Redwood Acres Fairgrounds transformed into the 79th annual Redwood Region Logging Conference in Eureka this weekend. The sounds of saw mills and chainsaw carvers at work and the whistle of a vintage steam railroad engine keep a large crowd moving among the massive equipment and logging displays. Also available were historic displays, a wildlife show, […]
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Still Standing: The legacy of Women’s Grove
The instant I stepped out of my car and into Women’s Grove, I was hit by the scent of rain-soaked earth and redwood bark — a smell that I will always associate with my childhood. My parents would load us into the station wagon and drive us to this grove, where we would tumble out […]
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Dawn Redwoods: Alive and Kicking!
“If a man has to have a memorial or a monument to commemorate his life and his work, nothing could be more fitting than a living Dawn Redwood.” — Andrew Genzoli, Times-Standard, March 18, 1971 Just south of Pepperwood on the Avenue of the Giants, at the start of the 2.4-mile-long Drury-Chaney trail, a plaque on a […]
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A SoHum State Park Road Set to Close for Weeks in Summer
After decades of disrepair, California State Parks has pulled together the funding to patch a 5.25-mile section of heavily-touristed pavement in Humboldt Redwoods State Park. The bumpy, narrow route, pitted with potholes, has been the bane of locals and big tree gawkers alike for years . According to Brian Merrill, a senior geologist with California State […]
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Redwood Borough
A tiny Humboldt County-inspired redwood forest is taking root in downtown Brooklyn as part of a public art project set to open on Oct. 1. Spencer Finch’s Lost Man Creek exhibit — which replicates a 790-acre section of the Redwood National Park on a 1:100 scale with some 4,000 dawn redwood seedlings being planted by volunteers. “Lost […]
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Hurly Burly
Welcome to redwood burl country, where artisans and craftspeople are turning knotty local wood to create wild and wonderful things. Korbly Wood Products Since the early ’70s, Bernie Korbly’s been turning out gorgeous wooden bowls on a vintage lathe. You’ll recognize him — he’s the guy in the San Francisco Giants ball cap sprinkled with […]
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Buzzkill: That’s Not the World’s Tallest Tree
If you’ve logged on to Facebook in the last couple days, you’ve probably seen that photo to the right. It’s real, it’s beautiful and it’s in Humboldt County. It’s not, however, the tallest tree in the world. For whatever reason, the picture has been circulating like crazy lately, and it seems to always be accompanied […]
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Bagel Attraction
Who needs dark clubs and city streets when you can shoot your music video here in Humboldt? Not KSHMR and Bassjackers ft. Sirah. That’s right, it’s ft. someone, so you know it’s legit. Spinnin’ Records describes the song “Memories” thusly: “As the chords sway you away, the electro drop and fetching vocals by SIRAH do […]
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Bigfoot Gets Real
First there’s just cheery bird-chirp amid the sunshine. Then deep breathing, and the video camera takes us into the dark forest. Heavy, deliberate footsteps, crunching sticks, more breathing, menacing music, towering redwood silhouettes that interrupt sprays of light, a few ferns glowing bright … and the beast, walking quickly, then loping, splashing through a creek, […]
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Redwoods by Candlelight
The luminarias held flickering LEDs, not wax candles, but the effect was nonetheless enchanting as hundreds of people traipsed into the dark forest at Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park for the 25th Annual Candlelight Walk on Dec. 6. There was food and cider and warm fires. And it was a fundraiser for the park organization, […]
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Not Exactly Curtains for Richardson Grove Widening
The curtain lowered this week on Caltrans’ plan to widen U.S. Highway 101 through Richardson Grove — a plan so controversial it’s inspired numerous lawsuits and even mass naked supplications down among the lush giants. But it could rise again. In a news release, the Environmental Protection Information Center announced that “Conservation groups and local residents this […]
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Local History… Biker Dude Style
A camera crew made its way through Old Town Eureka today, filming American Ride, a television show that showcases local history. Brooke Redmon, the show’s production manager, said the premise of program is basically to follow Stan Ellsworth, “a big, burly, biker dude” who happens to be a former high school history teacher, as he rides […]