Tall redwood trees rise toward the sky in a dense forest, with sunlight filtering through the green canopy.
Sequoias rise to the sky in the Jackson Demonstration State Forest as the Jackson Advisory Group meets in the forest in March 2023. (Cal Fire via Bay City News)

East of the towns of Mendocino, Fort Bragg and Caspar lies the Jackson Demonstration State Forest, a 48,000-acre tract filled with redwood, Douglas fir and other trees common to California’s North Coast.

Created in 1947 to allow sustainable harvesting, the area has been logged repeatedly but currently grows more new trees than are harvested.

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