The Fortuna, California Chamber of Commerce Develops Discover the Redwoods DVD to Promote the City of Fortuna and Enhance Adventures to the Redwood Forest
Fortuna, CA, January 09, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Fortuna Chamber of Commerce announces a new promotional DVD, the new Discover The Redwoods DVD is given free to individuals and families that are making plans to visit the Northern California Redwood Forest.
The DVD visually highlights many of the Redwood National and State Parks along the coast of northern California. The parks consist of a combined area of 131,983 acres (534.12 km2) located entirely within Del Norte and Humboldt Counties and they protect 45% of all remaining Coastal Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) old-growth forests, totaling at least 38,982 acres (157.75 km2). These trees are the tallest and one of the most massive tree species on Earth. In addition to the redwood forests, the parks preserve other indigenous flora, fauna, grassland prairie, cultural resources, portions of rivers and other streams, and 37 miles (60 km) of pristine coastline.
In 1850, old growth redwood forest covered more than 2,000,000 acres (8,100 km2) of the California coast. The northern portion of that area, originally inhabited by Native Americans, attracted many lumbermen and others turned gold miners when a minor gold rush brought them to the region. Failing in efforts to strike it rich in gold, these men turned toward harvesting the giant trees for booming development in San Francisco and other places on the West Coast. After many decades of unobstructed clear-cut logging, serious efforts toward conservation began. By the 1920s work of the Save-the-Redwoods League, founded in 1918 to preserve remaining old growth redwoods, eventually resulted in the establishment of Prairie Creek, Del Norte Coast, and Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Parks among others. Redwood National Park was created in 1968, by which time nearly 90% of the original redwood trees had been logged. The National Park Service (NPS) and the California Department of Parks and Recreation (CDPR) administratively combined Redwood National Park with the three abutting Redwood State Parks in 1994 for the purpose of cooperative forest management and stabilization of forests and watersheds as a single unit. This degree of collaboration between the National Park Service and a state park system is unique in the nation.
“Fortuna is known as the friendly city and is the perfect location for visitors to headquarter for their Redwood adventure. We believe that the 100 miles of stunning Northern California coast, in addition to the giant redwoods--the tallest trees in the world—visitors will find outdoor adventures like hiking, kayaking, bird watching, biking and scenic drives for the individual and families,” says a spokesperson for the Fortuna Chamber of Commerce.
For more information on the DiscoverTheRedwoods.com website contact Erin Dunn, Executive Director of the Fortuna Chamber of Commerce (707) 725-3959 Ÿ E-mail: chamber@sunnyfortuna.com
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The DVD visually highlights many of the Redwood National and State Parks along the coast of northern California. The parks consist of a combined area of 131,983 acres (534.12 km2) located entirely within Del Norte and Humboldt Counties and they protect 45% of all remaining Coastal Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) old-growth forests, totaling at least 38,982 acres (157.75 km2). These trees are the tallest and one of the most massive tree species on Earth. In addition to the redwood forests, the parks preserve other indigenous flora, fauna, grassland prairie, cultural resources, portions of rivers and other streams, and 37 miles (60 km) of pristine coastline.
In 1850, old growth redwood forest covered more than 2,000,000 acres (8,100 km2) of the California coast. The northern portion of that area, originally inhabited by Native Americans, attracted many lumbermen and others turned gold miners when a minor gold rush brought them to the region. Failing in efforts to strike it rich in gold, these men turned toward harvesting the giant trees for booming development in San Francisco and other places on the West Coast. After many decades of unobstructed clear-cut logging, serious efforts toward conservation began. By the 1920s work of the Save-the-Redwoods League, founded in 1918 to preserve remaining old growth redwoods, eventually resulted in the establishment of Prairie Creek, Del Norte Coast, and Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Parks among others. Redwood National Park was created in 1968, by which time nearly 90% of the original redwood trees had been logged. The National Park Service (NPS) and the California Department of Parks and Recreation (CDPR) administratively combined Redwood National Park with the three abutting Redwood State Parks in 1994 for the purpose of cooperative forest management and stabilization of forests and watersheds as a single unit. This degree of collaboration between the National Park Service and a state park system is unique in the nation.
“Fortuna is known as the friendly city and is the perfect location for visitors to headquarter for their Redwood adventure. We believe that the 100 miles of stunning Northern California coast, in addition to the giant redwoods--the tallest trees in the world—visitors will find outdoor adventures like hiking, kayaking, bird watching, biking and scenic drives for the individual and families,” says a spokesperson for the Fortuna Chamber of Commerce.
For more information on the DiscoverTheRedwoods.com website contact Erin Dunn, Executive Director of the Fortuna Chamber of Commerce (707) 725-3959 Ÿ E-mail: chamber@sunnyfortuna.com
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(707) 725-7983
www.DiscoverTheRedWoods.com
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