Educator • Author • Ecologist
The Iaqua Oak is an old one—a living expression of time in the Humboldt County hills, just inland from a coast defined by towering redwoods.
Continue reading “The Iaqua Oak and the Future of Old Trees”I fell in love with this Canyon Live Oak (Quercus chrysolepis) in 2002 while training to prepare myself to hike the Continental Divide Trail. One fateful night I inadvertently camped near it along a stream called Prairie Gulch. The tree has lived in my dreams ever since. In November 2015, the opportunity to return, revisit and measure the oak was offered while doing a botany project in the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument.
