"The reserve, inland from a scenic and rugged stretch of the Sonoma Coast, is home to the 1,640-year-old McApin Tree, a 239-foot coast redwood with a staggering 19-foot diameter trunk. It is one of the oldest known coast redwoods south of Mendocino County and the widest south of Humboldt County, according to Save the Redwoods. Many of the 319 ancient coast redwood trees in the reserve are more than 300 feet tall."
"The additional land will provide a "buffer" for some of the reserve's most sensitive areas, said Jeff Stump, Save the Redwoods' land protection manager. "We are going to be bolstering the edges of the reserve by purchasing those 200 acres," Stump said. But the new acreage is itself special. It includes primarily redwood forest along with Douglas fir, bay laurel, tan oak and open grassland meadows. Included in the forestland is a 35-acre grove of old-growth redwood."
Save the Redwoods League will purchase 200 acres in northwest Sonoma County for $4 million from the family of the late Harold Richardson, adding the land to the Harold Richardson Redwoods Reserve. The combined reserve will total nearly 1,000 acres and lies east of Stewarts Point and Salt Point State Park, inland from a scenic stretch of the Sonoma Coast. The reserve contains the 1,640-year-old McApin Tree, a 239-foot coast redwood with a 19-foot diameter trunk, and hundreds of other ancient redwoods, many exceeding 300 feet. The new parcel will buffer sensitive areas, contains a 35-acre old-growth grove, supports species such as northern spotted owl, marbled murrelet, California giant salamander and tree-dwelling bats, and anchors a watershed that drains into the Gualala River.
Read at The Mercury News
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