My daughter and I just took a 5 days random road trip up the 101 from Clearlake then stopped in Brookings, Oregon. I do it often and recommend everyone do it ATLEAST once in their life. You will not believe the life these trees can breath into you
A fabulous representation of the value and glory of these ancient forests. I'm blessed to be able to have visited a few of them but appreciate all your glances and the weight of your assessments. Keep up the fabulous work!
kinda crazy that redwood forest doesn't rain in the summer and gets fog moisture, and in some less foggy or warmer areas even fire can accur, and then in the winter the rain is so heavy and frequent that its still a temperate rainforest. The thick bark is not only fire resistant with the tannins in it, but also extremely bug, fungi, and disease resistant, these trees never stop. The biggest threat to a redwood tree would probably be rain stricken droughts and lack of fog in the summer.
Im a logger who cuts the biggest oldest hardwood trees in the swamps of Georgia and south Carolina I don't enjoy cutting down huge 100-300 years old trees in the swamps but i guarantee you i feel just as much passion for the old beefy giants as this guy and probably more since i see the destruction of habitat and see the critters running out of the hollow trees. But someone is gonna do it. The swamps we cut are too wet to plant back with monoculture wow so I do get a piece of mind knowing that we aren't causing any deforestation. See people equate logging with deforestation but it's not. Deforestation is when you cut the trees and then deprive them of the land to grow on by building a subdivision or parking lot. Most of the Big timber we cut is of the same age. . It appears and I've seen evidence that slaves were used to cut these swamps. Apparently they clear cut the entire state of Georgia before the civil war. I love to imagine how big these stands of timber were then because they would have been old growth at that point. And they cut them down by hand which if you've ever seen at 200 year old red oak tree be processed it is there's so much wood there in the branches alone . It's mind-boggling and almost impossible to imagine cutting it down by hand. . I've seen many swamps in South Carolina that were clear-cut and made into Rice plantations and have since grown back . . What gives me hope that is days like today I got off the tractor to count the rings on the biggest oak tree I've seen on this job and it was only 88 years old. 3.5 ftt diameter tree at tio and bottom . It takes two tractors to load it on a truck. I've loaded a hundred loads of wood that consisted of four to five trees
I agree. There’s nothing wrong with logging. When done properly, it actually benefits the health and sustainability of the forest. The problem is land development. The conversion of natural forest into asphalt, concrete, rooftops, subdivisions, strip malls, etc. Once the land is converted, there is no going back. They ain’t making land anymore.
Only reason I would ever move back home. Miss home in the Santa Cruz mountains and all the redwood forests there. However I do want to explore Oregon forests with my new found love of mycology and foraging. Keep killing it brother. Your doing amazing work and keep spreading the word. Your an inspiration 💙👍
I need more bro!!! Born and raise in socal near the LA Forest. Palmdale CA to be exact but born in The San Fernando Valley. So I get the privilege to even just pass by that amazing forest constantly. Growing up my folks always would take us out there to the rivers and lakes and not only to i miss those good old days but it's made me so much more grateful for what we have here. I wish we had more bro!!! Thanks for all the wisdom and the fucking vibe is beef homie!!! Keep growing!!!
Awesome video dude, You should totally try and make more of these types of, gangster as fuck trees, video. Maybe you could work some more history and botanical information into the video and it might go viral. I saw your short and instantly clicked on the link to the video. I love the vibe youre giving of. And these trees are like, dayum. Anyways, Id love to visit there some day myself, because i dont think the camera does it justice. Love from the Netherlands
I saw a few old growth stumps and snags, but none of the living trees were old growth. That’s all secondary and tertiary growth. Plus, shut up. You’re ruining a peaceful hike for other people.
