Major expansion planned for St. Helena's experimental Napa Valley redwood grove

[Auggie]

Small story. But a good one.

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Napa Valley Register / February 1, 2021

For nature lovers, the city’s redwood grove near the Napa River might be St. Helena’s best-kept secret.

And it’s a secret that might be getting a lot bigger pending city approval of a 10-acre expansion.

The project converts fallow land south of the Wastewater Treatment Plant into an oxygen factory powered by “trees that sequester more carbon than any tree in the world, and faster,” Asmuth said.

The existing 450 trees were planted on 1.5 acres in 2012, with the authorization of then-Mayor Del Britton. The additional 10 acres would be planted with roughly 3,000 redwoods through a collaboration between the city and the nonprofit Sustainable St. Helena: An Environmental Alliance.

https://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/major-expansion-planned-for-st-helena-s-experimental-napa-valley-redwood-grove/article_58ac015e-0bd2-56ff-be34-5ffea63a67d3.html#tracking-source=home-top-story

According the link, the expanded forest would take shape over the next three years with possibly 600 trees planted this year, 1,400 in 2022, and 1,000 in 2023!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Yes, a small story........with a HUGE impact!

This is a great idea--everyone wins!

[Auggie]

2. And now I've been wondering why we can't do this up and down the coast

So much has been lost to logging over the last 150 years. Drive up Highway 1 from Marin County through Bodega Bay, Jenner and Gualala to Mendocino, and you'll see huge swaths of grass land.

[Dem2theMax]

3. 100 % agree. nt.