“The clock is ticking. We have three weeks to raise the funding necessary to complete the purchase and permanently preserve the Gateway to Big Basin,” said Sara Barth, Sempervirens Fund’s executive director. “For decades this property has been prized for its conservation potential both for its outstanding redwood forests and its proximity to Big Basin Redwoods State Park. We are excited about this urgent and once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”
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“The fire that came through the Gateway to Big Basin was largely beneficial, clearing out understory and regenerating native plants,” added McLendon. “The survival of the Douglas firs on the Gateway property will be a gift to regional forests that lost so many firs in the CZU fire, including most of the firs in Big Basin.”