미국 캐리포니아 Big Basin Red Woods공원에 산불

미국 캐리포니아 Big Basin Red Woods 공원에 산불

 

미국 San Francisco 남쪽의 Big Basin Redwoods State Park에서 낙뢰(벼락)로 인한 산불이

발생하여 40,000 에커 이상을 태워서 공원내 시설이 전소되는 큰 피해를 입었으며, 화재현장

접근이 어려워 1천년~ 1천8백년 수령의 오래된 coast red woods (미국 고유 삼나무)의 생존

여부는 알려지지 않고 있다.

Big Basin Redwoods공원은 1902년 첫번째로 지정된 California주립공원이다.

 

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Moon Keun Lee

I`m sorry to hear this news.

I feel like for me to lose an old friend.

 

ALT1053.RADIO.COM

Big Basin, Home To Majestic Coast Redwoods, Is 'Gone'

California's Oldest State Park is gone

AUGUST 20, 2020

(By Eric Brooks, Via KCBS Radio)

California’s oldest state park and home to some of the most celebrated ancient coast redwood trees appears to be no more. 

"We are devastated to report that Big Basin State Park, as we have known it, loved it, and cherished it for generations, is gone," Sempervirens Fund, an organization dedicated to redwoods protection, wrote in post to their website Thursday afternoon.

The CZU Lightning Fire, a combination of several fires burning over the last several days in San Mateo and Santa Cruz Counties, has "damaged the park’s headquarters, historic core and campgrounds," according to a news release from the California Department Parks and Recreation.

Big Basin was California’s very first state park, acquired by the state in 1902.

While the park features over 80 miles of trails and spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean, its true stars are the 250-foot-tall ancient coast redwood trees. They’re estimated to be between 1,000 and 1,800 years old and are thought to predate the Roman Empire.

The fate of the park’s oldest trees is not yet known.

 

According to the New York Times, conditions at Big Basin remain too dangerous for anyone to assess damage to the trees. So, we wait.

"We feel like we have lost an old friend," the Fund's emotional letter explained. "We imagine that many of you will feel the same way. For millions of people, Big Basin is the place where they first experienced he majesty of the redwoods - where they were humbled and inspired standing amidst a grove of towering trees that have stood resolute for thousands of years. Those memories will live on." The group’s ties to the park are deep.

Sempervirens Fund was born in the late 1800s when residents stepped in to stop logging activity over 300 square miles of ancient redwood forests in the Santa Cruz Mountains. That land eventually became Big Basin Redwoods State Park.

They're conceding this is a transformative moment for redwood preservation in California. 

"This is a turning point for the coast redwoods, mountain habitats, the communities that live in the Santa Cruz Mountains, the people that enjoy them, and for our own organization. The lands we have known so well - and walked, saved, and sweated over with many of you - are being transformed."

As of late Thursday, the CZU Lightning Fire has burned over 40,000 acres and is 0% contained.

ERIC BROOKS / KCBS