{"id":144375,"date":"2025-11-07T16:23:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T00:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/?p=144375"},"modified":"2025-11-25T15:54:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T23:54:35","slug":"new-research-management-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/press-releases\/new-research-management-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"New Research Shows Redwoods Stand Strong Amid Wildfires\u2014But Management Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-8\">\n    <strong>Contacts:<\/strong><br \/>\n        <strong>Melissa Hutsell<br \/>\nCommunications Specialist, Cal Poly Humboldt<\/strong><br \/>\n        <a href=\"mailto:mlh64@humboldt.edu\">mlh64@humboldt.edu<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"tel:(707)826-3392\">(707) 826-3392<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n       <strong>Save the Redwoods League<\/strong><br \/>\n       <a href=\"mailto:Redwoods@landispr.com\">Redwoods@landispr.com<\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\">\n   <strong>November 7, 2025<\/strong><br \/>\n   <strong><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/files\/PR_20251107_coast-redwood-wildfire-research.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fa fa-cloud-download\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>&nbsp;Download the full press release<\/a><\/strong>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><i>Cal Poly Humboldt study in partnership with Save the Redwoods League reveals how second-growth forests respond to modern wildfires and what managers can do to protect them.<\/i><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_144381\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/BigBasin042221_020-700x467.jpg\" alt=\"New growth on burned redwood trees\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" class=\"size-feature wp-image-144381 img-responsive\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/BigBasin042221_020-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/BigBasin042221_020-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/BigBasin042221_020-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/BigBasin042221_020-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/BigBasin042221_020-31x21.jpg 31w, https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/BigBasin042221_020.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">New growth on burned redwood trees in Big Basin Redwoods State Park in Boulder Creek, California on April 22, 2021. Most of the park burned in 2020&#8217;s CZU Complex wildfire.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>ARCATA, Calif.<\/strong> (November 7, 2025) \u2014California\u2019s coast redwoods have stood for centuries, weathering a changing climate, logging, and time itself. But in an era of hotter, more frequent wildfires, their future resilience depends on how we care for them, according to new research published in <a href='https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0378112725005869'><i>Forest Ecology and Management<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The study sought to understand the effects of wildfire on coast redwoods\u2014the tallest trees in the world. Results revealed that redwoods in second-growth forests largely survived extreme wildfires in 2020 and quickly resprouted from their trunks and bases. Researchers also discovered that forest structure\u2014how dense the trees are and which species are present\u2014strongly influences fire severity, highlighting the importance of management efforts such as thinning, reducing fuel loads, and encouraging fire-resistant species.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRedwoods are remarkably resilient. But redwood forests are more than just redwoods, and the fires today are not the fires of the past,\u201d says the study\u2019s lead author, Jeff Kane, professor of Fire Ecology &#038; Fuels Management at Cal Poly Humboldt.<\/p>\n<p>Most of today\u2019s redwood forests are second-growth\u2014younger, denser stands that regrew after logging or fire. Mixed with more fire-sensitive species like tanoak and Douglas-fir, these young forests are especially vulnerable to modern high-severity wildfire.<\/p>\n<p>The study, co-authored with graduate student researcher Jackson Carrasco in partnership with <a href='https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/'>Save the Redwoods League<\/a>, examined three second-growth forest sites along the central California coast that experienced wildfires\u2014the CZU Lightning Complex, Walbridge Fire, and Dolan Fire\u2014in 2020. Kane, Carrasco, and a team of undergraduate students sampled more than 120 plots, measuring canopy loss, resprouting, and tree death to better understand forest recovery.<\/p>\n<p>Data showed that few redwoods died, and those that did were small. That\u2019s a good thing, says Kane, as this natural thinning helps the remaining trees grow stronger and more resilient to future fires. However, some trees lost large portions of their canopies or main trunks, which sets them back decades in growth and can significantly impact wildlife habitat.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Coast redwoods are a resilient, fire-adapted species, and the results of this study highlight that redwood superpower,\u201d said Laura Lalemand, senior scientist at Save the Redwoods League. \u201cBy applying what we\u2019ve learned to future forest restoration efforts, we can aim to moderate future wildfire intensity, minimizing the negative impacts and recovery time for redwood forests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the biggest surprises from the study was that the more damage from fire a redwood experienced, the more new shoots and branches formed after the fire,\u201d Kane says. \u201cThis shows that redwood forests can recover more quickly than expected after unusually intense fires.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Researchers also found that the way forests are arranged\u2014how dense they are and which species are present\u2014strongly influences fire severity.<\/p>\n<p>Understanding how fires affect redwoods can help forest managers safeguard both the trees, the rich ecosystems they support, and the human communities that reside among these forests, Kane says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have an opportunity and a responsibility to limit the negative effects of modern wildfires and promote healthier redwood forests,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<h4>About the Study<\/h4>\n<p>The research titled <i><strong>Tree and stand characteristics moderate wildfire severity and promote resilience in secondary coast redwood forests<\/strong><\/i>, was published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0378112725005869\"><i>Forest Ecology and Management<\/i><\/a> in November 2025. The study examined post-fire conditions at three second-growth redwood forest sites along California&#8217;s central coast following three 2020 wildfires.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/CalPolyHumboldt_primary_dual-green-e1762550121567.png\" alt=\"Cal Poly Humboldt Logo\" width=\"200\" class=\"wp-image-23329 size-full aligncenter\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-9\">\n<i><strong>Cal Poly Humboldt<\/strong><\/i>, Northern California\u2019s first polytechnic university, is dedicated to hands-on learning, applied research, and environmental stewardship in the arts and sciences. Surrounded by ancient redwoods and minutes from the Pacific coast, the University serves as a living lab for innovation in sustainability and natural resources. Humboldt is part of the California State University system. Learn more at <a href='http:\/\/humboldt.edu'>humboldt.edu<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-38000 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019SRLeague_Logo_2Color-250px.jpg\" alt=\"Save the Redwoods League\" width=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019SRLeague_Logo_2Color-250px.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.savetheredwoods.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019SRLeague_Logo_2Color-250px-31x22.jpg 31w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-9\">\n<p>One of the nation\u2019s longest-running conservation organizations, <i><strong>Save the Redwoods League<\/strong><\/i> has been protecting and restoring redwood forests since 1918. The League has connected generations of visitors with the beauty and serenity of the redwood forests. Our supporters have enabled the League to protect more than 220,000 acres of irreplaceable forests in 66 state, national, and local parks and reserves.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cal Poly Humboldt study in partnership with Save the Redwoods League reveals how second-growth forests respond to modern wildfires and what managers can do to protect them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[15697,2443,15277,15287,15109,476,1535,1160],"class_list":["post-144375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-15697","tag-coast-redwood-research","tag-fire-ecology","tag-fire-recovery","tag-fire-resilience","tag-forest-management","tag-press-release","tag-wildfire"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site 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