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Greg King: History of Redwoods

In 1987, Greg King spent a week in a tree in the All Species Grove, one of the ancient redwood groves within Headwaters Forest. King said, “Those spiky branches almost killed me when I careened toward them on the traverse at 20 mph, only the ascent at the other side of the ride slowing and therefore saving me." Photo courtesy Greg King.

The activist who led the struggle against Maxxam, the Fortune 500 company bent on clearcutting the Headwaters Forest in the late 1990s, reads from his forthcoming book 'The Ghost Forest.'

Unbelievable GoPro Footage

A Tasmanian man taught this orphaned pelican to fly. And that's not the most incredible video in this blogpost.

The latest GoPro video to go viral briefly tells the story of a young pelican that is orphaned in the Mahale Mountains of Tanzania, then taught how to fly by its human rescuers—who then affix a Hero3+ to the bird's beak so it can grab some footage of its first flights.

Good Bye to a Waterman

Don Wobber had a lifelong love affair with the Pacific Ocean.

Don Wobber—diver, artist and scientist—passed at his Pacific Grove home on Jan. 21.

Hike to the Loma Prieta Epicenter

It's exciting in an existential sense. Photo by Fogcat5/Creative Commons.

A six-mile hike in Nisene Marks State Park to the epicenter of the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989.

Top 5 Rainy Season Hikes

A banana slug inches down a tree trunk in Nisene Marks State Park. Hilltromper photo.

The best places in Santa Cruz County to go hiking in wet weather.

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