Big Basin Redwoods State Park
Located in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California

Teachers

Big Basin Redwoods State Park is a great place for a field trip.Ecology hikes and other programs for school groups can be arranged by calling (831) 338-3944.

Educators may find the following links useful in preparing for a visit to Big Basin.

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Printed trail guides for a self-guided tours of the Redwood Loop Trail are available at park headquarters and the trailhead for $0.25. Guides are available in several languages at park headquarters. Click here for an Adobe Acrobat (PDF) version of the guide (English). Click here to get Adobe's free Acrobat Reader.

Are you taking your class to Big Basin for a field trip? If so you may find this document usefull in preparing for you visit.. Click here to view.

Local supporting organizations

Mountain Parks Foundation

Sempivirens Fund

Save the Redwoods

Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks

State Park Links

California State Parks Web Site

California State Parks Foundation

Sites specific to the Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)

Sequoia sempervirens at About.com

Coast Redwood Frequently Asked Questions

Natural History of the Coast Redwood Forest

Coast Redwood at San Francisco State University

Redwood Information from Humbolt State Redwoods Park

Redwood Information from the USGS

Early logging photo gallery

Other Tree Sites

Ultimate Tree-Ring Web Page

Forestry and Tree Sites

Virtual Field Trips: Rainforest

What tree is it?

USDA Forest Service Research

The Tree of Life

Botany at About.com

State Trees

Ornithology (Birds)

National Audubon Society

BirdSource at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Birds of the Continental United States and Canada

North American Rare Bird Alert

BirdWatch at PBS

GORP Birding Page

Field Guides (also see our online bookstore for Field Guides)

Peterson Online

eNature

Field Guide to Freshwater Invertebrates

Native Americans

The Ohlone Indians at About.com

The Ohlone Indians, An Information Book for the Third Grade

Library of Congress

After clicking this here, type CALIFORNIA REDWOODS in the search box provided

Other Resources and Publications

Listening to Nature, a sound walk across California

The Library of Natural Sounds

Smithsonian Institution Museum of Natural History

National Wildlife Federation

National Biological Information Infrastructure

The Ecology and Biodiversiyty Virtual Library

Earth History Resources

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Endangered Speices Program

Center for Conservation Biology Network

Environmental News Network

The National Environmental Directory

Internet Directory for Botany

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