Native American tribes indigenous to the area have joined the fray, demanding a say in the fate of their ancestral homeland. And state officials are listening.
The rugged Lost Coast is about to become less forbidding. A conservation group on Thursday said it planned to purchase a scenic 5-mile (8-kilometer) stretch of the Northern California coastline from a lumber company to protect it from logging and eventually open it up to the public.
The wildfires that ravaged California last year were record-breaking. More than four million acres burned and scorched the state’s magnificent redwoods.
The worst fire season yet pushed the iconic trees to their limits. "There’s a future for these trees,” an expert says. But it will require dealing with 100 plus years of fire and climate mismanagement.
