel, and other understory plants are already sprouting back, even in advance of the winter rains. The redwood trees are sprouting fluffy green stems up and down their trunks and along their branches. This quick regeneration forms a stable foundation on which the broader forest habitat recovery will build.”
The League’s initial rehabilitation efforts at Cascade Creek will protect Chalks Road and the creekside trail from erosion and hazards. Longer term, the League will focus on bolstering natural recovery wherever possible. This means managing invasive species, monitoring natural regeneration of the forest, and planting on an enrichment basis where natural regeneration is not adequate.
“This year’s blazes underscore the critical need to protect our redwood forestland and invest in science-based forest stewardship now,” Hodder said. “This work will protect California’s redwood forests—and our neighboring communities—to ensure the collective resilience of our forests and people in the years to come.”
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Save the RedwoodsLeague today announced the completion of the purchase ofCascade Creek, a 564-acre property between Big BasinRedwoods and Año Nuevo State Parks.The $9.6 million project — includingboth land acquisition, closing and initial stewardship costs —marks a keystone connection for protected habitat from the SantaCruz Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. It also advances the League'sgoal of protecting the last of the old-growth redwood forest asidentified in their 2018 Centennial Vision for RedwoodsConservation. While the entire Cascade Creek propertyexperienced wildfire in August during the CZU Lightning Complex,the fire was a mix of low- to high-intensities, and the coastredwood and mixed conifer forest is already showing signs ofrecovery.
'This year's fires have amplified our need to protect the coastredwood forest. We need resilient habitat in the face of a changingclimate,' said League President and CEO Sam Hodder. 'Cascade Creek contains maturesecond-growth redwoods and more than 100 acres of old-growthredwoods. It is a forest that — once recovered — will be a refugeof green, carbon-rich stability in a fire-impacted landscape.'
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'While the forest may look rough for a few years, almost all ofthe coast redwoods within the Cascade Creek property appear to havesurvived the CZU Lightning Complex fires,' Hodder continued. 'Theferns, sorrel and other understory plants are already sproutingback even in advance of the winter rains. The redwood trees aresprouting fluffy green stems up and down their trunks and alongtheir branches. This quick regeneration forms a stable foundationon which the broader forest habitat recovery will build.'
Post-Fire Recovery at Cascade Creek
The League plans to restore and steward Cascade Creek following therecent fires. Initial rehabilitation efforts will focus onprotecting the road and creekside trail from erosion and hazards.Longer term, the League will focus on promoting natural recoverywherever possible. This means managing invasive species, monitoringnatural regeneration of the forest and planting on an enrichmentbasis where natural regeneration is not adequate.
2020 Wildfires in the Coast Redwood Range
In 2020,California more than doubled itsrecord number of acres burned in one year. In forests and othernatural lands across the state, climate change and management thathas suppressed all fire for more than 150 years have resulted inintense burn conditions. As a result, fire-adapted redwood forestsare facing an unprecedented test.
To date in 2020, Californiawildfires covered more than 81,200 acres of coast redwood forestsof varied ages, approximately 4.9 percent of the total redwoodrange. Out of just 117,679 acres of old-growth redwood forestremaining in the world today, 11,178 acres experienced fire, whichis about 9.5 percent of the ancient footprint. Initial reportssuggest that the fires burned at mixed intensities throughout thecoast redwood range.
Mature coast redwood trees have exceptionally thick bark thatinsulates them from heat and fire. Even if fire consumes theircrowns, which is lethal for most conifers, the trunk of a redwoodcan sprout back to life. Second-growth forests, which make up 93percent of the coast redwood range today, grow more densely and thetrees have not had as much time to develop thick bark, putting themat higher risk.
'Our hearts go out to the firefighters, first responders andcommunities affected by the season's wildfires,' said Hodder. 'Thisyear's blazes underscore the critical need to protect our redwoodforestland and invest in science-based forest stewardship now. Thiswork will protect California'sredwood forests — and our neighboring communities — to ensure thecollective resilience of our forests and people in the years tocome.'
Purchase and Protection of Cascade Creek
The purchaseand protection of Cascade Creek was made possible by the more than6,700 donors who supported the project through the ForeverForest: The Campaign for the Redwoods, the League's capitalcampaign to raise $120 million inprivate support to implement the early years of theCentennial Vision for Redwoods Conservation. Justover half of the Forever Forest Campaign goal — $65 million — is dedicated to protecting coastredwood and giant sequoia forests and accelerating the pace andscale of redwood conservation through strategic land acquisitions.The other half will support forest restoration and redwood park andeducation projects that connect all people with redwoods. Since theLeague launched the campaign in 2017, funds from Forever Foresthave been used to acquire and protect suchproperties as CascadeCreek (2020), AlderCreek(2019), RedHill(2018) and the HaroldRichardson Redwoods Reserve(2018), to name afew.
'We are incredibly thankful for the stability, resilience, andgenerosity of the many dedicated donors who helped us safeguardthis special place,' added Hodder.
Lead gifts to support the protection and restoration of CascadeCreek came from League Councilor RalphEschenbach together with his wife Dr. Carol Joy Provan, the Gordon and Betty MooreFoundation, project partner Peninsula Open SpaceTrust (POST), and the California State CoastalConservancy. The Holmes familyalso agreed to reduce the purchase price, which amounted to nearlya $1 million discount on the sale ofthe property.
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To schedule an interview, contact RobinCarr at (415) 971-3991or redwoods@landispr.com. To access hi-res images,b-roll and drone footage of the Cascade Creek property, pleasevisit the League's newsroom.
Save the Redwoods League
One of the nation's longest-running conservation organizations,Save the Redwoods League has been protecting and restoring redwoodforests since 1918. The League has connected generations ofvisitors with the beauty and serenity of the redwood forest. Thenonprofit's 24,000 supporters have enabled the organization toprotect more than 216,000 acres of irreplaceable forest in 66state, national and local parks and reserves. For information,please visit SaveTheRedwoods.org.
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