{"id":2511,"date":"2021-04-26T02:39:50","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T02:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/NewsUpNow.org\/?p=2511"},"modified":"2024-02-08T00:53:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T00:53:14","slug":"battered-burned-but-alive-time-will-heal-parks-wounds-but-it-needs-big-money-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsupnow.org\/news\/battered-burned-but-alive-time-will-heal-parks-wounds-but-it-needs-big-money-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Battered, burned but alive: Time will heal park\u2019s wounds, but it needs big money, too"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Ravaged by wildfire last summer, a state park — and all its redwood forests, creatures and trails — will undergo a transformation. Big Basin Redwoods will be back after a massive rebuilding project. But what will it look like?<\/p>\n

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In the annals of California history, no one has ever had to put a broken state park back together. There’s no guidebook, no rules. So now state officials and conservationists are attempting a complex and extraordinary Humpty Dumpty project: The reawakening of Big Basin Redwoods State Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The state’s oldest park, Big Basin was nearly erased in last summer’s lightning-caused wildfires<\/a>. In one day, 97% of it burned, destroying buildings that had been standing for 120 years.<\/p>\n

The fire destroyed roads, bridges, campsites, trails, the visitor center, restrooms, electrical and water systems — everything that makes a park accessible to the public. Forests of giant redwoods were charred by flames that soared more than 100 feet high. Trees that didn’t fall in the fire were knocked down by howling winds in January, delivering the fatal coup de grace.<\/p>\n