DougZ wrote in post #19264635
Hi
Hi there avondale87. Here is a very brief history of the redwoods - but of course no words can describe their beauty

The forest was originally set up for commercial production around 1898
The first Californian Coast Redwoods were planted in 1901
The redwood grove was declared a memorial for NZ Forest Service members who died in World War I
The redwood forest was opened to the public in 1970 for recreation.
In 1993 bike trails were built.
In 2009, the land on which the Whakarewarewa Forest and Tokorangi Forest (Redwoods) sits returned to Maori ownership in July as part of the Treaty of Waitangi Claims.
The trees are around 75metres tall today & the forest is around 5600 hectares
Interesting. I looked up how long Redwoods live, seems like the average is 500 to 800 years, but some trees can get to 1500 years, a few even hit 2000 years. So that would mean they still have hundreds of years to grow. Someone must have figured out that the climate would allow them to thrive in a place that's on the opposite side of the world from where they evolved. Seems like there would be quite a few factors involved in figuring that out.