The eccentric owner eventually ran afoul of the county because of leaching chemicals and other waste, and in the face of unpaid fines and unmet clean-up orders, he lost control of the property.
By hook or by crook — the government way.
$2.4 million for 153 acres? Yikes!
I have 160 acres ready for IMMEDIATE sale if CA is interested. ;)
I last visited Big Basin in June of 1963. The next day, we went to San Francisco, which was then a beautiful and vibrant tourist magnet under its Republican mayor George Christopher.
97%! I had no idea it was THAT BAD. That’s awful. What a tragedy...it was such a local treasure. I haven’t been through there since the fire and I’m afraid if I go I’ll get very sick. That fire was so preventable.
1,000 years should restore it to its former glory.
Well, before the fire they could have made the new HQ out of logs, the removal of which would have done much to keep those ancient trees intact. Now that they’ve burned they’re rotting unbelievably quickly (especially for redwood).
If they ask me, I’ll tell them why the preservationist policies have assured the destruction of that forest and its material value as a matter of radial parenchyma constructing a CODIT Barrier Wall Type 4. The forest could have funded its own salvation.
I’m sure they’ll listen, not.
Equine feces. Just because they're green on the outside doesn't mean that they'll be OK.
Last year I camped in several California state parks. Had to laugh. They had pit toilets and EV car chargers. The irony!
An alert where the money goes fast parks are an easy money laundering deal.
It is a shame. California is such a beautiful state run by insane lunatics. I was a fire engineer for CDF back in the day. Forests burn and recover. The redwoods will be fine. Their bark is a foot thick and have survived a thousand years of fires and their cones need fire to release the seeds. I remember when Yosemite went up about 35 years ago. You can’t even tell it happened now.