Monte Rio Redwoods Regional Park in Sonoma County just got four times bigger.
The county acquired a parcel of over 1,500 acres of protected redwood forest on Tuesday that will significantly expand the park and create a contiguous conservation area of more than 34 square miles south/southwest of the unincorporated area of Monte Rio.
The Monte Rio Redwoods Expansion property was purchased from the forestry and lumber outfit Mendocino Redwoods Company, LLC for $24 million by the conservation nonprofit Save the Redwoods League and was immediately donated to the county’s Regional Parks Department…