Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1901 — California's 'Redwood Parks. [ARTICLE]

California's 'Redwood Parks.

The state government of California has decided very wisely to purchase the redwood grove in the big basin, Santa Cruz county, and has set aside $250,000 for that purpose. This grove is well located for a show place and contains some magnificent specimens of the redwood, one of which is more than twenty feet in diameter. Northward in San Mateo county there are forests of a similar character, and the wprk of destruction in that region and in the region still farther north beyond San Francisco Bay emphasizes the need of immediate action to prevent the complete obliteration of a splendid and unique possession which should certainly be cherished by the state.