SAY GOOD BYE To many of the CALIFORNIA Redwoods...

[yuiyoshida]

[demosincebirth]

1. It's hard to kill a redwood except with a chainsaw. Most will recover in time.

[Brother Buzz]

10. Some will, some won't

The thick bark of coastal redwoods is extremely fire-resistant and can totally withstand a fast moving fire, but unfortunately they will succumb to hot intense slow moving fires.

The Sequoia sempervirens laughs at a chain saw; drop one, and you'll have a dozen treas growing in a circle around it before you know it. We called them family circles, and they were common in my childhood neighborhood where the prime redwoods were harvested in the 1840's. The remaining stumps on the insides were soft and spongy, but they made cool forts to play in.

[mr_lebowski]

2. That is friggin crushing ...

[TexasBushwhacker]

3. SOB!

Seriously. I have a lump in my throat.

[lapfog_1]

4. I LOVE Big Basin

one of my favorite places in California.

This is soooo sad. It will never be the same in my lifetime... nor in the lifetime of anyone alive today.

[turbinetree]

5. I grew up and would run around in that region.....................this is really

sad...................

[NBachers]

6. God what a shame- This is my refuge when I leave San Francisco and venture down into

the mountains. I have many wonderful memories of the times I've spent there.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

7. Hard to believe this is happening... so maddening!!

[Le Roi de Pot]

8. There is a spot in the Muir woods called the cathedral

I ve sat in the spot and felt a connection with the Universe .....Those trees are older than the oldest man made structure that is still standing .. and yet man comes along and destroys these beautiful beings in less than 400 years .. which is a mere blip in the 'life on earth' time scale.

[Bayard]

9. Sickening

I used to live down the road from King's Canyon and Sequoia National Parks. Until you get up close and personal with a redwood, its hard to imagine their size and majesty.

There used to be controversy about letting lightening strike fires burn because it cleaned up underbrush and small trees. I guess that could be true, but I still had a hard time with it.